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The Pan American - Festival de la Hispanidad
The Department of Modern Languages and Literature host Festival de La Hispanidad, which celebrated the Hispanic culture.
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The Pan American - Health Cooking 101
New ways to find quick and easy snacks for a healthy diet. Healthy Cooking 101 presentation is now held every first Thursday of the month at the Wellness and Recreation Center.
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The Pan American - HESTEC 2011 Overview
HESTEC 2011 was held Sept. 26 thru Oct. 1 at various locations on campus.
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The Pan American - HESTEC Week Bill Nye
Comedian and scientist Bill Nye is a guest speaker during Education Day.
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The Pan American - Interlocking Animals
New art exhibition at the UTPA Library opens for the public. Reporter Martha Flores discovers what new talent is at UTPA.
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The Pan American - InterVarsity Prayer and Fasting - Retreat of Silence
Students at UTPA gather at the Lord's Chapel to engage in a religious experience.
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The Pan American - King Tutankhamun
King Tutankhamun stops by UTPA Visitors Center just in time for HESTEC week.
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The Pan American - Maki Sushi Bar
Rosa Rodriguez tries Maki Sushi Bar on University Drive. Watch to find out what Maki Sushi Bar has to offer.
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The Pan American - Man On The Street Finals Week
Dimitra Hernandez asks students what they did to study for finals and what they plan to do after.
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The Pan American - Midnight Madness 2011
The Pan American gets a closer look at the eventful night of Midnight Madness.
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The Pan American - Miguel Abiel Trevino
Interview with Miguel Abiel Trevino, a musician studying at UTPA.
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The Pan American - Monikapolitan
Matthew Mendoza finds boutique owner, Monika Cavazos, at the McAllen Art walk. Check out what this UTPA student has done so far with her business.
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The Pan American - Occupy McAllen
10/6/2011 Occupy Mcallen Rally Reporter: Fabian Moreno @ Archer Park McAllen, TX
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The Pan American - Pan American Walk
Reporters Larissa Garza and Pamela Morales ask students if they know the administrators at UTPA.
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The Pan American - Pan American Walk: SGA
Reporter, Pamela Morales, asks students if they know the president and vice president of SGA. Special guests: Executive team of SGA explain the role of the organization.
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The Pan American - Pumpkin Carving Contest
Students participate in a pumpkin carving contest held at the Student Union.
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The Pan American - Rain at UTPA
Reporters head out the COAS building to check out how students are handling the rain in the drought.
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The Pan American - RGBeats - Deviance
Valley metal band Deviance talk about getting their start, writing music and their plans for the future.
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The Pan American - RGBeats - Mayberry
After nearly four months on hiatus, members of Edinburg pop band Mayberry are ready to hit the Valley music circuit. The band will be playing their new music at Moonbeans Coffee in McAllen Dec. 16. For the full story, visit panamericanonline.com/arts-life
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The Pan American - Rock the Choice Concert
Vox Voice for Planned Parenthood hosts another year of informing the public about their goals and mission as advocates for women and health.
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The Pan American - Rock the Vote
UPB hosts "Rock the Vote" to help students register to vote for next year's presidential election.
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The Pan American - Rocky Horror BKSTG
Highlights of the exciting, and wild cast of Cine El Rey's Production of the Rocky Horror Picture Show!
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The Pan American - Santa Barraza
Chicana artist Santa Barraza discussed her 40-year body of work during a presentation at South Texas College in McAllen Thursday. "Four Decades of Chicana Art and Culture In Tejas and Beyond" contains paintings and drawings dating back to the 1980s as well as a sand sculpture that was created especially for the exhibition. Barraza's art will be on display in the STC Pecan Campus Library Art Gallery through Dec. 10.
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The Pan American - Senior Dance Recital
UTPA Music and Dance Department present senior collaborations Oct. 27 thru Oct. 29. Free admission.
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The Pan American - SGA Executive Ticket: Gustavo Grajales and Mark Allen
Platform: • Project Legacy -- use inspiration, creativity and development to enhance the productivity of SGA • Campus wide -- strength and empower our fellow students by strong student advocacy • Bronc Spirit -- Want to have the Bronc ball games packed with student support.
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The Pan American - SGA Executive Ticket: Stephanie Corte and George Galindo
Platform: • Spirit -- strive for the continuation of school spirit • Growth -- the positive advancement of personal and academic growth • Accomplishment -- attainability of your future accomplishments.
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The Pan American - Spirit Week: Bongo Ball Mania
On Oct. 10, UTPA students had the opportunity to engage an activity held at the Quad after a day of classes, exams and work. Matthew Mendoza has more on the event.
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The Pan American - Spirit Week: Bucky's Boot Scootin' Boogie
On Oct. 11, UTPA students engaged in an evening full of singing and dancing at the University Center.
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The Pan American - Spirit Week Newscast
Check out the events that happened during Spirit Week Oct. 10 through Oct. 14.
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The Pan American - The Carnival of the Great Pumpkin
Veronique Medrano covers the annual carnival held every Halloween at UTPA. Check out the activities the public engaged in.
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The Pan American - The Pan American Intermission
Visit www.panamericanonline.com for exclusive coverage.
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The Pan American - The Queen's Collapse Trailer
Check out this trailer for upcoming documentary based on Queen Isabella Causeway, directed by Veronique Medrano.
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The Pan American - Thriller Flash Mob
University Program Board participated in a flash mob held during the Carnival of the Great Pumpkin.
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The Pan American - Tipsy and Tricksy 2011/10/31
Fabian Moreno shows another magic trick to UTPA students.
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The Pan American - Veterans Day Celebration
UTPA honors and celebrates student, staff and faculty veterans Nov. 11 at the Chapel Lawn.
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The Pan American - Winter Festival
A small celebration before the holidays brings students to the Student Union for a few activities.
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The Pan American - Zombies invade UTPA
A group of students participate in the spirit of Halloween and trending zombies.
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UTPA Bronc Holiday Spirit 2011
Holiday Video Credits In order of appearance: Dr. Robert S. Nelsen, UT Pan American President Bucky the Bronc Letty Garza -- UTPA Alum ('83), KRGV-TV Channel 5 news anchor Tim Smith, KRGV-TV Channel 5 chief meteorologist Ryan Marks, NCAA Division I Men's Head Basketball Coach Broncs Basketball Team Broncs Cheerleaders Linda Matthews, Chair, Department of Management Penny Simpson, Associate Dean, College of Business Administration Jerald Hughes, Associate Dean, College of Business Administration Joo Jung, Professor, Department of Management Sibin Wu, Professor, Department of Management Jorge Gonzalez, Professor, Department of Management John Sargent, Professor, Department of Management Michael Abebe, Professor, Department of Management The Pan American Student Newspaper: Roxanne Garcia, Editor in Chief; Alma Hernandez, Editor in Chief; Pamela Morales, Multimedia Editor Valley Symphony Orchestra with Dr. Peter Dabrowski, Music Director Pete Gonzalez, Physical Plant Andy Hernandez, Physical Plant Elizabeth Lopez, Physical Plant Edgar Cantu, Physical Plant Student Government Association: Vice President Jorge Galindo and the SGA Senate UT Pan American Students President Robert S. Nelsen, Jody Nelsen and Bucky the Bronc Extra Special Thanks Valley Symphony Orchestra and Chorale Student Union Office of Student Development Dean of Students Department of Intercollegiate Athletics UTPA Visitors Center Physical Plant Department of Management All of our faculty, staff, students and alumni, who exude Bronc Spirit every day. GO BRONCS! Creative Team Video Services: Michael Sandoval, Kevin Shropshire, Jesus Gutierrez, Fernando Martinez, Armando Artidiello, Johnathan Cox Studio Twelve01: Danny Cardenas, Sally Mendiola, Kimberly Selber Web Services: Russell Dove, Ana Flores, Kumar Raman
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UTPA COBA "Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate Symposium"
Owning a business involves risk and planning for its long-term success. The UTPA COBA hosts a conference on business risks and how to mitigate these through proper planning and implementation. Guest speakers include the Texas Department of Insurance; Texas Tech University; HAGA; Farmers' Insurance Group; Insurance Council of Texas; and local business
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UTPA News - Art foundry receives donation from Edinburg Volunteer Fire Department
Magdiel "Fonzi" Alfonso meticulously sprinkled a white plaster mixture over the clay bust of Medal of Honor recipient U.S. Army Sgt. Jose Lopez before carefully covering it with a fiber for added protection. The mold will go through a series of processes before it shapes about 200 pounds of bronze into a statue. That's when Alfonso and a team of other artists at The University of Texas-Pan American's art foundry will need to take serious precautions, as the bronze being poured into the mold can reach 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit. "It feels like you have a hot iron on your skin," Alfonso, who graduated from UTPA earlier this month with a bachelor of fine arts degree and continues to work with the University's art department, said about getting close to the foundry. The artists wear protective clothing to avoid injury, but the foundry's supplies were limited — until now. The Edinburg Volunteer Fire Department donated six sets of protective helmets, jackets, pants and gloves to the foundry to keep artists safe when working with the molten metal. Shawn Snider, the fire department's chief, said the gear is no longer useable by firefighters to enter burning buildings, but is safe for the artists to use when working in the foundry. "I think for the intended purpose here, which is to protect students who are learning a trade and a craft in a university setting, it is more than appropriate and is very good use of equipment that otherwise would be destroyed," Snider said. "I'm really happy they have a use for it." This is the first time the department has donated old gear to the University, but it has given items to volunteer firefighters in Mexico before, Snider said. The art department has some fire-resistant clothing, but those articles of clothing are old. The fire department's old gear is much more effective in protecting the artists and students when they are pouring the bronze into molds, said Douglas Clark, a master sculptor and lecturer in UTPA's art department. "This is much newer and much more comfortable," Clark said. "It'll be a great help to us." It takes between three and five people to prepare and pour bronze into molds for sculptures, Clark said. The department's donation will provide protection for more people. All students are required to view safety videos and perform a "dress rehearsal" of all the equipment before working with the bronze or other metal, Clark said. Since opening a year and a half ago, the UTPA art foundry has created several sculptures for area birding centers, municipal centers and local and state cemeteries, as well as produced about 100 student sculptures, Clark said. Write up By Jennifer Berghom, Public Affairs Representative.
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UTPA News - Steven P. Schneider
Steven P. Schneider is Professor of English at The University of Texas-Pan American, where he also serves as Director of New Programs and Special Projects for the College of Arts and Humanities. Steven is a founding member of the South Texas Literacy Coalition in the Rio Grande Valley and is the recipient of two Big Read grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. He has used the Borderlines: Drawing Border Lives traveling exhibit to promote the teaching of culturally relevant literature and creativity. Steven offers a variety of workshops on these topics to both high school and college students and teachers. Steven Schneider has published his poetry widely and given readings throughout the United States, including public performances at the Iowa Summer Writing Festival, the Fort Kearny Writers' Conference, the UTPA Summer Creative Writing Institute, and the South Texas Literary Festival. He has also been interviewed and read his work on NETV. Steven Schneider's poems and essays have been published in national and international journals, including Critical Quarterly, Prairie Schooner, Tikkun, The Literary Review, and featured in American Life in Poetry. He is the author of several books, including two collections of poetry, Prairie Air Show and Unexpected Guests, a scholarly book entitled A.R. Ammons and the Poetics of Widening Scope and the editor of Complexities of Motion: New Essays on A.R. Ammons's Long Poems. He is a winner of an Anna Davidson Rosenberg Award for Poetry and a Nebraska Arts Council Fellowship.
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UTPA News - Texas Grant
The state is expected to approve allocating approximately $23.2 million to UTPA for the TEXAS (Toward Excellence, Access and Success) Grants for the coming school year, which will allow the University to provide financial aid to about 3,000 returning students and roughly 1,500 new students. UTPA President Robert S. Nelsen hailed the decision of the Texas Legislature to continue providing TEXAS Grants. During the most recent Legislative session funding for the grants was threatened to be cut under the House's proposed budget. Nelsen had been a strong proponent of keeping the grants in the state budget and urged lawmakers during Legislative committee meetings to continue providing funding for them. In April, the Legislature came to a compromise that would provide the grants to about 33,000 students statewide. "We are extremely fortunate to have received a $23.2 million allocation for TEXAS Grants. This funding represents our future—the future of the students of the Rio Grande Valley and the state's commitment to higher education," Nelsen said. "We are very pleased that the Legislature did the right thing." This is the largest first allotment the University has received — UTPA usually receives an allotment for the grants in the beginning of the school year and another one toward the end of the school year if other state institutions do not use all of their money for the grants — according to Elaine Rivera, executive director of UTPA's Student Financial Services. Rivera and other UTPA officials said they are relieved and excited about the news because the Legislature considered not offering the grants for the next biennium (school years 2011-2012 and 2012-2013). Rivera said she and her staff did not include those grants in determining financial aid packages for students because of the possibility of that money not being available. In order to provide aid to more students, the maximum award for the TEXAS Grant will be $5,000 instead of $7,100, Rivera said. That can still help pay tuition for 12 credit hours for the fall and spring semesters each, she added. "Now our students don't have to worry about how to pay for tuition and fees," she said. Previous recipients of the grants said without that money, they would have struggled to pay for school. The TEXAS Grants allowed Corinne Garza to pay for books and transportation from her home in Pharr to the Edinburg campus. "The grant helped me each semester from beginning to end," said Garza, a junior majoring in criminal justice. "If I didn't get the TEXAS Grant, I would have to ask for loans. It really does help me get through the semester. By not having that extra money I would struggle a little more." Garza, who has received TEXAS Grants every semester she has been at UTPA, said the University has increased her award amounts because she has kept up her grades. She started with a $2,700 award and last year she received $3,700. Thanks to the TEXAS Grants, Tina Marroquin didn't have to fret over how she would pay for her first year of school in the 2010-2011 school year. Marroquin, now a rising sophomore at UTPA who is majoring in nursing, received a TEXAS Grant for the Spring 2011 semester. If she had not received the grant she would have had to take out $2,000 in loans. "It (the grant) covered most of my tuition," she said. Marroquin, who relies on grants and scholarships to pay for her education, said she received a scholarship just for the Fall 2010 semester because she graduated from PSJA High School in the top 10 percent of her class. Were it not for the Texas Grant, she would have had to take out loans to pay for school. Marroquin, who works at the Student Financial Services' Express Lab helping other students apply for financial aid, said she gives everyone the same advice: "Try to apply for as many grants and scholarships as you can so you won't have to pay loans."
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UTPA News - Tutankhamun: Wonderful Things from the Pharaoh's Tomb
Thirty three centuries ago a young pharaoh, worshiped as a god, was laid to eternal rest, his rule mysteriously cut short by an unknown tragedy. Hidden in darkness beneath the deserts and for over 3 millennia, his spectacular golden treasures were finally brought to light with their discovery by Howard Carter in 1922. These artifacts toured the world and have returned to Egypt. Using marvelous reproductions the exhibit, Tutankhamun: Wonderful Things from the Pharaoh's Tomb recreates these artifacts. Crafted from the same ancient, traditional designs, the riches in this awesome collection of reproductions captures 130 artifacts which present a composite portrait of an ancient individual and the remote times in which he lived. Come and explore the splendor of the boy pharaoh's life. Experience the wonderful things from the pharaoh's tomb as it transports you to a vanished world and evokes the eternal mystery that is King Tut. Event Location: UTPA Visitors Center Event Dates: September 26 2011 - January 4 2012 Admission Price: Admission is free. Exhibit Hours: Monday-Friday 9 a.m. -- 5 p.m., Saturday: 9 a.m. -- 2 p.m., Sunday: closed
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Veteran's Day Celebration 2011: Implementation of UTPA's 1st Veteran Memorial Wildscape Garden
The University of Texas-Pan American honored its students, faculty and staff who have served our country during a Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 11, 2011 held at the UTPA Chapel Lawn. During the event, UTPA President Robert S. Nelsen and veterans Anthony Beltran, a graduate student in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and president of the SALUTE National Veterans Honor Society, and Dennis McMillan, associate vice president for Student Affairs, spoke about the need for UTPA and other institutions of higher learning to continue helping and supporting their student veterans. The UTPA Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) presented the Colors and a student played taps while cadets fired a cannon to honor those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Earlier that day, the ROTC participated in the Remembrance Day National Roll Call by reading the names of the more than 6,000 service members who died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Cómo Hacer Negocios en los Estados Unidos: Un Enfoque de Alcance Binacional
¡Esta conferencia brinda las herramientas necesarias para establecer su negocio o exportar a los EEUU, incluyendo el Valle de Texas!
