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Export Symposium: Make the World Your Market!
Business owners learn to access global market information & about available help from the U.S. Export Assistance Center at this event by UTPA SBDC, Lone Star National Bank, & McAllen Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
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Hauser Lab Grand Opening
The University of Texas-Pan American will celebrate the grand opening of the Hauser Communication Research Lab Thursday, Feb. 11 at noon. The lab, which is housed in the Communication Arts and Sciences Building, Room 172, was created to enhance students oral competencies, including developing and assessing students speaking and presentation skills. A lot of first impressions are based on your abilities to speak and speak well. Speech determines perceptions of intelligence, credibility and confidence, which is why this lab is so important, said Dr. Timothy Mottet, Henry W. and Margaret Hauser Endowed Chair in Communication. In keeping with the wishes of the late Hausers, Winter Texans who were Mottets endowed chair benefactors, the funds from the endowment were to be used to help students graduate with excellent oral proficiency. The 625-square-foot lab is comprised of three areas one a suite of offices for graduate assistants, one a speaking/research lab, and one an observation room. The lab is equipped with two remote controlled cameras and six ceiling microphones that have the ability to capture naturally occurring conversations. The observation room contains transcription software, videotaping equipment, and one-way mirrors for use in experimental trials. The lab is currently open to all students in the College of Arts and Humanities and can help students prepare for presentations and speeches, or address their anxiety about public speaking. Everyone experiences some form of communication apprehension, said Marisa L. Saavedra-Flores, director of the lab. Having confidence in how you communicate is so important to being a confident individual and a confident citizen of the world. We want to show students that anyone can improve with practice. Saavedra-Flores said trained speech coaches are available to help students develop their presentational speaking skills. Students will present their speech to a coach and their speech will be digitally recorded and then played back to the student while in the lab so the coach and student can discuss ways that students can enhance their delivery. The recording of the students presentation will be transferred to a students thumb drive or DVD for later reference. We want to provide students with a safe and private opportunity where they can refine their work before they present it publically, Saavedra-Flores said. The lab will also be available for faculty and graduate students to conduct communication research. I hope this lab serves to stimulate research productivity of the faculty, Mottet said. The lab has the equipment that enables faculty to do the types of research that they currently want to do. Mottet said he hopes this lab will reintroduce the importance of speaking and listening across the curriculum on the campus because it is very important in todays workforce. Human resource directors across the United States often cite communication skills, specifically speaking and listening skills, as the top skills they are looking for in applicants, Mottet said. The lab will help students find their voice, defend their ideas and see themselves speak. My hope is that they will claim their voice and learn how to use it well and ethically. The lab hours are Mondays, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; Thursdays 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; and Fridays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Appointments to use the lab can be made in person at COAS 172.
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Library Lee Likes the Library short film
University of Texas Pan American
Library Lee Likes the Library, by Lisa Beccera. Chapter 1: Library Lee versus the gum. Chapter 2: Library lee versus the bad book guy. Chapter 3: Library lee versus the talker.
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Lisa Ling UTPA Visit
On Feb. 2, TV journalist Lisa Ling told her Rio Grande Valley audience that treating everyone with respect, as a human being is the key to her success in telling stories that have impacted many lives. Ling, a correspondent for National Geographic and the Oprah Winfrey show, was the third speaker in the 2009-10 Distinguished Speakers Series (DSS) at The University of Texas-Pan American. She shared her experiences with more than 1,000 UTPA students, faculty, staff and individuals from the surrounding community. TV journalist Lisa Ling spoke Feb. 3 at UTPA as the third speaker in the 2009-2010 Distinguished Speakers Series held annually at the university. After an official welcome from Dr. Paul Sale, provost and vice-president of Academic Affairs, Dr. Tim Mottet, professor and Henry W. & Margaret Hauser Chair in Communication and student DSS committee member Olga Gomez, Ling described how her initial interest in a TV journalism career came about. As a child the television was my favorite babysitter, said Ling. I used to have fantasies about being part of this box. Ling started with internships and eventually obtained a job at Channel One News, a news program for teens broadcast in U.S. middle and high schools, where she was one of eight correspondents. There she started volunteering to travel to places she said she could not even identify on a map to cover stories about pressing issues and wars. Traveling to different countries such as Afghanistan and seeing the effect of war and violence is what compelled me to pursue journalism, said Ling. It was not about just being on television anymore and having a good life, but about telling a story that people otherwise might never know of. Ling presented clips of stories she had covered such as Surviving Maximum Security, Columbia: The War Next Door, The Worlds Most Dangerous Gang and Chinas Lost Girls. She explained how she went into each story with American glasses and came out with new perspectives and realizations on the world. Later she became one of the youngest members of the daytime talk show The View, but said she found it to be challenging because stories she pitched were frequently labeled as not important. Producers would tell me great effort Lisa, but these stories are not important to Americans, said Ling. I could not wrap my mind around how these stories could not be important, it was time to move on. As a field correspondent for National Geographic Channels Explorer as well as the Oprah Winfrey show, Ling said she has received great feedback on her stories addressing often less reported on topics such as gang rape in the Congo. She said the violence she has witnessed as a reporter has tested her faith. If there is a God, why does he let this happen, Ling said. Reassurance, she said, came in the form of a poem titled Why from her husband in which he pointed out that God also made you (Ling). Ling concluded by reading a poem she wrote, Bride at 7, describing the arranged child marriages to older men that occur in a number of cultures worldwide and the physical and emotional damage it causes the young brides. Ling said Oprah once commented on the public impact of her reports on topics such as this. Oprah said, Now that you know, you cant pretend that you dont, Ling said. Mottet called Lings reporting inspirational. Lisa has redefined journalism and the power of a question, Mottet said. The next Distinguished Speaker will be Luis Alberto Urrea, Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of "The Devils Highway," on March 23, 2010.
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Office of International Programs: Pan American Days 2010
Hosted by the Office of International Programs, Pan American Days serves to provide the University community and the public with a wide range of academic and cultural activities that appeal to all ages and nationalities.
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Performance poetry - Amalia Ortiz
University of Texas Pan American
Amalia Ortiz, one of the featured poets at the 3rd Annual Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival performs one of her poems in the UTPA Library Faculty Lounge on April 23, 2010. Video clip by Carl Nelson.
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Spray Paint - Meagan Shropshire - UTPA Student
UTPA Student spray painting art outside the art Building by a tree
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Theater: Much ado about nothing
Shakespeare's classic comedy about the battle of the sexes, set south of the Rio Grande, is truly about something - the human heart/el Corazon - and how it defines our relationships with others.
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Theater: What Mothers Do
This new play by co-authors Brian Warren and Marlene Galvan honors all mothers everywhere in a fun-filled story that illustrates the love mothers have for their families. This is the third and final play in the "Holiday Trilogy" by the authors who also wrote Golden Cobwebs and The Piper and the Rats.
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UTPA Commencement - Fall 2010 - 1:30 p.m
The University of Texas-Pan American. Honoring the College of Arts and Humanities, and the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
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UTPA Commencement - Fall 2010 - 5 p.m.
The University of Texas-Pan American. Honoring the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the College of Health Sciences & Human Services, and the College of Science & Mathematics. Commencement Address - Mr. William C. Hamer, CEO, Hamer Enterprises.
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UTPA Commencement - Fall 2010 - 9 a.m.
The University of Texas-Pan American. Honoring the College of Business Administration & the College of Education... Commencement Address - Dr. Carlos G. Velez-Ibanez, Presidential Motorola Professor of Neighborhood Revitalization and Director, School of Transborder Studies, Arizona State University.
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UTPA News - Hauser Lab
The University of Texas-Pan American will celebrate the grand opening of the Hauser Communication Research Lab Thursday, Feb. 11 at noon. The lab, which is housed in the Communication Arts and Sciences Building, Room 172, was created to enhance students oral competencies, including developing and assessing students speaking and presentation skills. A lot of first impressions are based on your abilities to speak and speak well. Speech determines perceptions of intelligence, credibility and confidence, which is why this lab is so important, said Dr. Timothy Mottet, Henry W. and Margaret Hauser Endowed Chair in Communication.
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UTPA Pillars of Success 2010
This is the fourth class of honorees who are selected by the Presidents Executive Committee from a list of nominees recommended by a Visitors Center Exhibits Committee comprised of faculty and staff. Each inductee or their representative talked about the universitys role in their success after being introduced by UTPA President Dr. Robert S. Nelsen, who welcomed them back to their alma mater. The 2010 honorees are as follows: Gustavo De La Viña, chief patrol agent (retired), United States Border Patrol Dr. Dana Gonzalez, obstetrician and gynecologist, Victoria (Texas) Womens Clinic Dr. Anil Menon, president, Globalization and Smart+Connected Communities at Cisco Systems Inc. Javier Palomarez, president and CEO, United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Tim Tulley, president and founder, Southwest Precision Printers, L.P.
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UTPA SuperBowl Commercial 2010 - Share the Pride
With all the talk these days about the Super Bowl and the Olympics, you can't help but think about the hard work and perseverance it took for those athletes to reach such lofty heights. The same is happening at The University of Texas-Pan American as we think about achievement and success and celebrate our ranking on Forbes magazine's 2009 list of "America's Best Public Colleges." It wasn't easy to reach the point of being named 32nd best public college in the U.S.—and 3rd among Texas' universities—and it didn't happen overnight. The foundation for this great achievement was laid by the tens of thousands of students, the many committed faculty, staff and administrators, and the legions of dedicated alumni and friends who have walked the halls of this great University during its 83-year history. For all who came before us—and for our University Community of 2010—we thank each of you for helping UTPA become the 3rd best public university in Texas!
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Admissions: Requirements and Texas Residency Update 2009
UTPA Admission Requirements and Texas Residency Update
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Aikido and Physics
Dr. Dimakis, involved in the martial art Aikido, does a demonstration of the physics involved. Aikido, the Japanese martial art, is distinguished by it's goal to defend while protecting the attacker from injury. Aikido deals with a blending of motions as well as redirecting of forces from the attacker which ultimately results in the expense of very little physical energy. In the video, you will be able to see bodies in motion and hear descriptions from Dr. Dimakis of what is taking place in terms of physics.
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BroncTV News - January 2009 - 01
Luci Lopez, Bronc Television student Station Manager, produced each newscast. The contributing staff consists of broadcast journalism students from the Bronc Radio & Television which is an official student publication of the University of Texas Pan American in Edinburg, Texas and the Department of Communication.
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Dashboard Confessional Promo
DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL Commercial for upcoming concert at UTPA edinburg baseball stadium April 25th, 2009
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Get Involved - Get Connected - Experience the Difference
Get Involved - Get Connected - Experience the Difference The UTPA Office of Student Development: A Lifetime Experience
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Intro to TMAC
Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center(TMAC) provides affordable access to training and technical assistance. TMAC works very closely with companies to help them become more globally competitive, increase efficiency, reduce costs and balance growth and productivity. Watch this video to learn how South Texas manufacturers benefit from TMAC services.
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UTPA Athletics - Bronc Athletic International Tournament
VISIT www.fishacrosstexas.com for more info 2009 Broncs Athletic International Tournament The 2nd Annual Broncs Athletic International Tournament is set May 2, 2009 at Live Bait Pier, 209 West Whiting Street, South Padre Island. Teams will by vying for their share of $10,000 in prize money. Early registration, before April 15, is $300 per team. After April 15, registration is $400 per team. Up to four anglers are able to fish on a single team. The Captain's Meeting will take place Friday, May 1 from 7 - 9 p.m. at Amberjack's Restaurant. The awards ceremony will be held Saturday evening at Live Bait Pier.
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UTPA Athletics - Chris King Named Director of Athletics
Courtesy - UTPA Sports Information Office Chris King Sept. 2, 2009 The University of Texas-Pan American announced on Wednesday (Sep. 2) that Chris King has been named the Director of Athletics following a national search for the position. -GO BRONCS!-
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UTPA Athletics - Ryan Marks Named Head Coach of Men's Basketball
Ryan Marks Named Head Coach of Men's Basketball.
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UTPA Welcomes Dr. Robert S. Nelsen
Dr. Robert S. Nelsen, president-designate of The University of Texas-Pan American, was treated to a red carpet welcome Wednesday, Nov. 18, during an event hosted by The University of Texas System to introduce Nelsen to the UTPA community. Nelsen succeeds Dr. Blandina Cárdenas, who retired in January 2009. He earned both his bachelors and masters degrees in political science from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah and his Ph.D. from the Committee on Social Thought at The University of Chicago. His Ph.D. fields of specialization are modern literature, modern philosophy and modern political theory. Prior to his arrival in 2008 at TAMUCC, Nelsen worked for 18 years at The University of Texas at Dallas, last serving as vice provost. During his years there, he started the creative writing program and nurtured the development of an arts and humanities curriculum. Nelsen is an accomplished author with numerous publications of fiction, including a novel currently under review by a publisher.
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BroncTV News - Spring 2008 - 01
This is a newscast produced, directed and edited by students of the University of Texas Pan-American.
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BroncTV News - Spring 2008 - 02
This is a news cast produced, directed and edited by students of the University of Texas Pan-American.
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The Bottom Line News Reports
University of Texas Pan American. Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development and Roland Arriola
Segments of the archive include: Joseph Sekula Family's Emu business in Linn, Select Plastics in McAllen, Texas Air Museum in Rio Hondo, Julia's Restaurant in Los Fresnos, Lorentson Manufacturing Company in San Benito, Organic farming, Swings By Lenny, Greenhouse Toys in McAllen, Continental Connections, Kent Honey Bees, Inc., Border Theater in Mission, Mission Shippers Inc. Citrus company in Mission, and Rogelio Agrasánchez Jr. of Agrasanchez Film Archives of Harlingen. (ca1996).
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Bronc Olympics PSA
University of Texas Pan American
Video produced highlighting Bronc Olympics. Circa 1993.
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Campaign for Engineering
University of Texas Pan American
Informational segment on the campaign to improve engineering programs and resources for the University of Texas-Pan American. Recorded in 1993.
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Engineering Information
University of Texas Pan American
UTPA Engineering Information featuring: Dr. William Wells - College of Engineering. Recorded in 1993.
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University Snapshot - Art Department
University of Texas Pan American
University Snapshot - Art Department, featuring Philip S. Field. Recorded in 1993.
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University Snapshot - Learning Assistance Center
University of Texas Pan American
Featuring Dr. Santiago Silva - Assistant Director. Recorded in 1993.
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University Snapshot - Speech and Hearing Clinic
University of Texas Pan American
University Snapshot - UTPA Speech and Hearing Clinic, featuring Barbara Johnson - Director Communications Disorders Program. Recorded in 1993.
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University Snapshot - Theatre
University of Texas Pan American
A University Snapshot segment featuring Dr. Linda Donahue and Tom Grabowski from the University Theatre at the University of Texas-Pan American. Recorded in 1993.
