Tag: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV)

When Mary Rose Cardenas went after something, it was to benefit her community, not herself, and you’d be wise to go along or at least get out of the way.

HARLINGEN — The time of laughter and singing and families gathering for food and fun and the bringing in of the New Year is now upon us.

Following the Monday announcement that the Toros were ceasing business operations, the city of Edinburg said on Wednesday that it is engaged with the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to buy the soccer team’s former home, H-E-B Park, for Vaquero football games.

MERCEDES — With its inaugural year in the Rio Grande Valley, the NASA HUNCH program has over 1,300 students participating in it with South Texas ISD hosting the first review session featuring NASA engineers Thursday.

The Texas Southmost College Performing Arts Center will ring with the sounds of the season on Dec. 12 with a live performance of the Christmas portion of Handel’s “Messiah” and other musical selections to get everyone in the spirit.

“Navidad Latinoamericana en Concierto” is a free concert bringing traditional Christmas music from all over the Latin world to Edinburg and Brownsville this weekend.

University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley Emeritus Professor of Literature and Culture Eduardo Del Rio recently published a book titled “CubaRican” about his experiences as a Cuban exile growing up in Puerto Rico, a familiar experience shared by Latinos who have moved from their native country.

UTRGV is in the process of building an NCAA Division I college football program, and on Tuesday hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the Vaqueros Performance Center — a 45,000-plus-square-foot athletic facility that will house the UTRGV football team.

UTRGV head football coach Travis Bush announced on Monday the hiring of Marco Regalado, who spent the last two seasons as the executive director of player personnel & recruiting innovation at Rice, as an assistant coach.

Nubia German from Donna Wernecke Elementary and Denise Rogdriuez from Hidalgo Early College High School won the Region 1 Elementary and Secondary Teacher of the year award and were honored at the Texas Teacher of the Year luncheon in Round Rock.