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International Museum of Art & Science Receives National Endowment for the Arts Grant

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Grant to support an exhibition of its Latin American and Folk Art Collections Texas Border Business McAllen, TX— The National Endowment for the Arts is awarding...
Forty-four energy-filled middle and high school robotics teams from across the Rio Grande Valley competed in a quadrathon challenge at the Pharr Events Center on Monday, to kick off UTRGV’s annual Hispanic, Engineering, Science and Technology (HESTEC) Week. Students from as far as Laredo pitted their robots against competing teams. Each team was in charge of building its own robot out of Lego ® parts and programming it to compete in a number of competitions, including a maze, going up and down a ramp, and a search and rescue. (UTRGV Photo by Paul Chouy)

Invasion of the Robots: HESTEC Kicks off at Pharr Events Center

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Texas Border Business By Amanda L. Alaniz PHARR, TEXAS – More than 40 energy-filled middle and high school robotics teams from across the Rio Grande Valley...

City of Peñitas to Host Press Conference Regarding Tom Gill Road Improvements

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Texas Border Business Peñitas, Texas – Peñitas Mayor Rigo Lopez and the Peñitas City Council will hold a press conference to update the public on the...
Both Anaya and Chavez Elementary, led by Principals Joe Garza and Roel Faz, respectively, have consistently excelled over the years in both academia and extracurricular activities.

Two PSJA ISD schools named 2018 National Blue Ribbon Schools

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Texas Border Business South Pharr - U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos recognized 349 schools today as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2018. Two of them were schools...
The Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation has established a $50,000 endowed scholarship to help support students at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine who declare an intention to specialize in psychiatry, neurology or a related field in the neurosciences. The Randall Baker Endowed Scholarship is named in honor of the foundation’s former executive director, Randall “Randy” Baker, who retired from his post June 30. Shown, from left, are Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation Board Members Arnie Gonzalez and Bob Duncan; UTRGV President Guy Bailey; UTRGV School of Medicine Senior Associate Dean for Education and Academic Affairs and Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation Board Member Dr. Leonel Vela; Randall “Randy” Baker; Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation Board Vice Chairperson Billy Bradford; Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation Board Member Beth Pace; and Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation Board Secretary Quita Wittenbach. (Courtesy Photo)

Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation Establishes Endowed Scholarship to Benefit UTRGV School of Medicine Students

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Texas Border Business By Jennifer L. Berghom HARLINGEN, TEXAS – The Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation has established a $50,000 endowed scholarship in honor of the foundation’s...

TEXPAC Announces Final 2018 Candidate Endorsements

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Texas Border Business AUSTIN – TEXPAC, the political arm of the Texas Medical Association (TMA), today announced the physician group’s final endorsements for the 2018...

HESTEC Community Day joins ‘Weekend without Waste’ Campaign

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Texas Border Business Edinburg, Texas – UTRGV Community Day on Saturday, Oct. 6, will participate in the Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages (CCSWB) and Keep Texas Beautiful...
Net proceeds will benefit Valley Scholars Program Scholarships. Tickets are $50, for sponsorship and additional ticket information call 956-872-2621

STC’s Annual “A Night with the Stars” Gala Aimed at Promoting Valley Scholars Program 

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South Texas College will host its 13thAnnual “A Night with the Stars” Gala, Thursday, Oct. 11. Texas Border Business McAllen, Texas - South Texas College will...
Pharr - At Kelly-Pharr Elementary the $598.41 will go toward purchasing nine Bee-Bots that will help students as young as kinder learn concepts like counting, sequencing, estimation, and problem-solving in fun and interactive ways. Pictured are the school's Kinder teachers with PSJA Education Foundation Board of Directors Laura De La Garza and Melissa Diaz, as well as Principal Lydia Trevino, Assistant Principal Jessica Villanueva, Collaborative Learning Leader Paloma Padilla and PSJA Science Coordinator Susana Ramirez.

Two PSJA Schools Receive Grants to Expand STEM Education at the Elementary Level 

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Texas Border Business PHARR – Educators from two Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD schools, Clover Elementary in San Juan and Kelly-Pharr Elementary, were surprised with grants from the PSJA Education Foundation...
Ali Naqvi, a UTRGV legacy alumnus from Mission, has worked on movies and TV shows both behind and in front of the camera. During the last season of ‘Westworld’ – a science fiction Western series produced by HBO – one of the actors and his stand-in weren’t available, and Naqvi stood in on-screen for the actor. But his main work is behind the camera and on the latest season of “Westworld” was the producing director’s assistant. The UTRGV legacy graduate was even featured in a behind-the-scenes video about the show. (Courtesy Photo)

Legacy Alum’s Film Career led Him to ‘Westworld’

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Texas Border Business By Maria Elena Hernandez Rio Grande Valley, Texas – Ali Naqvi is a name you might not recognize. Not yet, anyway. Naqvi, a UTRGV legacy...
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