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Nursing program seeking examiner applicants
21Sep By Staff/GuestNo Comments
Health, News, On Campus

Nursing program seeking examiner applicants

Nursing program seeking examiner applicants By David Gomez Jr.Editor-in-chiefPublished Monday, Sept. 21, 2020 The Advanced Nursing Examiners Sexual Assault Nursing Examiner program at TAMIU seeks applicants to continually certify local nurses. Texas A&M International University’s ANE-SANE program expects to select 18 applicants, who will be taught and certified as examiners for sexual assault cases. “We are aiming to certify 18 more nurses to become sexual assault nurse examiners (SANE) this year,” program manager Rosario Benavides emailed The Bridge. This program is expected to help in an area that only includes 20 certified sexual assault examiners in all of Laredo and its surrounding areas. “The availability of SANE-trained nurses in our health care facilities in L...
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21Sep By Staff/GuestNo Comments
Academia, Alumni, Education, Humans of TAMIU

ALUMNI SUCCESSES: Online learning tries parents, teachers

ALUMNI SUCCESSES: Online learning tries parents, teachers By Matthew BalderasBridge OmbudsmanPublished Monday, Sept. 21, 2020 Think back to when most people received their first mobile phone. If it was 1973, it was probably as long as a briefcase and so thick it wouldn’t even fit in a pocket. In today’s modern world, people often say that children are born with technology in their hands, but did that prepare them for online learning? 2013 alumni graduate, Juan J. Martinez Jr. who currently works at Communities in Schools in San Antonio as the Physic Coordinator, shares his students’ and teachers’ struggles. “Many teachers [and] many educators thought students were going to simply be able to transfer from at-school to at-home very easily, but they are struggling big time,” Ma...
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Spring, fall commencements canceled
21Sep By Staff/GuestNo Comments
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Spring, fall commencements canceled

Spring, fall commencements canceled By Niurka RochaBridge Staff WriterPublished Monday, Sept. 21, 2020 For possibly the first time in its history, TAMIU canceled commencement exercises two regular semesters in a row. After an initial Spring 2020 commencement delay due to the pandemic, Texas A&M International University canceled its planned August makeup for spring along with its fall ceremony. “In light of the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in the City, continuing closure of the Sames Auto Arena and our City’s prohibitions on gatherings of more than six people, the University regretfully has no choice but to cancel our planned Aug. 13, 2020, Commencement Ceremony,” TAMIU President Pablo Arenaz wrote in a web site letter addressed to all TAMIU 2020 graduates and candidates for ...
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Drive-in Movie event provides entertainment, social distancing
21Sep By Staff/GuestNo Comments
Entertainment, Features, Life & Arts, On Campus

Drive-in Movie event provides entertainment, social distancing

Drive-in Movie event provides entertainment, social distancing By Gabrielle PratherBridge Staff WriterPublished Monday, Sept. 21, 2020 One of the newest additions to campus activities, included a late August Drive-in Movie event, the finale of Welcome Week 2020. “The Conjuring” became a horror feast for the eyes of students who attended the event, but in a pandemic-friendly way. Last semester, TAMIU administrators chose virtual learning options due to the novel coronavirus pandemic and further added to those options proceeding into the Fall 2020 semester. Likewise, the Student Organization, Leadership and Engagement Office, as well as its member campus organizations, responded in new ways to the pandemic. Every fall semester, the University’s Welcome Week events allow students ...
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ALUMNI SUCCESSES: Alumnus lives TAMIU international mission, makes impact
14Sep By Staff/GuestNo Comments
Academia, Alumni, Education, Humans of TAMIU, International Affairs

ALUMNI SUCCESSES: Alumnus lives TAMIU international mission, makes impact

ALUMNI SUCCESSES: Alumnus lives TAMIU international mission, makes impact By Matthew BalderasBridge OmbudsmanPublished Monday, Sept. 14, 2020 [Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of profile articles on the successes of various TAMIU alumni, written by a TAMIU alumnus who recently returned to his alma mater to work on a graduate degree. Matthew Balderas is also a former editor-in-chief of The Bridge.] First-generation college graduate Osvaldo "Ozzy" Guzman describes getting accepted into TAMIU as one of his family's most significant accomplishments. After graduation, he continues to raise that bar ever higher. "I had taken a lot of the experiences that I had undergone in my undergraduate studies,” Guzman said. “I got to be exposed to a lot of leadership [and] I got a lo...
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Prestigious conference awards TAMIU psychology graduate students
14Sep By Staff/GuestNo Comments
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Prestigious conference awards TAMIU psychology graduate students

Prestigious conference awards TAMIU psychology graduate students By Angela K. CarranzaAssistant EditorPublished Monday, Sept. 14, 2020 Five TAMIU students recently earned recognition from one of the highest professional organizations in their chosen career field. From Aug. 6-9, the American Psychology Association held its yearly conference which included five TAMIU Master of Counseling Psychology graduate students who won poster awards. Evelyn Campos and Alejandro Flores received Division 49’s Society of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy Poster of the Year Award for promoting diversity and social justice. Their poster was called “Psychoeducational Groups for Latinos: Group Cohesion’s Influence on Fostering Safe Learning Environments.” Submitted photoAlejandro Flores, ...
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CARES Act provides campus loaner laptops
14Sep By Staff/GuestNo Comments
Academia, Education, Finance, Health, News, On Campus, Science and Tech

CARES Act provides campus loaner laptops

CARES Act provides campus loaner laptops By Gabriela ChapaBridge Staff InternPublished Monday, Sept. 14, 2020 Purchasing 500 laptops for its new Student Loaner Laptop Program, TAMIU helps students continue course attendance during the fall semester. As the times continue to change due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the return to face-to-face classes, Texas A&M International University released a new program where students can check out a laptop for the semester. The Student Loaner Laptop Program was created through the TAMIU CARES Program with the goal of helping students who struggle with technology and want to continue their classes. TAMIU purchased these devices that are being distributed to students. Students enrolled in both Fall and Spring semesters will be able to keep...
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OPINION: TAMIU rejects quarantine order
7Sep By Staff/GuestNo Comments
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OPINION: TAMIU rejects quarantine order

OPINION: TAMIU rejects quarantine order Alejandro Carbajal | Bridge By Alejandro CarbajalBridge IllustratorPublished Monday, Sept. 7, 2020 I think disregarding the concerns of health authorities during these trying times will only prolong the fire. This is the stench of greed over the well-being of students and staff.
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City issues quarantine orders, not applicable to TAMIU
7Sep By Staff/GuestNo Comments
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City issues quarantine orders, not applicable to TAMIU

City issues quarantine orders, not applicable to TAMIU By David Gomez Jr.Editor-in-chiefPublished Monday, Sept. 7, 2020 Laredo Health Authority Dr. Victor Treviño laid down quarantine orders last week on two of TAMIU’s buildings only to later rescind those orders under state revocation. On Tuesday, Sept. 1, Treviño had papers served to Texas A&M International University for a quarantine of the Academic Innovation Center and the Kinesiology, Wellness, & Recreation Center. Jessica Rodriguez | BridgeSocial distancing signs are placed all over campus, as seen Sept. 4. “Under the orders issued by Governor [Greg] Abbott and other state law, the (Laredo health authority) does not have the legal power to issue quarantine orders to this University,” TAMIU President Pablo Aren...
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OPINION: Perplexing pandemic times
7Sep By Staff/GuestNo Comments
Editorial, Opinion

OPINION: Perplexing pandemic times

OPINION: Perplexing pandemic times By David Gomez Jr.Editor-in-chiefPublished Monday, Sept. 7, 2020 So far as editor-in-chief for a second semester, it is already overwhelming but I cannot see anyone else doing what I do. I am sure anyone can do what I do, especially if they have organization skills--seriously. Anyway, that was just me blowing off some steam, but blowing off steam can get people into strange situations or start something they never intended to start. One of the things blowing up my realms of social media has been that Texas A&M International University and the City of Laredo are in some type of “battle.” This disagreement calls into question TAMIU choices regarding the pandemic. Leaving flex scheduling and both buildings, the Academic Innovation Center ...
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