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POLITICS: Congressional candidate speaks at TAMIU

24Mar

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POLITICS: Congressional candidate speaks at TAMIU

POLITICS: Congressional candidate speaks at TAMIU By Mireilly GonzalezBridge Staff InternPublished Wednesday, March 23, 2022 One of two candidates to visit TAMIU prior to the primaries, a congressional candidate hopes to gain the support of young voters. On Feb. 21, Jessica Cisneros spoke to Texas A&M International University students who gathered to hear about her most important issues. The campus organization TAMIU Student Democrats organized the event; several members took the front row seats, excited to hear her speak. She and Beto O’Rourke were the only candidates running for the Texas primaries to visit TAMIU. The campus visit occurred just eight days before Texas primary day–which included voting for Texas governor and the 28th District for the House of Representativ...

ARTS: Classical musicians perform on campus

23Mar

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ARTS: Classical musicians perform on campus

ARTS: Classical musicians perform on campus By Mireilly GonzalezBridge Staff InternPublished Wednesday, March 23, 2022 In TAMIU’s softly lit Recital Hall, an applause welcomed Assistant Professor of music Yu-Mein Huang to the stage. She walked confidently to the center wearing a rose gold sequin dress, violin in hand and greeted the audience with a smile. Huang invited two other professional musicians, violinist Miroslav Hristov and pianist Chih-Long Hu, as guests for TAMIU’s Music and Friends event. Near the end of their master performance, Hristov expressed gratitude to Huang “for the invitation and for the amazing hospitality,” during the March 4 performance. Samantha Gonzalez | BridgeAssociate Professor Yu-Mei Huang, left, and University of Tennessee-Knoxville Professor Mir...

CAMPUS: Professional Development Workshops continue for Spring 2022

23Mar

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Academia, On Campus

CAMPUS: Professional Development Workshops continue for Spring 2022

CAMPUS: Professional Development Workshops continue for Spring 2022 By Carolina CruzBridge Staff WriterPublished Wednesday, March 23, 2022 TAMIU’s Advancing Research and Curriculum hosts its Professional Development Workshops this spring semester from Jan. 28 to Apr. 27. Through the Professional Development Workshops, ARC aims to provide graduate students, faculty and staff with training support on a variety of skills. The content of these workshops ranges from writing tips, presentation skills, new research technology, methodology and even insights on how to publish academic articles, such as for journals. “ARC … it's a Title V grant that was awarded to us because we serve a predominately Hispanic population,” Program Manager Tano Trevino said. “So, one of the objectives of ou...

POLITICS: Primary candidates vie for seats

23Mar

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POLITICS: Primary candidates vie for seats

POLITICS: Primary candidates vie for seats By Juan ReyesBridge Staff WritingPublished Wednesday, March 23, 2022 Members of the campus community did not have far to go to vote in the primary election at Location 255, on campus. Early voting ran from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Feb. 22 and 23 with primary day on Tuesday, March 1. Texas A&M International University offered a voting location for Webb County District 3, Precinct 255, at the Western Hemisphere Trade Center. Yulissa Diaz | BridgeA voting sign shows visitors toward the Western Hemisphere Trade Center building for the election on March 1. Some faculty, staff and students, like Associate Professor of history Deborah Blackwell, took advantage of the convenience for early voting at TAMIU. “I always make it a point to vot...

CAMPUS: Safe Zone offers LGBTQ+ workshop

22Mar

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Civil Affairs, On Campus

CAMPUS: Safe Zone offers LGBTQ+ workshop

CAMPUS: Safe Zone offers LGBTQ+ workshop By David Gomez Jr.Editor-in-ChiefPublished Tuesday, March 22, 2022 A two-hour Safe Zone LGBTQ+ workshop demonstrated to students and faculty on how to be an ally through experiences. Held in conjunction with the Office of Student Orientation Leadership and Engagement, the event taught people about necessary knowledge to be more accepting and understanding of others. “We learn about the language, we learn about pronouns, and how the community is continuing to evolve and more than anything, continuing to learn and how we can also become better allies as well,” SOLE Assistant Director Nayelle Lopez said. “When someone is coming out to you, don’t say ‘Oh, I always knew.’ Don’t downplay their significance. You know they’re coming out to yo...

HUMANITIES: First-Year Writing Program holds write-in

18Mar

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Education, On Campus

HUMANITIES: First-Year Writing Program holds write-in

HUMANITIES: First-Year Writing Program holds write-in By Gabriel RodriguezBridge Staff WriterPublished Friday, March 18, 2022 A group of students gathered in the Academic Innovations Center computer lab to improve their writing for assignments. The First-Year Writing Program held its first write-in of the semester on Saturday morning, Feb. 19. Samantha Gonzalez | Bridge TAMIU students get writing help through a write-in workshop, sponsored by the First-Year Writing Program on Feb. 26 in the AIC. Moving back and forth between the computer lab and an area situated nearby with snacks and various compositional resources to aid the participants, Director of the First-Year Writing Program and Associate Professional of English Charlene Summers, Visiting Instructors Teresa Scott and...

NEWS: TAMIU students voice frustration over lack of cameras

18Mar

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NEWS: TAMIU students voice frustration over lack of cameras

NEWS: TAMIU students voice frustration over lack of cameras By Elis Reyes-SanchezBridge Staff InternPublished Friday, March 18, 2022 A handful of students found their vehicles vandalized, broken into or involved in a hit-and-run this semester. They went to the TAMIU Student Network’s Facebook page to express frustrations and concerns over a lack of parking-lot cameras. According to the UPD’s daily crime log, 32 incidents occurred in the parking lots from 2019 to 2021. Only eight qualified as hit-and-runs. Although 2022 is only a quarter of the way through, seven hit-and-runs already occurred this year. Courtesy Eva Christian SanchezTAMIU alumna Eva Cristian Sanchez, 2021 graduate, took this photo of someone else's damaged vehicle in the campus parking lot near the Student Cente...

17Mar

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Entertainment, Features, On Campus

CAMPUS: SGA takes back Maroon Monday

CAMPUS: SGA takes back Maroon Monday By Gabrielle PratherAssistant EditorPublished Wednesday, March 16, 2022 TAMIU’s Student Government Association brought back Maroon Monday through its Traditions Committee. A big part of campus community interaction focuses around events that undergo and create an atmosphere for students to collide and gain school spirit. Outside of Maroon Madness, Maroon Monday spreads TAMIU traditions of school spirit, where anything maroon shows that spirit. David Peralta| BridgeSenior Elizabeth Morillo, center, takes a free cookie for singing up on @txamiu.sga.traditions on Instagram to celebrate Maroon Monday on Feb. 21 in the TAMIU breezeway. SGA celebrated Maroon Monday by notifying students to wear maroon and support TAMIU. They also offered cookie...

2Mar

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Education, On Campus

NURSING: HESI Exam rumors shut down

NURSING: HESI Exam rumors shut down By Delilah RamosBridge Contributing WriterPublished Wednesday, March 2, 2022(Originally published in the February print edition, 2022) Rumors began circulating in Fall 2021 about the raising of the HESI A2 minimum passing grade for the TAMIU nursing program. But rumors are all they were, said the program’s dean. The TAMIU College of Nursing and Health Sciences requires an exam to be taken, known as the HESI A2, in order to be considered for the nursing program. These rumors went around that the minimum passing grade for this exam would be higher than the current one, which is at 75%. Dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences Marivic Torregosa said “Policies do not change from one day to the next.” As of now, the minimum grade for ...

2Mar

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Education, On Campus

Chasing the education path

Chasing the education path By Ana OrtizBridge contributing writerPublished Wednesday, March 2, 2022(Originally published in the February print edition, 2022) When choosing one’s College of Education path, sometimes the choices are not always so easy or clear. Students sometimes find they went down the wrong path to get where they are going–or have they? Texas A&M International University senior education major Maricarmen Ayala said she took a wrong turn and thought about getting out of the program but believes that ship set sail. David Peralta | Bridge Photo IllustrationStudents struggle to follow the education path and are undecided which one to take in the College of Education. “I wished I [would] have taken the alternative route,” Ayala said. “Don’t get me wrong, the ...

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