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Dressing denim
Jaione Rosagaray, biology senior, spins a prize wheel at the Office for Victim Advocacy and Violence Prevention (OVAVP) table during the Denim Day event last Wednesday in the Main Courtyard on the Brownsville campus. Also shown is biomedical sciences sophomore Mariana Cerda. Denim Day originated in Italy and is now a worldwide event in which participants wear denim to raise awareness of sexual misconduct. Student Rights and Responsibilities, Friendship of Women Inc., Planned Parenthood and the UTRGV Collegiate Recovery Program were among the other organizations that took part in the event. MICHELLE ESPINOZA/THE RIDER
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Dressing denim

Jaione Rosagaray, biology senior, spins a prize wheel at the Office for Victim Advocacy and Violence Prevention (OVAVP) table during the Denim Day event last Wednesday in the Main Courtyard on the Brownsville campus. Also[more...]
Members of the Medicine, Education and Development for Low Income Families Everywhere (MEDLIFE) include (front row, from left): Media and Advertising Officer Jacquelin Rodriguez and Membership and Recruitment Officer Iyla Bagheri. Back row: Trips Officer Ella Garza, President Tanvi Gupta, Vice President Laiba Asif and Fundraising Officer Brittany Bunag. MICHELLE ESPINOZA/THE RIDER
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Club Spotlight: Medicine, Education and Development for Low Income Families Everywhere

Name: Medicine, Education and Development for Low Income Families Everywhere (MEDLIFE) Purpose: MEDLIFE is a volunteer-run, global health organization whose mission is to help families achieve greater freedom from the constraints of poverty and empowering[more...]
Ayana Lazares, a nursing junior, picks up cookies and popcorn during last Tuesday’s Grad Bash in the Student Union on the Edinburg campus. The Alumni Relations Office hosted the event. MICHELLE ESPINOZA/THE RIDER PHOTOS
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Giving back to grads

[caption id="attachment_10423" align="aligncenter" width="1102"] Ciara Perez, a dance and anthropology senior, signs in to get UTRGV giveaways during last Tuesday’s Grad Bash on the Edinburg campus. Popcorn, cookies, and swag were passed out during the[more...]
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Meet Ben Wasike

Name: Ben Wasike Title: Communication associate professor Education: Doctorate in mass communication and public affairs from Louisiana State University, master’s in public admnistration from Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, La., and a bachelor’s degree from[more...]
Members of the Human Environment Animal League (HEAL) include (from left) Historian Britania Tamez, Secretary Erika Buenrostro, President Zachary Hurtado, Treasurer Beatriss Flores and Sergeant-at-arms Marisol Cervantes. photo courtesy Omar casas
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Club Spotlight: Human Environment Animal League (HEAL)-Edinburg

Name: Human Environment Animal League (HEAL)-Edinburg Purpose: To protect all animals by helping people recognize the connections related to their actions that may bring harm to themselves and those they cannot directly see. We will[more...]
Members of Rehab Club RGV include (from left) Event Coordinator Alex Ortiz, Historian Serena Rangel, Sergeant-at-arms Louis Nolan, Secretary Anna Pollard, Event Coordinator Genesis Garcia, Historian Lizeth Esparza, Treasurer Marcela Terrazas, Vice President Manny Quiroga, President Noelle Garcia and Representative Chris Hanks. COURTESY PHOTO
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Club Spotlight: Rehab Club RGV

Name: Rehab Club RGV Purpose: Offers the opportunity to get involved in the community and gain firsthand experience related to the rehabilitation field. Club members also have a chance to interact with other students in[more...]
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Meet William Adams

Name: William Leigh Adams Title: Part-time lecturer at UTRGV. Previously, served as a professor at legacy institution University of Texas at Brownsville since 1989. “I was here for 27 years and then in 2015 I[more...]
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Club Spotlight

Name: Hack and Make Purpose: Hack and Make serves to promote the attendance of hackathons as well as maker culture. Hackathons, a combination of “hack” and “marathon,” are a category of events in which a[more...]
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Club Spotlight

Name: Her Campus at UTRGV Purpose: Her Campus UTRGV, a branch of HerCampus.com, is an online magazine for the college women of UTRGV, with features on campus news, events, career, love, style, life, health, profiles,[more...]