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• We had a remarkable “Make A Difference Day” at Slaughter Park with over 500 students, faculty and staff participating. The Park looked amazing when our initiative ended. A big thanks to everyone involved: Office of Student Conduct and Community Engagement, Student Government Association L.O.V.E. Committee, the City of Laredo Solid Waste Department through its Environmental Services, Keep Laredo Beautiful, and ARCA Continental Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages. Support also comes from Parks and Recreation Services and City Council Representative District 8, Alyssa Cigarroa.
• Prior to the Nov. 7 visit by the prolific and much-loved author Sandra Cisneros, we’re hosting a free book giveaway event on Thursday from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the Breezeway between the Dr. F. M. Canseco Hall and the Anthony J. and Georgia A. Pellegrino Hall. Fifteen copies of Cisneros’s recent poetry collection, Woman Without Shame, will be given away. To receive a free book, individuals will need to take part in a video recording to help promote the Cisneros event.
• Our All Major Career Fair is Wednesday from 1 – 4 p.m. at the Student Center Ballroom.
• Employers include Austin Police Department, Border Region Behavioral Health Center, Dell, Doctors Hospital of Laredo, Homeland Security Investigations or ICE, Laredo Independent School District, Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and many more.
• On Thursday, don’t miss University of Texas at Austin associate professor of Astronomy Dr. Steven Finkelstein’s presentation on the earliest formation of the galaxy at 7 p.m. at the TAMIU Center for the Fine and Performing Arts Recital Hall. Titled "Our First Glimpse of the Earliest Galaxies with the James Webb Space Telescope," Dr. Finkelstein's lecture will focus on the earliest days of the universe as captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. Sponsored by TAMIU longtime partner and benefactor Guillermo Benavides, this lecture is free and open to the public of all ages.
• If you’ve ever wondered where you might Go Beyond with your TAMIU education, look no further than Juan Gilberto Garcia, Jr., who has gone from a being a wide-eyed freshman from Roma to our new Vice President for Student Engagement. Read his story and find out more.
• Not Alone: Working Together in the Fight Against Human Trafficking, an original exhibition produced by the Bullock Texas State History Museum, is now on view at the TAMIU Academic Innovation Center (main entrance lobby). It’s on view at TAMIU through Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023 and is hosted by the College of Arts and Sciences, department of Psychology and Communication.

And don't forget...

• TAMIU Athletics Trick or Treat Oct. 28, our Halloween Fest Oct. 30, and the 2023 Walk to End Alzheimer’s Nov. 4.

Let’s make this a great week, Dustdevils!

- Pablo Arenaz, Ph.D., President

TAMIU Make A Difference Day Counts on the Support of 525+ Volunteers

TAMIU students, staff and faculty members rolled up our sleeves and made a difference in their community. Volunteers spent their Saturday morning at Slaughter Park beautifying the area and painting trails. The event involved the collective efforts of TAMIU's University Student Government Association L.O.V.E. Committee, the City of Laredo - Government Solid Waste Department through its Environmental Services, Keep Laredo Beautiful, and ARCA Continental Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages. Additional stewardship support included the City of Laredo - Parks & Recreation Department and City Council Representative District 8, Alyssa Cigarroa.