Volume 59, Issue 11  - October 30, 2006

Briefs

Spanish cinema

Sigma Delta Pi, the national collegiate Hispanic honor society, will present three prize-winning films this week: “El Año de las Luces,” today; “Secretos del Corazón,” Tuesday; and “El Espíritu de la Colmena,” Wednesday. Each film, done from the perspective of the child or adolescent, will be shown at 4:30 p.m. in the SET-B third-floor conference room.

‘Ghosts of Fort Brown III’

The Arnulfo Oliveira Memorial Library will host a discussion and book signing about the reported ghosts on campus at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in its Hunter Room. Refreshments will be served. Volumes I and II of “The Ghosts of Fort Brown,” plus the new third volume, “The Ghosts of Fort Brown and Beyond,” will be available for purchase at $6 each. For more information, call John Hawthorne or Millie Hernandez at 882-7410. 

Career outreach

The Counseling Center will conduct a career counseling outreach from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Cardenas Endowment Courtyard in observance of National Career Development Month. For more information, call the center at 882-8292.

Student org forum

The Student Life Department will conduct a student organization forum from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Student Union’s Salon Gardenia. For more information, call Student Life at 882-5137.

THEA alternative

The UTB/TSC Testing Office offers an alternative to the Texas Higher Education Assessment Test (THEA) with COMPASS, a computer-adaptive test that is a state-approved substitute to the THEA exam. The cost of the exam is $39. The next available testing date is Wednesday in Tandy Hall 215. Students interested in registering should visit the Testing Office in Tandy Hall 216.

Wine and cheese party

The Graduate Studies Office and Government Department will host a wine and cheese party for graduate students in the College of Liberal Arts from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Education and Business Complex’s Cassia Room. For more information, contact Idalia Paredes at 882-8890 or by e-mail at idalia.paredes@utb.edu.

Meetings

The Disability Awareness Club meets at 3 p.m. each Wednesday in the Student Union’s Salon Bougainvillea. For more information, call club president Travis Briones at 545-7306 or send him an e-mail at travis.briones1@utb.edu.

Joseph B. McCormick, regional dean and James Steele Professor for the University of Texas School of Public Health Brownsville Regional Campus, will present a lecture titled “Tales of a Virus Hunter: HIV, Ebola, and Lassa Virus” during the Gorgas Science Society meeting, scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday in Life and Health Sciences 1.314. For more information, call society president Joe Lee Rubio at 346-9177 or send him an e-mail at gorgassociety@yahoo.com.

The Sports Officials Student Organization invites students interested in becoming soccer referees to attend its regular meetings scheduled from 2 to 3 p.m. Friday and Nov. 17 in SET-B 2.260. Topics of instruction include assistant referee and offside. For more information, call organization president Fabian Neri at 371-1376 or adviser Pedro Trejo Jr. at 882-5945.

Reading

Rob Johnson, author of “The Lost Years of William S. Burroughs: Beats in South Texas,” will read an excerpt at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9 in the SET-B third-floor conference room. The event is sponsored by the Liberal Arts Graduate Student Association.   

Steal a Meal

The Catholic Campus Ministry sells a full meal for $1.50 at 11:30 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at the Newman Center. For more information, call 542-3942. 

Katrina relief

The UT School of Public Health Brownsville Regional Campus and other Rio Grande Valley organizations are seeking donations for Mission Mississippi, a relief effort for Hurricane Katrina victims who are still struggling. Suggested donation items include non-perishable foods, toiletries and baby items. Items can be dropped off between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. through December at the Regional Academic Health Center, located next to the Life and Health Sciences Building. For more information, call Belinda Reininger at 882-5161 or send her an e-mail at belinda.m.reininger@utb.edu.

Employee recreation

UTB/TSC employees are invited to participate in tennis recreation from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m., 1:15-2:15 p.m. and 5:15- 6:15 p.m. Monday through Thursday at the UTB/TSC tennis courts. To sign up, go to http://www.utbtsc.edu/form/hr/wellness/tennis/. For more information, call Marisa Guerrero at 882-7614.

UTB/TSC employees are invited to participate in volleyball recreation from 7 to 9 p.m. every Wednesday at Sonic Drive-In, 205 Security Dr. For more information, call Marisa Guerrero at 882-7614.

--Compiled by Hugo Rodriguez

If you would like your organization or department news published in the Collegian’s Briefs section, call reporter Hugo Rodriguez at 882-5846 or send him an e-mail at collegian@utb.edu.