Today
Town hall prescription drugs
Members of the Positive Community Impact Coalition will conduct a town hall meeting on prescription drug abuse from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in Salón Cassia on the Brownsville campus. The meeting will cover safe disposal, prescription drug trends among youth and laws related to use of prescribed medication. For more information, call 423-0018.
Safety tips info session
Staff from the UTRGV Students Rights and Responsibilities department will conduct an informational session on safety tips for evening and walking to remote parking lots from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Main Courtyard in Brownsville. For more information, call 882-5034.
Tuesday
Coffee with UTRGV Cops
The Students Rights and Responsibilities department will serve free coffee to students who want to talk with UTRGV police officers from 9 to 11 a.m. in the Main Courtyard in Brownsville. For more information, call 882-5034.
Free lunch
Members of the Baptist Student Ministry at UTRGV will offer students a free lunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Quad in Edinburg. For more information, call 383-7491.
PR club
The Public Relations Student Society of America, a new club at UTRGV, will conduct its first meeting at noon in Main 1.536 in Brownsville and in ELABS 161 in Edinburg. PRSSA will focus on helping students who are in the public relations field to network, sharpen their PR skills and get experience in the field. For more information, call 882-5105.
Lunch with the Deans
The UTRGV Student Government Association will host a lunch for students who want to meet UTRGV’s deans from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in El Gran Salón in Brownsville. In Edinburg, Lunch with the Deans will take place at the same time Thursday in the Ballroom. For more information, call 665-2517.
Healthy relationships session
The Students Rights and Responsibilities department will conduct a presentation on healthy relationships from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in Student Academic Center Room 1.102 on the Edinburg campus. A film, titled “Escalation,” will be screened. Pizza and soft drinks will be served. For more information, call 882-5034.
Wednesday
Breakfast to go
Members of the Student Baptist Ministry will offer a free breakfast from 8 to 9:30 a.m. on the Student Union lawn in Brownsville. For more information, call 383-7491.
Popcorn and a movie
The UTRGV Collegiate Recovery Program will present a movie, titled “The Anonymous People” from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Salón Cassia on the Brownsville campus. Free popcorn and drinks will be offered. In Edinburg, the event will be at the same time Thursday in the Student Union Theatre. For more information, call 665-2674.
Thursday
Graduate school info sessions
The UTRGV Graduate College will host a series of informational sessions during September and October on the Edinburg and Brownsville campuses. Information about admission requirements, financial aid and scholarship availability will be presented. Program coordinators will be on hand to help prospective students start their application. The next information sessions scheduled are for the College of Health Affairs, 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the University Ballroom in Edinburg, and the Robert C. Vackar College of Business and Entrepreneurship, 6-8 p.m. in Sabal Hall 1.106 on the Brownsville campus. For more information, call 665-3661 or visit http://www.utrgv.edu/graduate/index.html.
Food sales
Raspas
Members of the Kappa Delta Chi Sorority-Alpha Beta will sell raspas from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday on the Student Union Patio in Edinburg. For more information, call 393-9102.
Pizza
Members of the Japanese Animation Club at UTRGV will sell pizza and chips from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Health Sciences & Human Services West building in Edinburg. For more information, call 371-3306.
The REHAB Club at UTRGV will sell pizza from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday in front of the Mathematics and General Classrooms building in Edinburg. For more information, call 665-2660.
Members of Health Occupations Students of America will sell pizza from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Library in Edinburg. For more information, email hosa.utrgv@gmail.com.
Hot dogs and hamburgers
Members of Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority Inc. at UTRGV will sell hot dogs and hamburgers from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Library BBQ area in Edinburg. For more information, email piandrade@broncs.utpa.edu.
Hot dogs
Members of the Student Association for Medical Spanish at UTRGV will sell hot dogs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Library BBQ Area in Edinburg. For more information, call 530-5027.
Members of Delta Tau Lambda at UTRGV will sell hot dogs from noon to 1:15 p.m. Wednesday on the Quad in Edinburg. For more information, call 534-2870.
T-shirts
Members of the Deaf Education and Advocacy Foundation at UTRGV will sell T-shirts and other items from noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at the Library in Edinburg. For more information, call 320-7754.
Fruit cups
The Bilingual Education Student Organization at UTRGV will sell fruit cups from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Library in Edinburg. For more information, call 665-3213.
Burgers
Members of the Society for Human Resource Management at UTRGV will sell burgers from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday in the Library BBQ Area in Edinburg. For more information, email shrmrgv@gmail.com.
Brothers of Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity Inc. at UTRGV will sell burgers from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday on the Quad in Edinburg. For more information, email betalambda@phiota.org.
Bubble tea
Members of the Filipino Student Association at UTRGV will sell bubble tea from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Student Union West Patio in Edinburg. For more information, call 507-0372.
–Compiled by Monika Garza
