ANNOUNCEMENTS

Today

National Roll Call Day

The Student Union will honor all veterans from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Student Union Commons on the Edinburg campus and at 11:30 a.m. in La Sala on the Brownsville campus. 

Men’s Basketball

The UTRGV Men’s Basketball Team will face off against Howard Payne University at 7 p.m. in the Fieldhouse on the Edinburg campus. Admission is free to all UTRGV students with a valid ID, veterans and active-duty military members.

Hot Chocolate Bar

The Campus Activities Board will offer free hot chocolate, while supplies last, starting at 12:15 p.m. in the Student Union veranda on the Brownsville campus and at 1:15 p.m. Thursday on the Student Union Commons on the Edinburg campus.

Tuesday

‘Call of Duty’ Game Release

Students can play “Call of Duty” for free starting at 12:30 p.m. in the Game Room on the Brownsville campus.

Women’s Basketball

The UTRGV Women’s Basketball Team will face off against Texas Lutheran University at 7 p.m. in the Fieldhouse on the Edinburg campus. Admission is free to all UTRGV students with a valid ID.

‘Spider-Man’ Movie

The Campus Activities Board will show the movie “Spider-Man: Far from Home” at 6 p.m. on the Student Union lawn on the Brownsville campus.

Fine Arts Town Hall

The College of Fine Arts students, faculty and staff are invited to the monthly town hall meeting from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the Library Auditorium on the Edinburg campus. Pizza will be provided. 

Wednesday

World Kindness Day

Students can decorate their own heart-shaped cookie starting at 12:15 p.m. on the Student Union Commons on the Edinburg campus and at the same time at La Sala on the Brownsville campus.

Thursday

Volleyball

The UTRGV Volleyball Team will face off against the University of Missouri-Kansas City at 7 p.m. in the Fieldhouse on the Edinburg campus. Admission is free to all UTRGV students with a valid ID.

Friday

Women’s Self-Defense

The UTRGV Police Department will offer free Rape Aggression Defense training for all female staff, faculty and students. The training will take place from 2 to 6 p.m. in Cortez Hall 118 in Brownsville. Registration is online at www.utrgv.edu/training.

Civilian Response Training

The UTRGV Police Department will provide a free course to enable civilians involved in an active shooter event within the campus environment to respond efficiently, safely and decisively. The event is open to faculty, staff and students from 9 to 11:30 a.m. in the Library’s Schilling Room on the Edinburg campus.

Upcoming

The MOLLY Prize 

The MOLLY Prize for Best Student Journalism is a new annual award for student reporting in Texas. Entries may be print, online, in video or audio on the basis of either a single piece or a series of up to four related articles or columns. The winner will receive one of two $500 prizes from the Texas Democracy Foundation and the Texas Observer. Deadline for submissions is Feb. 1. All MOLLY student journalism contest participants will also be eligible to take part in a mentoring program in either Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth, San Antonio, Austin or Rio Grande Valley areas. As part of the program, student journalists will be paired with working journalists for a networking opportunity in small group settings. For more information, visit texasobserver.org/the-molly-prize-for-best-student-journalism-in-the-state-of-texas or email kanin@texasobserver.org.

Redistricting Hearings 

The Texas House Committee on Redistricting will conduct public hearings to solicit input on the 2021 legislative redistricting process and provide context to the official 2020 census data that the 87th Legislature will receive by April 2021. In Edinburg, the hearing will be held at 3 p.m. Dec. 13 in the Edinburg Conference Center at Renaissance (Halls A and B), Located at 118 Paseo del Prado. In Harlingen, the hearing will take place at 11 a.m. Dec. 14 in the Texas State Technical College Cultural Arts Center, 1825 N. Loop 499. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/2JIFemd.

–Compiled by Brigitte Ortiz