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UTRGV students gather for the Let’s Chalk About It event last Thursday in front of El Comedor on the Brownsville campus. The event was held in observance of Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.
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Brownsville Early College High school juniors Giovanni Galino and Arabella Chavira write on the 100 Reasons to Live posterboard for the Let’s Chalk About It event held last Thursday in observance of Suicide Prevention Awareness Month in front of El Comedor on the Brownsville campus.
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Hector Salcedo, computer science sophomore, speaks with Catherine Hernandez, the UTRGV psychiatry research coordinator (center), and Alessandra Rizzo, research assistant, about mental health resources during the Let’s Chalk About It event last Thursday in front of El Comedor on the Brownsville campus.
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Mercedes Martinez, exercise science junior (left), and Carolina Carrillo, exercise science senior, write uplifting phrases in chalk for the Let’s Chalk About It event last Thursday in front of El Comedor on the Brownsville campus.
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Carolina Robles, integrated health sciences freshman, signs up for the BAE-B-SAFE workshop during the Let’s Chalk About It event last Thursday in front of El Comedor on the Brownsville campus. Also shown is Stephanie Salinas, the Student Health Clinic program coordinator.
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Gabriela Torres, english junior, draws hands for the Let’s Chalk About It event last Thursday in front of El Comedor on the Brownsville campus.
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Marco Huerta, UTRGV police officer, speaks to Marijess Ramos, American Sign Language senior, about the Campus Shield app during the Let’s Chalk About It Event last Thursday in front of El Comedor on the Brownsville campus.
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