UPDATED at 11:57 a.m.
At 11:50 a.m., the UTRGV Emergency Notification System sent out a notice giving the all clear for campus operations to resume as normal.
No further updates were provided.
UPDATED at 11:20 a.m.
A UTRGV official told The Rider the CESS building has been evacuated and the university is working with law enforcement officials to make sure the package is โsafeโ and โinert.โ
โBut thatโs all protocol,โ said Patrick Gonzales, associate vice president for Marketing and Communications and university spokesman. โSo, right now, we are in the middle of our protocol when these types of things happen. So a package was identified. We have called McAllen police officials and [the] McAllen bomb squad, and they are in the process of checking that out and as soon as we get an all clear, weโll send another message to campus.โ
Original Story:
According to a notice sent out at 9:49 a.m. today through the UTRGV Emergency Notification System, a suspicious package has been discovered at the UTRGV Edinburg Community Engagement & Student Success Building, located at 1407 E. Freddy Gonzalez Dr.
The university is asking anyone at the location to evacuate the building via the east-side exits, await further instruction, avoid the area, and said that police are at the scene.
The Rider will provide further details as it receives them.
