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Global supply chain management senior Amy De La Hoz (left) and Andrea Gaytan, Student Government Association presidential candidate, speak during the SGA Meet the Candidates event Tuesday in the Main Building courtyard on the Brownsville campus.
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Student Government Association candidates Bernardo Avendano (from left), Yolett Mireles and Ingrid Gonzalez give out flyers during the SGA Meet the Candidates event Tuesday in the Main Building courtyard on the Brownsville campus. Avendano is running for senator At-Large for Brownsville, and Mireles and Gonzalez for senators for the Robert C. Vackar College of Business & Entrepreneurship.
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Yolett Mireles (from left), senator for the Robert C. Vackar College of Business & Entrepreneurship candidate; Ingrid Gonzalez, senator for the Robert C. Vackar College of Business & Entrepreneurship candidate; Skyler Howell, Student Government Association vice president candidate; and Isabelle Zapata, SGA presidential candidate.
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Kevin Flores (left), senator At-Large for Edinburg candidate, and Juan Espinoza, Student Government Association presidential candidate, speak to KVAQ TV during the Meet the Candidates event Tuesday in the Main Building courtyard on the Brownsville campus.
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Integrated health science Minerva Ingram (from left) asks questions to Yolett Mireles and Ingrid Gonzalez, senator for the Robert C. Vackar College of Business & Entrepreneurship candidates, during the Student Government Association Meet the Candidates event Tuesday in the Main Building courtyard on the Brownsville campus.
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Yolett Mireles (from left), senator for the Robert C. Vackar College of Business & Entrepreneurship candidate; Ingrid Gonzalez, senator for the Robert C. Vackar College of Business & Entrepreneurship candidate; Skyler Howell, Student Government Association vice president candidate; and Isabelle Zapata, SGA presidential candidate.
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Health junior Orlando Dylan Alvarado Jr., running for Student Government Association president, gives an interview to KVAQ TV during the Student Government Association Meet the Candidates event Tuesday in the Main Building courtyard on the Brownsville campus.
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Student Government Association candidates for senator At-Large for Edinburg Keila Martinez (from left), Kevin Flores and Daniel Vera pose for a photo during the Meet the Candidates event, where they spoke with students about their initiatives and proposals Thursday in the Student Union on the Edinburg campus.
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Skyler Howell (right), Student Government Association vice president candidate, shares his proposals as part of the team Vaqueros Forward with integrated health science senior Kaylei Sandoval during the SGA Meet the Candidates event Thursday in the Student Union on the Edinburg campus. “We are really trying to push UTRGV forward into the next decade,” Howell said. “We have the most important SGA election of UTRGV’s history with the 10-year anniversary coming up, the football team coming up and you want to make sure that you have a good leadership that sets a standard not only for the next year, but for the next decade of UTRGV as well.”
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Senator At-Large for Edinburg candidate Alexis Uscanga Cadena shares his initiatives with students during the Meet the Candidates event, hosted by the Student Government Association Thursday in the Student Union on the Edinburg campus. Uscanga said he “saw a lot of inaction in this current SGA [administration]… ultimately making a comeback to make SGA great again.”
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External vice president candidate Hannah Emily Martinez (left), and Presidential candidate Orlando Dylan Alvarado Jr. give candies and flyers to students, promoting their Together we Achieve, Juntos Logramos candidacy during the Meet the Candidate event Thursday in the Student Union on the Edinburg campus. Alvarado said they look forward to “advocating for the student needs and for the year to come.”
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Student Government Association vice president candidate Isabella Zapata (left) and education sophomore Hannah Garcia listen to the proposals from senator At-Large for Edinburg candidate Alexis Uscanga Cadena during the Meet the Candidates event Thursday in the Student Union on the Edinburg campus.
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