{"id":1017,"date":"2019-04-08T23:09:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T05:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=1017"},"modified":"2019-04-08T23:22:04","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T05:22:04","slug":"professor-spotlight-tina-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/08\/professor-spotlight-tina-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Spotlight: Tina Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/professorspot0408_mixdown.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"952\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Image-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Image-14.jpg 952w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Image-14-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Image-14-768x605.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 952px) 100vw, 952px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Chemistry lecturer III Tina Thomas has been an instructor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley for more than 5 years. Thomas came to the United States as engaged scholar at Texas A&amp;M University, and in 2010 received her PhD at Texas Tech University Lubbock. She first started teaching chemistry at the University of Georgia and in 2013 moved to UTRGV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[su_quote] \u201cMy husband started working here in 2012, so i started looking for positions over here, and since my parents, my grandparents, my sister, everyone is teachers, i think it\u2019s in my blood to teach.\u201d[\/su_quote] <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thomas takes part in research, judging for high school\nscience fairs, and is part of 8 different organizations, but she explains why\nshe enjoys teaching over everything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0 [su_quote] \u201cIt\u2019s not for money; it\u2019s not for any other reason. It\u2019s just satisfying to see smiles on the students\u2019 faces, and when they come back and tell that I learned chemistry.\u201d<br>-Tina Thomas, lecturer III[\/su_quote] <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thomas tells UTRGV Radio that\nstudents who are afraid of chemistry should connect the subject with their\neveryday life, and they will find that it is a piece of cake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chemistry lecturer III Tina Thomas has been an instructor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-edinburg","category-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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