{"id":7102,"date":"2024-08-27T09:24:56","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T15:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=7102"},"modified":"2024-08-27T09:24:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T15:24:59","slug":"utrgv-marks-9th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/utrgv-marks-9th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"UTRGV marks 9th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"626\" height=\"852\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-27-at-10.19.20-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-27-at-10.19.20-AM.png 626w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-27-at-10.19.20-AM-220x300.png 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The Welcome Week calendar of events is posted in the Student Union on the Edinburg campus \u00a0 Victoria Gonzalez\/Vaquero Radio<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/utrgvday0826.wav\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">UTRGV will celebrate its ninth anniversary on Wednesday by hosting UTRGV Day in Edinburg, McAllen, Harlingen and Brownsville.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The university was created from the merger of legacy institutions University of Texas-Pan American and University of Texas at Brownsville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UTRGV plans this event every year over the summer in order to make this a memorable occasion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karen Dorado, director of special programs and community relations, said that UTRGV Day is a special day for the university community.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cIt is a day that we can reflect on all the great milestones that the university has accomplished in its first nine years,\u201d Dorado said. \u201cIt\u2019s also a great day to feel inspired and hopeful for the bright future ahead.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dorado expects a few thousand people to show up throughout the four different locations. She said the event allows students, staff and faculty to come together.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cEverybody works so hard throughout the entire year,\u201d she said. \u201cWhether it\u2019s in classes or in the workplace, and so it\u2019s just an opportunity for everybody to celebrate what the university represents.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chemistry senior Matthew Lazo said the diversity and programs make UTRGV unique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cOur chemistry department is great, biology department is great, even our business programs are really good,\u201d Lazo said. \u201cWe have a lot of good students here. Really high averaging scores, really great portfolios. I just genuinely think our campus is great.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Biology freshman Jesus Zuniga said the university is meaningful because it is a school for everybody.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cNow everyone has a chance to get accepted in here,\u201d Zuniga said. \u201cAnd they can all get, like, their bachelor\u2019s degree and get a nice career.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The UTRGV Day celebration will be held from 8:30 to 10 a.m. in the University Ballroom on the Edinburg campus, 11 a.m. to noon in the Rio Bank fifth-floor conference room in McAllen, noon to 1 p.m. in the Harlingen Clinical Education Building and 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the PlainsCapital Bank El Gran Sal\u00f3n on the Brownsville campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attendees will receive a free T-shirt, cupcake and drink while supplies last.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/utrgv.edu\/welcomeweek\">utrgv.edu\/welcomeweek<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is Victoria Gonzalez for Vaquero Radio.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UTRGV will celebrate its ninth anniversary on Wednesday by hosting UTRGV Day in Edinburg, McAllen, Harlingen and Brownsville.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":7103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[569,16],"tags":[662,44,661,42,26,663],"class_list":["post-7102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic","category-edinburg","tag-anniversary","tag-news","tag-newstudents","tag-students","tag-utrgv","tag-welcomeweek"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UTRGV marks 9th anniversary - The Valley&#039;s Student Station<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/utrgv-marks-9th-anniversary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UTRGV marks 9th anniversary - The Valley&#039;s Student Station\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UTRGV will celebrate its ninth anniversary on Wednesday by hosting UTRGV Day in Edinburg, McAllen, Harlingen and Brownsville.&nbsp;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/utrgv-marks-9th-anniversary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Valley&#039;s Student Station\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-27T15:24:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-27T15:24:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-27-at-10.19.20-AM.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"626\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"852\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Victoria Gonzalez\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Victoria Gonzalez\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/utrgv-marks-9th-anniversary\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/utrgv-marks-9th-anniversary\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Victoria Gonzalez\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/436e807e4dd8b4952bbb3f2c72aaac7b\"},\"headline\":\"UTRGV marks 9th anniversary\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-27T15:24:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-27T15:24:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/utrgv-marks-9th-anniversary\/\"},\"wordCount\":390,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/utrgv-marks-9th-anniversary\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-27-at-10.19.20-AM.png\",\"keywords\":[\"anniversary\",\"NEWS\",\"newstudents\",\"Students\",\"UTRGV\",\"welcomeweek\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Academic\",\"Edinburg\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/utrgv-marks-9th-anniversary\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/utrgv-marks-9th-anniversary\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/utrgv-marks-9th-anniversary\/\",\"name\":\"UTRGV marks 9th anniversary - The Valley&#039;s Student Station\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/utrgv-marks-9th-anniversary\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/utrgv-marks-9th-anniversary\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-27-at-10.19.20-AM.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-27T15:24:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-27T15:24:59+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/utrgv-marks-9th-anniversary\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/utrgv-marks-9th-anniversary\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/utrgv-marks-9th-anniversary\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"UTRGV marks 9th anniversary\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/\",\"name\":\"The Valley&#039;s Student Station\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Valley&#039;s Student Station\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/output-onlinepngtools-scaled.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/output-onlinepngtools-scaled.png\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":946,\"caption\":\"The Valley&#039;s Student Station\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/436e807e4dd8b4952bbb3f2c72aaac7b\",\"name\":\"Victoria Gonzalez\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cd444c833eaa7f4a78eeec70dc50285492934cec153a39690eef55d09573ca0e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cd444c833eaa7f4a78eeec70dc50285492934cec153a39690eef55d09573ca0e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Victoria Gonzalez\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/author\/victoria-gonzalez\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"UTRGV marks 9th anniversary - The Valley&#039;s Student Station","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/utrgv-marks-9th-anniversary\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"UTRGV marks 9th anniversary - The Valley&#039;s Student Station","og_description":"UTRGV will celebrate its ninth anniversary on Wednesday by hosting UTRGV Day in Edinburg, McAllen, Harlingen and Brownsville.&nbsp;","og_url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/utrgv-marks-9th-anniversary\/","og_site_name":"The Valley&#039;s Student Station","article_published_time":"2024-08-27T15:24:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-08-27T15:24:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":626,"height":852,"url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-27-at-10.19.20-AM.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Victoria Gonzalez","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Victoria Gonzalez","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/utrgv-marks-9th-anniversary\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/utrgv-marks-9th-anniversary\/"},"author":{"name":"Victoria Gonzalez","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/436e807e4dd8b4952bbb3f2c72aaac7b"},"headline":"UTRGV marks 9th anniversary","datePublished":"2024-08-27T15:24:56+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-27T15:24:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/utrgv-marks-9th-anniversary\/"},"wordCount":390,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/utrgv-marks-9th-anniversary\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-27-at-10.19.20-AM.png","keywords":["anniversary","NEWS","newstudents","Students","UTRGV","welcomeweek"],"articleSection":["Academic","Edinburg"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/utrgv-marks-9th-anniversary\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/utrgv-marks-9th-anniversary\/","url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/utrgv-marks-9th-anniversary\/","name":"UTRGV marks 9th anniversary - The Valley&#039;s Student Station","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/utrgv-marks-9th-anniversary\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/utrgv-marks-9th-anniversary\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-27-at-10.19.20-AM.png","datePublished":"2024-08-27T15:24:56+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-27T15:24:59+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/utrgv-marks-9th-anniversary\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/utrgv-marks-9th-anniversary\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/utrgv-marks-9th-anniversary\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"UTRGV marks 9th anniversary"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/","name":"The Valley&#039;s Student Station","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#organization","name":"The Valley&#039;s Student Station","url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/output-onlinepngtools-scaled.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/output-onlinepngtools-scaled.png","width":2560,"height":946,"caption":"The Valley&#039;s Student Station"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/436e807e4dd8b4952bbb3f2c72aaac7b","name":"Victoria Gonzalez","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cd444c833eaa7f4a78eeec70dc50285492934cec153a39690eef55d09573ca0e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cd444c833eaa7f4a78eeec70dc50285492934cec153a39690eef55d09573ca0e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Victoria Gonzalez"},"url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/author\/victoria-gonzalez\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7105,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7102\/revisions\/7105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}