{"id":7920,"date":"2025-04-21T10:07:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T16:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=7920"},"modified":"2025-04-21T10:07:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T16:07:47","slug":"edna-orozco-paves-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/21\/edna-orozco-paves-the-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Edna Orozco paves the way"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/group-SME-event-1024x705.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/group-SME-event-1024x705.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/group-SME-event-300x207.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/group-SME-event-768x529.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/group-SME-event-1536x1058.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/group-SME-event.jpeg 2047w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo Courtesy Edna Orozco<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SME.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Edna Orozco is a lecturer, assessment coordinator and undergraduate coordinator in the UTRGV Department of Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering, who was awarded the 2024 National Society of Manufacturing Engineers Faculty Adviser Award for her impactful mentorship.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) is an organization that provides students with hands-on experience.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Orozco said the most rewarding part of being a faculty adviser is the mentorship she provides the students. She helps students believe in themselves and improve their skills.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cOne year, I took the students to a competition in Houston, and then they saw other universities,\u201d Orozco said. \u201cThey saw Rice University, Texas A&amp;M, UT-Austin and they couldn\u2019t believe that they were actually competing against those universities. And on top of that, they were placed among the first three places in the state. And so, when I allow these stepping stones to the students to see that they are as worthy as other universities, and that we put the name of UTRGV out there.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She said some of her mentorship methods include examples because it works as motivation for the students.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cI always tell the students, \u2018It doesn&#8217;t matter if right now, at this point, you don&#8217;t have the best grades in your class,\u2019\u201d Orozco said. \u201cYou just need to push forward and discipline is gonna get you there.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Her advice for faculty members who may consider becoming advisers of any organization is to not be scared of the challenge.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cThe cool thing about that is that you don&#8217;t do it by yourself, you always have the students,\u201d Orozco said. \u201cRegardless if it&#8217;s one student, five students, 100 students, there&#8217;s always gonna be people that are gonna help you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>SME accepts middle school, high school and college students. For middle school and high school, the membership is free. For college students, the annual membership fee is $20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To sign up for the organization, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sme.org%2Fsme-membership%2Fjoin-sme%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CRadio%40utrgv.edu%7C987bb9ecfa6f4fecb2e508dd7dbd0d83%7C990436a687df491c91249afa91f88827%7C0%7C0%7C638804973185072510%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=kZj2j%2B2pzaKcisdK%2BY9PWbcqxm%2BcvvdJkK25B7VJb2g%3D&amp;reserved=0\">SME membership<\/a> online or join via its <a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flinktr.ee%2Fsme_s297%3Futm_source%3Dqr_code&amp;data=05%7C02%7CRadio%40utrgv.edu%7C987bb9ecfa6f4fecb2e508dd7dbd0d83%7C990436a687df491c91249afa91f88827%7C0%7C0%7C638804973185104027%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=VeiHW6BVwOUjGaM0kxOa4dMatbA%2Fw2Ml4uwlAX7Co7s%3D&amp;reserved=0\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is Celeste Cruz for Vaquero Radio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edna Orozco is a lecturer, assessment coordinator and undergraduate coordinator in the UTRGV Department of Manufacturing and Industrial<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":7921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,722],"tags":[809,26],"class_list":["post-7920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-edinburg","category-news","tag-engineering","tag-utrgv"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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