{"id":8472,"date":"2026-03-23T08:16:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=8472"},"modified":"2026-03-23T08:17:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:17:31","slug":"student-organization-preserves-western-culture-at-utrgv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/23\/student-organization-preserves-western-culture-at-utrgv\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Organization Preserves Western Culture at UTRGV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/vacasFINAL.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The Vaquero Society began Fall 2025, currently working its way up focusing on recruiting students who are interested in learning ranching skills and western culture.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President of The Vaquero Society, Yahir Olvera said he created this organization to help students learn about ranching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019m pretty good with finding the right people for the job so I think ,you know, I should just start it,\u201d Olvera said.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Olvera said he would like to achieve two goals in the organization, grow into at least 25 members in the club and create rodeo and charro groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s very important that we don\u2019t lose sight of all of our traditions as well, but just finding the right people to teach that, so that we can represent the school with pride,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Vice president of The Vaquero Society, Samantha Salazar said the organization will be volunteering at the Mercedes livestock show, a cattle auction and visiting a ranch two times a month.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entrepreneurship and innovation senior attendee of the meeting Diego Guajardo said he is interested in the organization because he would like to learn livestock skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cMy goal in the future is to own a ranch and learn a lot more about the livestock, the way to work with animals, raise the animals, all the good stuff like that,\u201d Guajardo said.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Olvera said he hopes the members of the association are able to learn new skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cI hope members, of course, take away ranching skills, you know, whether that&#8217;s practical or really [anything]\u00a0 else but really just to find a community that they can get into,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Olvera said the association is planning on creating volunteering opportunities and events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cWe plan to visit the cell barn , you know where they buy and sell cattle, and hopefully rodeo events around the area,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information students can visit The Vaquero Society on V Link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vaquero Society began Fall 2025, currently working its way up focusing on recruiting students who are interested<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":8474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,16,831],"tags":[832,68,42,26],"class_list":["post-8472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brownsville","category-edinburg","category-on-campus","tag-832","tag-edinburg","tag-students","tag-utrgv"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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