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Nelsen: Rio Grande Valley is biggest education lab in U.S.
Submitted by Southern Shift on Thu, 2009-11-19 21:42 Authored by Steve Taylor, Rio Grande Guardian Original Article
EDINBURG, Nov. 18 - Robert Nelsen says the Rio Grande Valley is the biggest education laboratory in the United States, which is why he wanted to be president of UT-Pan American.
Nelsen will become UTPA’s eighth president on Jan. 1, 2010. He explained how humbled and thrilled he was to be taking the new position in a brief but passionate speech to students, faculty and staff in the Student Union auditorium on Wednesday afternoon. He has big ambitions for the university.
“I am humbled and thrilled to have this opportunity to partner with you to make UTPA the shining star of education, in the Valley, in Texas, in the nation,” Nelsen said. “We will be the university that everybody else wants to emulate. We will be the one that they will say, ‘we got it right,’ because we will do it together.”
Among those listening to Nelsen’s speech were UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa, UT System Regent Janiece Longoria, and UTPA Interim President Charles Sorber. Longoria was on the search panel that recommended Nelsen to the UT System Board of Regents. She described him as “formidable, articulate and charismatic.” She said he spoke compellingly “from the heart.”
The Obama Generation, Revisited
Submitted by Southern Shift on Wed, 2009-11-11 13:59 Authored by Elizabeth Méndez BerryThis is a nice article from a good friend of ours Elizabeth Méndez Berry who brings to light the important question about ‘where are the throngs of youth organizers that helped shape and elect President Obama?' It’s an important article considering the low voter turnout around the country for this past '09 election and what’s at stake and may be in store for 2010 contest.
