Festiba - Tuesday, March 24, 2009
| 09:10 a.m. | Pan American Days Presentation: "Meet the Bravos FC: Professional Futbol Comes to the Valley". Dr. Gregory Selber, Department of Communication |
| 09:10 a.m. | Faculty Presentation: Dr. Rob Johnson - "Mr. Ennis, was killing our daddy really necessary?": Sheriff Vail Ennis and the 1952 Bee County Election, HSHW 1.402. |
| 09:10 a.m. | Pan American Days Presentation: "Involving Students in Research". Dr. Chad Richardson, Department of Sociology |
| 12:00 p.m. | Big Read Panel on the novel Bless Me, Ultima Featuring a panel of three prominent scholars: Dr. Eliseo Torres (University of New Mexico - "Curanderismo in Bless Me, Ultima"), Dr. R.C. Davis (University of New Mexico - "Bless Me, Ultima and Rudolfo Anaya's Place in American Literature."), and Dr. Mark Glazer (UTPA -"Bless Me, Ultima and Mexican-American Folklore") at the Student Union Theater. |
| 01:30 p.m. | Bless Me, Ultima Exhibit Opening featuring the art collection of Che and Becky Guerra of Nuevo Santander Gallery, CAS Gallery. |
| 02:35 - 03:50 p.m. | Student One-Act Plays at the Fine Arts Recital Hall, FC 103 |
| 04:30 p.m. | Pan American Days Presentation: Dr. Miguel Diaz-Barriga (Chair and Professor of Anthropology at Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania) and Dr. Margaret Dorsey (University of Pennsylvania), "Border wall: pros and cons." Academic discussion involving the meaning of citizenship, immigration and environmentalists’ views on the border wall. SBS 101. |
| 06:00 p.m. | Automated Lighting Shows: "The Art of Light" A Multi-Media Light and Music Show, which is an unrivaled automated lighting program choreographed to music using equipment you might see at national concerts or the Academy Awards! The multi-media presentations will include a discussion of the integration of advanced technology with theatrical special effects. Presented by Amarente Lucero, Head of the Automated Lighting Design Program, College of Fine Arts, The University of Texas at Austin and the Marialice Shivers Endowed Chair at UTPA, 2008-2009. Library Auditorium. |
| 06:30 p.m. | UTPA First Annual Student Film Festival, Fine Arts Recital Hall (FC 103) A variety of student and faculty projects, many of them nationally recognized award winners, will be screened over two nights. This evening will focus on shorts. |
| 07:10 p.m. | Pan American Days Presentation: "Boder Violence" Victor Rodriguez, Chief of Police, City of McAllen, SBD |
| 07:30 p.m. | UTPA Salsa Band Concert in the Fine Arts Auditorium |
| Reading Is Fundamental (RIF): Readings & Book Distributions to Public Schools with "Celebrity Readers" | |
Art Exhibits (open all day): |
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| UTPA Visitor’s Center (Mexican Masters Exhibit) | |
| CAS Gallery (featuring the collection of Che and Becky Guerra of Nuevo Santander Gallery) | |
| Clark Gallery at the Fine Arts Building | |
| Mexican Masters Exhibit and CAS Gallery Exhibit curated by Maria Elena Macias. | |
