Festiba - Wednesday, March 25, 2009
| TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL Authors to Public Schools: Jose de Escandon Elementary – La Joya ISD - Authors: Lupe Ruiz-Flores, Georgina Lazaro Rio Hondo Intermediate – Rio Hondo ISD - Author: Carmen Tafolla John F. Kennedy Elementary School – Mercedes ISD - Author: Xavier Garza |
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| 08:45 a.m. | Pan American Days Presentations: Victor Rodriguez, Chief of Police, McAllen, "Border Violence," HSHE 1.114. |
| 08:45 a.m. | Pan American Days Presentations: Francisco Munoz III, Dance Program Coordinator and Artistic Director for UTPA Ballet Folklorico. "Mexican Folkloric Dance Styles: Lecture and Demonstration," HPE2 (Dance Studio 133). |
| 09:00 a.m. - 01:30 p.m. | Cosecha Voices Writing Workshop for Region One Middle School Migrant Students with Tato Laviera, Nuyorican Poet, and Stephanie Alvarez, Ballroom. |
| 09:00 a.m. | Faculty Presentation: Dr. Lee Hamilton "William Blake and the ReMythologizing of Christianity" Bronc Room. |
| 10:00 a.m. - noon | Border Forum: "Media Coverage of Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border" at the Student Union Theater. |
| 10:00 a.m. | Faculty Presentation: Dr. Ted Von Ende "Harry Potter at UTPA" Jeffers Theatre. |
| 10:35 a.m. | Faculty Presentation: MFA/BA Poetry and Short Stories Student Panel Moderator: Emmy Perez, MFA and BA Creative Writers, CAS 310. |
| 10:45 a.m. | Pan American Days Presentations: Dr. Philip A. Ethridge and Perla Exinia, Department of Criminal Justice. "An Analysis of Children Arrested for Murder in Hidalgo County Texas in 2008," SBS 105. |
| 11:00 a.m. | Faculty Presentation: Dr. Shawn Thompson "Playing in Solitude: Robinson Crusoe in Antebellum America" Jeffers Theater. |
| 11:00 a.m. | Faculty Presentation: Dr. Thomas Pearson and Ken A. Grant "Who made the World? Creation Stories in Religious Traditions", Bronc Room. |
| 01:10 p.m. | Faculty & Student Presentation: Dr. Rebekah Hamilton "Krampus and Other Devils," and two Student Conference Papers, CAS 256. |
| 01:10 p.m. | Pan American Days Presentations: Dr. Stephen Balfour "Using Technology to Promote Thinking and Learning: Designing Learning Experiences with Calibrated Peer Review and Other Technologies," ASB 1.104. |
| 01:10 p.m. | Pan American Days Presentations: Dr. Margaret Graham, Department of Psychology and Anthropology "DEEP in South Texas: A Participatory Health Promotion Project in Border Colonias," Rebecca Reyes, student, Department of Psychology and Anthropology, "Curanderismo in Peru," HSHE 1.114. |
| 04:30 - 06:30 p.m. | Director Juan Carlos Frey with a Film Screening: 1989 Miles, Student Union Theater |
| 04:30 p.m. | Pan American Days Presentations: Eric Ellman Executive Director of non-profit organization Los Caminos Del Rio, “Culture and Leadership: How They Are Utilized In Fund Raising," SBS 110. |
| 04:30 - 06:00 p.m. | Roundtable Discussion on the State of Mexican American Studies with Edna Ochoa, Sonia Hernandez, Emmy Perez, Stephanie Alvarez, and Jennifer Mata, UTPA Faculty, CAS 303. |
| 06:00 p.m. | Texas Business and Education Coalition Dinner: Recognition of Outstanding Public Schools, Ballroom, by invitation |
| 06:00 p.m. | Pan American Days Presentations: Havana Night Live Music by Grupo Sazon and Latino food tasting, Cosponsored by UPB, Delta Xi Nu, N2Tunes and Heritage Committee, Chapel Lawn. |
| 08:00 p.m. | UTPA Chamber Orchestra performing "A Latin Extravaganza," Student Union Auditorium |
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. | |
| Reading Is Fundamental (RIF): Readings & Book Distributions to Public Schools with "Celebrity Readers" | |
| 08:00 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. |
