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Monday, March 26


Fine Arts Gallery

Come visit the art exhibit showcasing the exceptional artwork of UTPA's talented Master of Fine Arts candidates!

Location: Art Department, Fine Arts Complex

"LITERACY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL" ACADEMIC CONFERENCE

"Language Access in Healthcare: A photovoice exploration of Spanish signs in healthcare organizations in the Rio Grande Valley" Student Panel and Film Screening

This panel presents an analysis of the presence of the Spanish language on public signs in hospitals, clinics and doctor's offices in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Seventy five undergraduate students participated in the project by taking photographs of signs in over 50 healthcare organizations in Hidalgo County. In their research, students also reflected critically on the photographs and found that signs designed to promote health were often absent in Spanish and that signs dealing with payments and with organizational rules were often present in Spanish. Students also found that Spanish signs were more prone to spelling and grammatical errors than English signs and concluded that there is much room for improvement in the provision of language access for Spanish-speaking patients in the Rio Grande Valley's health delivery system. The results of their research will be presented in this panel discussion.

Presenters: Dr. Glenn Martinez and Medical Spanish Students, Department of Modern Languages and Literature
Location: Student Union Theater
Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

FACULTY, STUDENT, AND GUEST PRESENTATIONS

PACE Student Research Conference

Students from the College of Arts and Humanities will present their research and creative activity.
Moderator: Dr. Cynthia Jones, Department of History and Philosophy
Location: Cenizo Room
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

“Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words?  Icons, Iconoclasts, and the Controversy over Image-ining the Divine

This multimedia presentation will explore major world religions’ beliefs about the propriety of visually depicting divine or holy beings. Discussion of the history of this debate will be enhanced with a range of art forms, including paintings, sculpture, stained glass, and illuminated manuscripts.
Presenter:  Dr. Rebekah Hamilton, Director, University Writing Center, Department of English
Location: COAS 176
Time: 2:35 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.

Landscape and Literacy across Cultures in World Literacy

This event features a panel discussion and presentations by students of world literature as an effort to illustrate the complex interrelationship between environment and (literary) literacy.
Presenters: Dr. Theron Francis, Dr. Kyoung Lee and students from the Department of English
Location: BAB 113
Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

“Monólogos de la vagina” by Eve Ensler

Come enjoy a performance of monologues in Spanish with the Theatrical Group “Frontera Líquida”!
Presenters: Dr. Edna Ochoa, Department of Modern Languages and Literature; Verónica Gaitán; Dolores Mendiola; and Erika Garza
Location: Student Union Theater
Time: 6:30 p.m.

“Tejanos and the Civil War”

Presenter: Dr. Alexander Mendoza, author and military historian from the University of North Texas
Location: Library Auditorium
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

"Let’s Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War"

During this session, Dr. Jerry D. Thompson, one of the nation’s top authorities on the Civil War, will speak on “South Texas in the American Civil War”. Thompson’s visit is part of the "Let’s Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War" at UTPA, which was possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association.
Location: Library Auditorium
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

TBEC DINNER

UTPA honors South Texas schools named as the 2011 Honor Roll Schools by the Texas Business and Education Coalition (TBEC) in a banquet dinner, which feature a Keynote Address by Texas Poet Laureate 2012, Jan Epton Seale. By invitation.
Location: UTPA Ballroom
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.