As they wind up their AVID-driven Freshman Seminar class, four UTPB students reflect upon the benefits they will take away from that class.

Next year, more freshmen will benefit from AVID’s tools at UTPB.  It is another building block that faculty at UTPB can offer students to help them be successful in their college careers, and ultimately, lead productive lives, explains Lanita Akins, one of the first two AVID instructors.

To read some testimonials from this years AVID students click here.

Explore UTPB during our campus visitation day.  FALCON DAYS are on:

• Saturday, March 27, 2010

To learn more about Falcon Days and register for the event, click here!

The Falcon Promise covers tutition and mandatory fees for qualifying students. 

For more information about the Falcon Promise click here.

UTPB is abuzz! Not with bees, but with the QEP! The selection of the concept “critical thinking” for the campus Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) has been made, and now everyone is learning about the components: clarify, collect, consider, and conclude (C⁴). One campus-wide QEP activity, a burrito breakfast, brought students (l to r) Frank Acosta and Jamie Rodell to the table where faculty members Lanita Akins and Dr. Anshu Saran were serving.

Faculty will begin implementing critical thinking teaching methods next year, so UTPB students can successfully continue down the path toward graduation. Click here for more QEP information.