November 17, 2009
The TAME trailer parked at Blackshear late last week is yet another indicator of the emphasis ECISD is now placing on its science curriculum. The trailer, backed by the Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering, was at Blackshear Elementary Friday to give fifth- and sixth-graders a feel for science.
Students in robotics classes at Bonham Junior High were busy Monday making last-minute adjustments on their robots in preparation for today’s robotics competition in the multipurpose room of UTPB’s Mesa Building.
New Energy classes are coming to UTPB. Three new courses will be available this Spring. They're all in different departments, so be sure to check that they're exactly what you need for your degree.
November 16, 2009
Even Grover -- who is being honored this week by the Association of Fundraising Professionals with a Lifetime Achievement in Philanthropy award -- admits she's unsuccessfully committed to retiring before. It's not that she doesn't want to pass the torch, she said, but simply that she sees worthy causes and wants to fill the needs if she can.
Officials at U.T. Permian Basin are hoping to making this weekend’s Hispanic Youth Summit a regular event. More than 200 high school students from around the Basin and Big Bend have been in Odessa for the Summit. Organizers at U.T. Permian Basin say the focus is on Hispanic Heritage and planning for College.
November 13, 2009
Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams joined about 40 area business leaders, faculty and students for the biannual University of Texas of the Permian Basin School of Business Advisory Council meeting Tuesday on campus.
November 11, 2009
The former residence of the late Ellen Noël, now owned by UTPB, is still on the market after listing early this summer with Century 21 Acsales Realty.
A handful of tributes are scheduled around Odessa to mark Veterans Day on Wednesday.
The annual Youth Appreciation Week Awards saw a total of 312 recipients Monday night as junior high school and high school students were honored for their leadership and success in academics, athletics and involvement.
November 9, 2009
UTPB has scheduled the following concerts to take place on campus in the library:
Nov. 6: 4:30 p.m., departmental recital #29.
Nov. 10: 7 p.m., Guest artist, Daniel Rieppel, a pianist.
Nov. 12: 7:30 p.m., Vocal ensemble concert.
Nov. 13: 4:30 p.m., departmental recital #30.
November 6, 2009
Fort Hood Slayings hit Close to Home for UTPB Volleyball Player
Jamie Rodell had no idea what to think.
All she had was a text from her little brother, a student at Killeen High, and another text from her best friend telling Rodell to call her mom, her dad, her boyfriend, anybody from back home.
Fort Hood had been locked down.
November 5, 2009
LULAC and UTPB have invited high school students from across Texas to attend a free Hispanic Youth Summit Nov. 13 and Nov. 14.
Whether we agree with his ideas or not, it is unquestionable that Charles Darwin was one of the most influential people who lived. This young Englishman of little apparent talent would gather evidence on a five-year voyage around the world for a theory that would revolutionize human thinking and then spend 20 years agonizing before he published his findings.
In his remarkable 75-minute, one-man show “Darwin Remembers,” retired professor Floyd Sandford took a UTPB audience on a journey of discovery through the reminiscences of a frail but still vital Darwin as he considers his life and work.
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