Life & Arts

CAMPUS: CABchella ends TAMIU’s Welcome Week By Kaily OlivoEditor-in-chiefPublished Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025 After an activity-filled Welcome Week, TAMIU ended Fall 2025’s first week with CABchella on Friday, Aug. 29. The night was filled with eccentric musical performances by Garden's Gate, Japanese Dream, LOUIEJAYXX and Synthia Music at Texas A&M International University. Sean Jimenez | BridgeCABchella ends Welcome Week with a fireworks show on the night of Aug. 29, 2025. Savory smells roamed the air from the free food for currently enrolled students by 550 Pizzeria, Gorilla Smoke and Grill, Taquitos Las Minas and Bubble Waffle. Sean Jimenez | BridgeSOLE member Alisa Mendoza, right, works at a booth during CABchella on Aug. 29, 2025. The event also included infla...

CAMPUS: SOLE inspires growth through educational clubs By Emily GonzalezBridge contributing writerPublished Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025 Through the Office of Student Orientation, Leadership and Engagement, TAMIU supports students’ social interaction and academic education, forming events to achieve that objective. Texas A&M International University SOLE Director Nicholas Hudson considers multiple ways to expand and tailor events for student interests. “We want to cater to their needs versus like, we’re just going to create an event,” Hudson said. Sean Jimenez | BridgeSOLE Director Nicholas Hudson leads the Student Organization Leadership Advancement Retreat on Sept. 5, 2025. He develops events according to trends or ideas from students and other SOLE staff in order to c...

NEWS BRIEF: COAS, DFPA present Annual Faculty Opening Concert From Staff ReportsPublished Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025 TAMIU's College of Arts and Sciences and the Department for the Fine and Performing Arts present the upcoming Annual Faculty Opening Concert on Friday, Sept. 26. The 7:30 p.m. event in the Center for the Fine and Performing Arts Recital Hall is free to the public and includes the performances of the following faculty: Mark Boseman, Javier Elizondo, Fritz Gechter, Tatiana Gaorbunova, Melissa Hinojosa, Yu-Mei Huang, Jlyeon Huang, Michael Mann, James Moyer, Jerry Quintero, John Remind, Claire Salli and Gilberto Soto. Donations are accepted to support music programming. Interested persons may contact Associate Professor Yu-Mei Huang at yhuang@tamiu.edu or (956) 326-2...

ARTS: Seats open: Zero By Joseph A. RamirezBridge contributing writerPublished Friday, April 25, 2025 The University allows art students to express their creativity, but due to its small size, it can strain both faculty and students. Due to space, a professor cannot fit more than 15 seats per room in a standard art class or 12 students in advanced courses. “In a photography class, there are only eight enlargers for exactly eight students,” Director of the Fine Arts Program and Associate Professor of art Jesse Shaw explains. “So the seats can be unavailable quickly.” Grisseth Ortiz | BridgeUnidentifed TAMIU art students work on a project during class on April 30. “With the number of [students] we have, we do need bigger rooms,” Visiting Instructional Assistant Professor Sa...

From Staff ReportsPublished Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025 Students can learn more about the art of ceramics during a Ceramics Workshop scheduled for this Friday. The Ceramics Workshop, presented by Mariana Ruvalcaba Cruz, includes an alternative finish process demo, "Playful Expressions: Capturing the Essence of Hands" in the medium of bisque clay and acrylics. The event, which is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7, in the Center for Fine and Performing Arts Room 125, is open to ceramics studio arts students, with sign up available for other studio art students as space allows. Interested students may reach out to Eva Soliz at Marisa.soliz@tamiu.edu or by calling (956) 326-2654 to register.

CAMPUS: CABgazing offers evening event under the stars By Matteo M. FernandezBridge Staff WriterPublished Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024 With a mix including pizza and students painting small replica planets under the stars, the Campus Activities Board hosted its eighth September event: CABgazing. The Thursday, Sept. 26, activity took place on the Sen. Judith Zaffirini Success Center Green. The event was hosted by CAB’s Malik Thompson, who was accompanied by fellow “cabbies,” members of the organization. Juan Carlos Puente | BridgeSophomore psychology major Maggie Villegas paints a small sphere as a planet while using a small light during the CABgazing event Thursday evening, Sept. 26, on the Sen. Judith Zafirini Green. CAB is split into three committees: Education and Heritage, Me...