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CAMPUS: TAMIU Honor Code update includes AI

31Oct

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CAMPUS: TAMIU Honor Code update includes AI

CAMPUS: TAMIU Honor Code update includes AI By Anahi UgartecheaBridge contributing writerPublished Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023 At the start of the Fall 2023 semester, TAMIU’s Honor Code: Plagiarism and Cheating introduced a new entry for the use of artificial intelligence. The new AI entry was implemented to reduce dishonesty in the classroom. Students must continue to practice being ethical in all their academic career, in and out of the classroom. Neto Gonzalez | Bridge Photo IllustrationSome students believe ChatGPT may be the key to graduating, but the TAMIU Honor Code would say otherwise. The Texas A&M International University Honor Code: Plagiarism and Cheating, part of the University’s course policies attached to every syllabus, lists several violations of the Honor Co...

EDUCATION: College of Education releases video podcast ‘Conversations on Teacher Education’

26Oct

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Education, On Campus

EDUCATION: College of Education releases video podcast ‘Conversations on Teacher Education’

EDUCATION: College of Education releases video podcast ‘Conversations on Teacher Education’ By Alexia AlemanBridge Staff WriterPublished Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023 A new video podcast sparks conversations between TAMIU and local-school-district faculty about education. The next episode is scheduled for Nov. 8. The College of Education at Texas A&M International University recently launched a new video podcast series, “Conversations on Teacher Education,” in collaboration with the Laredo Independent and United Independent school districts. Rolando Santos | TAMIU Public RelationsCollege of Education Dean James O'Meara This initiative stems from the College of Education’s participation in a three-year project, one of six transformation projects across the U.S., led by TAMIU Co...

CAMPUS: Students illuminate Acequia Fountain with lanterns for Reading the Globe

12Oct

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Education, Features, International Studies, On Campus

CAMPUS: Students illuminate Acequia Fountain with lanterns for Reading the Globe

CAMPUS: Students illuminate Acequia Fountain with lanterns for Reading the Globe By Neto GonzalezEditor-in-chiefPublished Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023 In a culturally rich ceremony, TAMIU students gathered around the Acequia Fountain on campus to participate in the Reading the Globe program. As part of this program, students immersed themselves in Japanese culture, inspired by the book “Where the Dead Pause and the Japanese Come and Say Goodbye,” written by Marie Mutsuki Mockett. The event featured a traditional Japanese lantern floating ceremony, symbolizing the connection between the living and the deceased. Neto Gonzalez | BridgeTAMIU freshman Marcus Narabal, left, drops a paper boat into the Acequia Fountain in the center of campus on Oct. 4 during the Reading the Globe event. ...

CAMPUS: Students worry over scam call dangers

4Apr

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Education, On Campus

CAMPUS: Students worry over scam call dangers

CAMPUS: Students worry over scam call dangers By Megan CarcamoBridge contributing writerPublished Tuesday, April 4, 2023 As a new school year commences for many, students become aware of the increase in scam calls they receive targeted at those with education loans. Fears grow for their own financial safety. The Laredo Police Department turned to social media back in early September to warn education loan borrowers as they noticed a surge of scammers using student loans as an excuse to gain access to students’ personal financial information. Neto Gonzalez | Bridge Photo IllustrationSome students are receiving annoying and sometimes even harassing calls from scammers promising to eleminate or reduce their student loan debt, as shown in this photo illustration taken on March 28. ...

NEWS: TAMIU remembers two historically significant members

30Mar

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Academia, Education, Humans of TAMIU

NEWS: TAMIU remembers two historically significant members

NEWS: TAMIU remembers two historically significant members By David Gomez Jr.Editor-in-chiefPublished Thursday, March 30, 2023 Late last year and early in 2023, the namesake of TAMIU’s Staggs Academy, Frank Staggs, and longtime TAMIU administrator Jose “Joe” García passed away. Staggs died on Dec. 20 and Garcia on Jan. 10. Former director of the 11th high school in Laredo, Patricia E. Uribe, shared Staggs’ praise by noting his lifetime educational contributions. Rolando Santos | TAMIU Public RelationsStaggs Academy namesake Frank Staggs, seated, honored by TAMIU President Pablo Arenaz, right, during Convocation on Oct. 6, 2022, in the Center for the Fine and Performing Arts Recital Hall. Vice President for Institutional Advancement Roseanne Palacios, left, and others clap for S...

28Mar

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Academia, Education, Features, Humans of TAMIU, News, On Campus, Professor Profile

NEWS: ‘Dean of deans’ retires in May

NEWS: ‘Dean of deans’ retires in May By David Gomez Jr.Editor-in-chiefPublished Tuesday, March 28, 2023 TAMIU Regents Professor, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Thomas Reagan Mitchell expects to retire at the end of May. Approaching 73, he says many people begin thinking about retirement at that age. The 50-year veteran of academia nearly didn’t make it after a bout with the novel coronavirus. Rolando Santos | TAMIU Public RelationsVice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Thomas Mitchell poses for a photo on campus in summer of 2020. “It causes you to reassess your life,” Mitchell said about his life-threatening case when contracting SARS-CoV-2 in the summer of 2021. “I ended up in the emergency room,” Mitchell recalled. “Before you know it, I was o...

9Mar

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FEATURE: President Arenaz advises students about careers

FEATURE: President Arenaz advises students about careers By Mireilly GonzalezManaging EditorPublished Thursday, March 9, 2023 TAMIU President Pablo Arenaz spoke to students at the Office of Career Services about his career journey. The Office of Career Services staff welcomed students into the breakroom. Coffee, cookies, and brownies were provided on a table at the back during the Feb. 1 event. This is Arenaz’s seventh year at TAMIU and his job experiences include being an assistant, associate, and full professor of biology. Mireilly Gonzalez | BridgeTAMIU President Pablo Arenaz speaks to students about careers and mentors. “In high school, I fell in love with biology,” Arenaz said of the start of his career path. “So when I went away to college, I knew exactly what I was...

CAMPUS: Changing majors costs money, time

24Jan

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Alumni, Education

CAMPUS: Changing majors costs money, time

CAMPUS: Changing majors costs money, time By Neto GonzalezBridge contributing writerPublished Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023Edited to include Feb. 17, 2023, photograph Some TAMIU students second-guess their time spent working on their degrees. These mid-degree changes can cause delays and cost students extra money. When Texas A&M International University alumnus Ernesto Izaguirre first attended classes in the Fall of 2019, he declared as a psychology major with a projected graduation in the Spring of 2022. After completing more than half of his academic career, he began having second thoughts about his chosen degree. "During one of my lectures, my professor told me that I wouldn't be able to get a job with just a bachelor's degree," Izaguirre said. Ultimately, he continued wi...

SCIENCE: TAMIU Planetarium promotes scientific literacy

1Nov

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SCIENCE: TAMIU Planetarium promotes scientific literacy

SCIENCE: TAMIU Planetarium promotes scientific literacy By Jaime GurrolaBridge contributing writerPublished Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022 Students and the public alike can learn about complex scientific concepts through shows presented at TAMIU’s Planetarium. Astronomy, nature and hard sciences fill up much of the public show schedules at the Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetarium. Karla De Leon | BridgeThe Lamar Bruni Vergara Science Center and Planetarium, as seen on Oct. 28, 2022. “We have a variety of shows, not only astronomy, but we [offer] a lot of other science-related shows,” Planetarium Director Peter Davis said. “We have shows on pandas, humpback whales … we have shows on migration and different things that will help the schools when they come.” Davis said producing sho...

EDUCATION: Professor launches new theater course

28Sep

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EDUCATION: Professor launches new theater course

EDUCATION: Professor launches new theater course By Viviana TellezBridge contributing writerPublished Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022 Although COVID-19 temporarily closed the curtains for theater performances, TAMIU launched a new course to get the show back on the road. Academic Cooperative, the new course, began this Fall for anyone who wants to work on a theater production. David Gomez Jr. | BridgeInstructional Associate Professor of theater and communication Gilberto Martinez Jr. acts out a monologue during one of his theater courses in Academic Innovation Center Room 221 on Sept. 14. Instructional Associate Professor of theater and communication Gilberto Martinez Jr. held auditions for the upcoming show in early September. Martinez expects the performances to occur Nov. 3 to ...

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