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FEBRUARY 2015 Parents Night Out Saturday, February 14 |5:00 - 10:00 p.m. | Kinesiology Convocation Building (KCB) TAMIU Cheerleaders host Parents Night Out for Valenne’s Day. Drop off the kids for a night full of F-U-N. Acvies, arts and craſts, snacks, games, basketball/football and cheerleading fun for ages 3+. Pre-sale ckets $20 and $25 at the door. For more informaon, please email Cheer Coach Jessica Casllo at [email protected]. Dustdevil Fan Zone Thursday, February 19 |5:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. | Kinesiology Convocation Building (KCB) Come out to the KCB for some basketball acon as we take on our biggest rival, St. Mary’s University. Our women’s basketball team will poff at 5:30 p.m. followed by the men’s basketball team at 7:30 p.m. For a full list of this month’s games, see the composite schedule. Faculty Duo Recital Friday, February 20 | 7:30 p.m. | Center for the Fine and Performing Arts (FPA) Featuring Dr. Fritz Gechter, Dr. Yu-Mai Huang and Brendan Townsend. Master Performers Thursday, February 26 | 7:30 p.m. | Center for the Fine and Performing Arts (FPA) Part of the Series: Master Performers at TAMIU TAMIU Texas Academy Seeks New High School Students The Texas Academy of Internaonal and STEM Studies is seeking some exceponal students as it enrolls its second cohort of students at Laredo’s newest high school. Students at the Academy earn their high school diploma concurrently with college credits towards a Bachelors degree. An enrollment informaon session for the 2015-2016 school year will be held Monday, Feb. 23 from 6 -7 p.m. in… read more. Four TAMIU Faculty Publish New Books Newly published books wrien by four Texas A&M Internaonal University (TAMIU) Faculty Members in the College of Arts and Sciences add another set of expert resources and scholarship to the fields of psychology, contemporary literature and public administraon. Read more Video Conference Links TAMIU, México In an effort to promote the internaonalizaon of the newly launched Texas A&M Internaonal University (TAMIU) MA in Communicaon Studies, the “Media, Culture and Identy in the U.S.-México Border” class shares its lessons via video conference with 14 graduate students and four doctoral students of the presgious… read more. Dustdevil Gives Back Danny Cornejo ’10, a former baseball player and alumnus, presented a $500 donaon to TAMIU Athlecs on behalf of O’Connell Robertson this past January. The funds donated are a special giſt to the Dustdevil Baseball Team. O’Connell Robertson is an architecture and design firm in San Antonio, Texas. Thank you for joining the movement! As alumni, you are part of our legacy. Suggest a story, tell us about your accomplishments, a current project or any other news you would like to share with the rest of our growing TAMIU community. Accomplished something great ? We want to hear from you. It’s me to start planning for our 11th Annual Autmus Fest! Mark your calendar for our first meeng Tuesday, February 17 at the TAMIU De Lachica/Vela Room KL 102, 6:30 p.m., and help to make it our best yet! For more informaon, email us at [email protected]. Alumni Association Michael currently serves as a Chief of Staff in the New Jersey Assembly where he works on issues such as homeland security, labor relaons, port security, business trade, and commerce. He received a Masters in Internaonal Banking (2004) and Business Administraon (2007) at Texas A&M Internaonal University. He moved on to serve as a Legislave Aide in the Texas Senate and a Chief of Staff in the Texas House of Representaves. Michael also interned for the New York City Council, providing research for environmental issues, and CNN, providing input on naonal Hispanic issues such as immigraon. Michael is a First Year PhD candidate and intends to earn a law degree. He hopes to become a consultant at the naonal and state level. Michael Dole, ’04, ’07 Michael was one of 10 American students selected to parcipate in the 2014 Saudi Arabia Study Visit Fellowship with the Naonal Council on U.S.-Arab Relaons. He is back from what he describes to be the oſtenmes misunderstood naon of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. His delegaon explored educaonal, polical, historical and cultural aspects of the Kingdom through visits to businesses, museums, secondary and higher educaon instuons. One of his most memorable experiences while in the Middle East was an educaonal meeng with esteemed members of the Al Shura Council, Saudi Arabia's advisory body. Michael is a current Cross-Cultural Studies graduate student at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from TAMIU. Michael Bustamante, ’10 Lifetime E-mail Account Access to Computer Labs Library Services Discounted Rec Sports Membership FREE On-Campus Parking FREE Entrance to Regular Season Athletic Events FREE services from Office of Career Services YOU GOT BENEFITS! With your TAMIU Alumni OneCard, you are entled to numerous benefits and privileges. Resume Wring Career Counseling & workshops Informaon on Job Openings Access to Dusty Works Mock Interviews Parcipaon in the Annual Job Fair Opportunies to meet recruiters Stay Connected! The Stampede is a promise made to the next generaon of Dustdevils. It’s a pact, pledging that no student shall have to face the financial challenges that come while achieving higher educaon goals. Your contribuon will impact the lives of students directly, ensuring that they can afford to reach their goals. COUNT ME IN
