July 27, 2017 News and Information for A&M-Texarkana Faculty and Staff Calendar of Events July 28 - Young Writers’ Workshop Closing Ceremony, 9:30 a.m., Eagle Hall, University Center Aug 2 - “Student Life and Time Man- agement,” 2:30 p.m., TEXAR Room (University Center 116) Aug. 9 - Eagle Access Summer Bridge Program Final Project Presentations, 2:30 p.m., University Center 217 Aug. 14 – “Putting Up the Harvest,” 6-8 p.m., TEXAR Room (University Center 116) Aug. 18 - Eagles Soccer vs. Northeast Texas Community College Scrim- mage, 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., Mt. Pleasant, Texas Aug. 19 - Eagles Soccer Navy and White Scrimmage, 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., A&M-Texarkana Aug. 21 - Welcome Back Breakfast, 9 a.m., Eagle Hall, University Center Aug. 24-27 - Hatch Camp Aug. 25 - Eagles Women’s Soccer vs. Grambling University, 11 a.m., A&M-Texarkana Aug. 25 - Eagles Soccer vs. Beth- el University, 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., A&M-Texarkana Aug. 26 – Women for A&M-Texarkana Gourmet Brunch, 10 a.m., Tri-State Iron & Metal Atrium, University Center Aug. 26 - Wiley College Soccer vs. Bethel University, 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., A&M-Texarkana Aug. 26 - Eagles Soccer vs. Bacone College, 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., A&M-Tex- arkana Aug. 26 – Women for A&M-Texarka- na Gourmet Brunch, 10 a.m., Tri-State Iron & Metal Atrium, University Center Young Writers’ Workshop closing ceremony is Friday at 9:30 a.m. in Eagle Hall! Continued on page 2 TAKING AIM - Officer Billy Giddens fires a shot during UPD’s annual fire- arms qualification on Monday. Continued on page 2 At least once a year, State of Texas Peace Officers must qualify with the firearms they carry or could possibly be required to use at any time. “e Texas A&M University-Texarka- na University Police Department is no exception, and we must be prepared if the time ever arises that requires us to use our firearms,” said Chief Alex Serrano. On Monday, July 26, all six A&M-Texar- kana police officers underwent firearms qualifications at the Texarkana, Arkansas Police Department’s firing range. ey were qualified by Officer Brian Burns of the Wake Village Police Department, who is a State of Texas certified firearms instructor. “ere are different courses of fire that we FIREARMS QUALIFICATION - Sergeant Ed Emilia, Officer Hal Lorance, Officer Ed Steger and Officer Kristy Whisenhunt with the Texas A&M University-Texarkana University Police Department participate in annual firearms qualification Monday at the Texarkana, Arkansas Police Department’s firing range. Officer Brian Burns with the Wake Village Police Department administered the qualification assessments. UPD team qualifies in annual firearms review can be required to do, and we wait until the firearms instructor advises us,” Chief Serrano explained. “On this particular
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July 27, 2017
News and Information for A&M-Texarkana Faculty and Staff
Calendar of EventsJuly 28 - Young Writers’ Workshop Closing Ceremony, 9:30 a.m., Eagle Hall, University CenterAug 2 - “Student Life and Time Man-agement,” 2:30 p.m., TEXAR Room (University Center 116) Aug. 9 - Eagle Access Summer Bridge Program Final Project Presentations, 2:30 p.m., University Center 217Aug. 14 – “Putting Up the Harvest,” 6-8 p.m., TEXAR Room (University Center 116)Aug. 18 - Eagles Soccer vs. Northeast Texas Community College Scrim-mage, 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., Mt. Pleasant, TexasAug. 19 - Eagles Soccer Navy and White Scrimmage, 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., A&M-TexarkanaAug. 21 - Welcome Back Breakfast, 9 a.m., Eagle Hall, University CenterAug. 24-27 - Hatch CampAug. 25 - Eagles Women’s Soccer vs. Grambling University, 11 a.m., A&M-TexarkanaAug. 25 - Eagles Soccer vs. Beth-el University, 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., A&M-TexarkanaAug. 26 – Women for A&M-Texarkana Gourmet Brunch, 10 a.m., Tri-State Iron & Metal Atrium, University CenterAug. 26 - Wiley College Soccer vs. Bethel University, 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., A&M-TexarkanaAug. 26 - Eagles Soccer vs. Bacone College, 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., A&M-Tex-arkanaAug. 26 – Women for A&M-Texarka-na Gourmet Brunch, 10 a.m., Tri-State Iron & Metal Atrium, University Center
Young Writers’ Workshop closing ceremony is Friday at 9:30 a.m. in Eagle Hall!
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TAKING AIM - Officer Billy Giddens fires a shot during UPD’s annual fire-arms qualification on Monday.
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At least once a year, State of Texas Peace Officers must qualify with the firearms they carry or could possibly be required to use at any time.
“The Texas A&M University-Texarka-na University Police Department is no exception, and we must be prepared if the time ever arises that requires us to use our firearms,” said Chief Alex Serrano.
On Monday, July 26, all six A&M-Texar-kana police officers underwent firearms qualifications at the Texarkana, Arkansas Police Department’s firing range. They were qualified by Officer Brian Burns of the Wake Village Police Department, who is a State of Texas certified firearms instructor.
“There are different courses of fire that we
FIREARMS QUALIFICATION - Sergeant Ed Emilia, Officer Hal Lorance, Officer Ed Steger and Officer Kristy Whisenhunt with the Texas A&M University-Texarkana University Police Department participate in annual firearms qualification Monday at the Texarkana, Arkansas Police Department’s firing range. Officer Brian Burns with the Wake Village Police Department administered the qualification assessments.
UPD team qualifies in annual firearms reviewcan be required to do, and we wait until the firearms instructor advises us,” Chief Serrano explained. “On this particular
Aug. 26 – Women for A&M-Tex-arkana Gourmet Dinner, 6 p.m., Texarkana Country Club, Texarkana, ArkansasAug. 27 – ConvocationAug. 28 - Fall 2017 Classes BeginAug. 28-31 – Best Week EverAug. 28 – Samuel Comroe Comedy ShowAug. 29 – Spotlight on TexarkanaAug. 29 - Eagles Soccer vs. Texas Wesleyan University, 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., A&M-TexarkanaAug. 30 – Sailesh Hypnotist ShowAug. 31 – Big Money BingoAug. 31 – FYE and Advising MixerSept. 1 - Eagles Men’s Soccer vs. Faulkner University, 7 p.m., Mont-gomery, AlabamaSept. 2 - Eagles Men’s Soccer vs. Faulkner University, 5 p.m., Mont-gomery, AlabamaSept. 3 - Eagles Men’s Soccer vs. Georgia Southwestern University, 3 p.m., Montgomery, AlabamaSept. 4 – Labor Day (Campus closed.)Sept. 5 - Hire an Eagle Workshop, 11a.m.-12 p.m., Eagle Lounge, Uni-versity CenterSept. 7 – ACE’s Birthday BashSept. 8 - Eagles Tennis vs. East Texas Baptist University, 4 p.m., Marshall, TexasSept. 9 - Eagles Soccer vs. Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., Oklahoma City, OklahomaSept. 10 - Eagles Tennis vs. Austin College, 12:30 p.m., Sherman, TexasSept. 11-15 – Greek Recruitment WeekSept. 14 - Eagles Tennis vs. South-western Christian, 3 p.m., Oklahoma City, OklahomaSept. 14-15 - Eagles Tennis - Okla-homa Tournament, Oklahoma City, OklahomaSept. 20 – FYE Chopped, Bringle Lake Village
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Young Writers’ Workshop closing ceremony is Friday at 9:30 a.m. in Eagle Hall!
Firearms qualificationqualification, we were required to shoot 50 rounds from our duty weapons from different distances, as well as fire our weapons in multiple ways. We qualified using anchor point shooting, which is up close and personal, one-hand shooting (strong and weak hand), timed re-loads and regular two-hand shooting at various distances. We were also required to shoot our department shotguns and any back-up weapons we carry.”
Congratulations, Chief Serrano and team!
QUALIFYING - Officer Kristy Whisen-hunt takes aim during firearms qualifi-cation on Monday at the Texarkana, Ar-kansas Police Department firing range.
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Young Writers’ Workshop closing ceremony is Friday at 9:30 a.m. in Eagle Hall!
