One Sessions poster. Photo courtesy of KWTS: 91.1 The One.
We recently dropped by to cover One Sessions, the annual live music show hosted by KWTS 91.1: The One at the AT&T High Definition Studio.
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The Math, Chemistry and Physics department held an art contest to decorate their hall in the Classroom Center.
“We just moved in to this new area in the Classroom Center a couple of years ago and wanted to decorate the halls,” Nick Flynn, department head of the Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics department said. “Stacy Chase [instructor of Mathematics] came up with the idea and it is a good way to decorate the department.”
Flynn said the event was successful, which encouraged the department to make this contest an annual event.
“We are encouraged,” he said. “We had over ten submissions.”
The department planed to give awards to the first three places, however there was a tie for the third place.
The first place winner was Jesse Melson, a Music Education major. Second place was awarded to Chase Vernon. Tied for the third place was Linda Chenoweth, head of reference at the Cornette Library at WTAMU, and Social Work major Elena Vargas.
Vargas said she was excited when she heard she won third place.
“My art professor told me about it [the contest] Nov. 8 and it was due Nov. 10 so it was unexpected,” she said.
On the other hand, Chenoweth said she feels it is important for staff to also participate in this type of events.
“I think staff are not as visible as students,” she said. “It seemed an important thing that included faculty, staff and students.”
(L-R) Linda Chenoweth, Elena Vargas, Jesse Melson, Chase Vernon.
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On Dec. 14, Juan Gallardo, president of the WTAMU Hispanic Student Association, will be distributing toys to El Paso with other members of the organization. These toys will then go to “Realizando Sueños,” an organization that collects toys for children in Juarez, Mexico who have been impacted by the violence in the city.
“They [Realizando Sueños] had like 6,000 kids [last year], but they only collected 800 toys,” Gallardo said. “They sent over 5,000 kids back.”
He said the “Toys for Juarez” project started as a toy drop on campus and HSA expected to collect around 100 to 200 toys. However, after calling different companies around the community, the project got bigger.
“Our project got really big until we had an event not on campus, but that involved the whole community,” Gallardo said. “Our goal is now 5,000 toys because that is how many kids got sent back last year.”
Members of HSA will distribute the toys to El Paso and after that, the organization “Realizando Sueños” will take them to Juarez. Continue reading
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El 14 de Diciembre, Juan Gallardo, presidente de la Asociación de Estudiantes Hispanos (HSA), junto a otros miembros de esta organización distribuirán juguetes en El Paso, Texas. Estos juguetes serán entregados a la organización Realizando Sueños quienes se encargan de juntar juguetes para niños afectados por la violencia en ciudad Juárez, México.
“Ellos [Realizando Sueños] recolectaron 800 juguetes [el año pasado] pero 6,000 niños asistieron,” dijo Gallardo. “Por tanto se quedaron más de 5,000 niños sin juguetes.”
También dijo que “Juguetes para Juárez” empezó como un proyecto en la universidad a través del cual HSA esperaban recolectar entre 100 y 200 juguetes. Gracias a diferentes compañías de la comunidad, el proyecto creció.
“Nuestro proyecto creció mucho hasta que tuvimos un evento que no era solo en la universidad, sino que involucraba a toda la comunidad,” dijo Gallardo. “Ahora nuestra meta es recolectar 5,000 juguetes porque ese es el numero de niños que no recibieron un juguete el año pasado.”
The success of the freshmen readership program at WTAMU has inspired other readership opportunities around campus. The CORE office organized two different readership during the Fall semester, the Leadership Readership and the Diversity Readership programs.
The Leadership Board organized the Leadership Reader, which started two years ago.
“We wanted to have this [Leadership Readership] as another program that students could get involved with to actually expand their leadership skills by reading certain books,” Valerie Swope, leadership consultant for the CORE office, said. Continue reading
On Nov. 8, the Amarillo District of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will begin the US 87 Gateway Enhancement project in Canyon.
City Manager Randy Criswell said Canyon has been trying to do something about the Gateway for a long time.
“It is so ugly when you come from the north to town,” he said. “There is dirt and weed. It is horrible looking.”
The city of Canyon applied for funding through the Federal Highway Administration’s Transportation Enhancement Program. TxDOT Public Information Officer Paul Braun said the project is expected to cost over $900,000.
“The city of Canyon applied to the fund and were approved through the Transportation Enhancement Project,” he said. “We realized there were some other issues.” Continue reading
Downtown Canyon has been enjoying an economic boom thanks to help from the Canyon Economic Development Corporation (CEDC). Read more about it here! Or, put on your headphones and listen up!
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Photos of the Dia de Los Muertos celebration! To read more about the celebration in English, click here. To read about the celebration in Spanish, click here.
Photo by Alex Montoya.
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On Nov. 2-4, the College of Education and Social Sciences, in conjunction with the Counselor Educator Department, will host the second annual “Dia de los Muertos.”
Yvette Castillo, assistant professor of the Department of Education, said the traditional Day of the Dead celebration can be seen in Oaxaca, Mexico where it is a week-long celebration.
“Individuals go to the cemeteries and they honor those lives that have passed, working together as a family to clean out the cemetery, to bring offerings that were very special for those individuals lives,” she said. Continue reading
The Square in downtown Canyon is experiencing a growth and development period. Mardee Mattlack, owner of Reuzed, a local store, said she has seen The Square gain activity since they moved on July 2010.
“In the evenings usually the square dies off at about 5 o’ clock and we were the only ones opened much later than that,” she said. “Now with the coffee shop, it is very active during the evening.”
The Canyon Economic Development Corporation, or CEDC, has been helpful in revitalizing the city. In 2002, Canyon was designated a Main Street City. Evelyn Ecker, the city’s Director of Business and Community Development, said the Main Street Program is an initiative of the National Trust. Continue reading
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