In an effort to address the growing need for mental health professionals in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas Sen. Morgan LaMantia on Thursday, August 1, 2024, announced that The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), Stars Scholarship Fund and the LaMantia family are joining forces to increase the number of Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSWs) serving the region.

Transparency in local and state governments has been improved thanks to legislation in 2023 by Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, which made clear the 10-business day deadline for government officials to release public records requested by citizens, or require that those bureaucrats and politicians justify to the Office of the Texas Attorney General why they cannot do so, according to South Texas attorney Omar Ochoa.

Two University of Texas Rio Grande Valley seniors – Matthew Rodríguez from Pharr and Anthony Hernández from Edinburg – spent their final undergraduate semester during 2024 in Washington, D.C., as part of the Archer Fellowship Program, interning for the Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, D-Brooklyn, New York.

ECMO – the acronym for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Program – represents yet another major milestone in the mission and vision by DHR Health to create a world-class health system for deep South Texas.

Sen. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen, Texas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp, and Dr. Kelly M. Miller, President and CEO, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and other state, regional and university leaders gathered on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, with gold shovels in hand to break ground on Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi’s new $81 million 85,000-square-foot Arts and Media Building 

Dr. Fred Farías III of McAllen, Chairman, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and President and CEO of 20/20 Vision Care, has been awarded the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley President Medal of Honor, a prestigious distinction only five others have received before him.