UTPB to recruit new students in Mexico for first time
UTPB will recruit international students in Mexico for the first time this month. Vice President Vickie Gomez and Renee Fontenot will travel to Mexico City and Monterrey with representatives from nine Texas colleges. The trip aims to attract Mexican students and diversify the campus as the university funds about 2450 for travel.
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Permian Basin
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Monterrey
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UTPB Leaders Plan Mexico City Recruiting Mission
A UT Permian Basin delegation plus representatives from Mary University UT Arlington Texas Woman's University and Stephen F Austin will travel to Mexico City and Monterrey from April 27 to May 1 to recruit students marking UTPB's first international foray.
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Permian Basin
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PHS coach Gary Griffin to retire after 32 years of coaching
Odessa area note profiles Permian High School football coach Gary Griffin who will retire this year after 32 seasons in coaching. He reflects on effort, teamwork, and staying focused from whistle to whistle while planning to continue teaching. The district honored his community service for fundraising aiding Beene and Howell, injured Permian students.
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Odessa
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Joe Beene
Trey Howell
Permian High School
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Permian
Ajax
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Ector County Independent School District
Beene
University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
Howell
Dallas
Gary Hendricks
Chaz
West Odessa
Gary Griffin of Abilene Aims High in Coaching and Life
Gary Griffin, assistant football coach and teacher at Permian High School in Abilene, is an internet buff who runs coach esoffice com. He enjoys fishing, hunting, and barbecue cookoffs. He admires his parents Carl Griffin and Ida Mae Griffin, who at 93 remains independent and taught him faith and perseverance.
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NM AG seeks standing in NRC hearing on Eunice uranium plant
The New Mexico Attorney General’s Office and others file for standing with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission over the proposed National Enrichment Facility near Eunice. Public Citizen and the Nuclear Information and Resource Service join, citing waste disposal concerns with uranium hexafluoride UF6. LES says it will respond to the petitions as it analyzes them.
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Michael Mariotte
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
Washington
Mariotte
Public Citizen
LES
Louisiana Energy Services
Wenonah Hayter
Marshall Cohen
Eunice
Parents Form ADHD ADD Support Group After Research
Parents of children with ADHD or ADD seek peer support after researching treatments and talking to doctors and teachers. Beverly Hendricks and friend Chris Rimes plan meetings to help families share experiences and discuss concerns about school management and long term medication effects.
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