News
Faculty and Staff Visit Chihuahua City to Promote Enrollment and Inter-University Relations
• courtesy of Dr. Esther Rumsey • In the first week of October, Executive Vice President and Provost Dr. Jim Case, Director of International Studies Dr. Esther Rumsey, Director of Alumni Relations Aida Luevanos, and Administrative Coordinator Ana Luevanos traveled to [...]
Features
Sul Ross Professors Detail River Research at Big Bend National Park Event
• by Oliver Pinckney and Paul Slocumb • Sul Ross professors Dr. Chris Ritzi and Dr. Kevin Urbanczyk spoke in Big Bend National Park on Friday, Sept. 28, about Rio Grande River research efforts being conducted by SRSU faculty and students. Their talks were a part of the [...]
Lobo Life
Daytrip! Rio Grande Village Nature Trail
• story by Oliver Pinckney • photos by Mallory Stewart and Paul Slocumb • Big Bend National Park is filled with a large number of interesting trails, some of which are easily accessed and hiked. One such option is the Rio Grande Village Nature Trail, a .75 mile loop path easy enough for people of all ages. The Trail [...]
Mexican Devotional Paintings Now on Display at Museum of the Big Bend
• courtesy of the Museum of the Big Bend • Beautiful examples of the popular Mexican folk art, retablos, are now on exhibit at the Museum of the Big Bend. Retablos are personal devotional paintings typically purchased from Mexican artists or peddlers who sell them door [...]
National Teacher of the Year Makes a Difference by Welcoming Difference
• by Paul Slocumb • After visiting schools in Marfa and Alpine, National Teacher of the Year, Mandy Manning, arrived at Sul Ross State University to deliver the annual Poindexter Lecture in Marshall Auditorium on Monday, Oct. 1. The theme of her speech [...]
Daytrip! Terlingua Cemetery
• story by Oliver Pinckney • photos by Mallory Stewart and Paul Slocumb • Driving into Terlingua, it’s difficult not to notice the desert disappearing underneath new buildings and businesses. The ghosts seem to have given up on their ghost town. But just off [...]
Poindexter Honored at Fifth Annual Museum of the Big Bend Heritage Dinner
• courtesy of the Museum of the Big Bend • The Museum of the Big Bend recently held its fifth annual Heritage Dinner to honor John B. Poindexter’s dedicated support for both the Museum and the Big Bend region as a whole. The evening fundraiser at the Ritchey Brothers Building in Marathon included guest speakers Dr. Brian McCall, [...]
BRI Undergrad Helps Researchers Avoid Getting Trapped by Camera Traps
• by Paul Slocumb • Since the early 1990s, scientific researchers (and less-scientific Sasquatch hunters) have used infrared-triggered camera traps as a low-cost tool for recording animal activities at all times of the day and night; however, today’s motion-activated devices can also trap researchers in the lab with millions of digital [...]
Daytrip! El Paso Museum of Art Presents Early West Texas: Waypoint and Home Through Nov. 3
• photo story by Paul Slocumb • Combining works from local collectors and the Museum’s collection of early Texas art, EPMA showcases Early West Texas: Waypoint and Home through Nov. 3 in the first floor Dede Rogers Gallery. As the exhibit title suggests, humans have experienced West Texas as both a home [...]
Sports
Sul Ross Men’s Soccer Team Earns First Home Win in Program History
• story by Travis Hendryx • photos by Paul Slocumb • Fending off a second half Belhaven rally, the Sul Ross men's soccer team registered a 4-2 ASC victory over the visiting Blazers on Saturday, Oct. 13. Angel Pardo picked up his first collegiate goal in the 34th minute of the [...]
BRI
Fourth Annual BRI Mentorship Program Showcases Undergraduate Researchers
• by Paul Slocumb • Nine Sul Ross State University students from the fourth annual Borderlands Research Institute Undergraduate Mentorship Program (BUMP) presented their research findings at the Everett E. Turner Range Animal Science Center on Friday, Sept. 14. Of [...]
The Days Ahead
Macbeth Kicks Off 97th SRSU Theatre Season
• courtesy of Dona Roman • The Sul Ross State University theatre program opens its 97th season with a new production of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth on Friday, Oct. 26 at 8:15 p.m. in Marshall Auditorium. A twisted tale of murder, magic, and prophesy, the story follows Lord [...]
Women’s Soccer Dominates in 5-1 Victory Over Belhaven
• story by Travis Hendryx • photos by Paul Slocumb • Sul Ross State University women's soccer delivered a three-goal payload in the first half and added two more for insurance in the second period to claim a 5-1 ASC victory over visiting Belhaven University Saturday, Oct. 13. Freshman midfielder Nuvia Guillen contributed two of [...]
Seven Sul Ross Students Receive Houston Safari Club Foundation Scholarships
• courtesy of Borderlands Research Institute • Seven Sul Ross State University students have been awarded scholarships from the Houston Safari Club Foundation. The $39,000 in scholarships are a part of the Foundation’s Dan L. Duncan Scholarship Program and are awarded to students who demonstrate a desire to protect and [...]
25th Center for Big Bend Studies Conference Happening Nov. 9-10 at Sul Ross
• courtesy of the Center for Big Bend Studies • A baroque guitarrilla concert and historical journey aboard a Butterfield Stagecoach will highlight the Center for Big Bend Studies 25th Annual Conference, Nov. 9-10 at Sul Ross State University. Opening the [...]
Second Half Goals Lift Women’s Soccer to 2-0 Victory Over Louisiana College
• story by Travis Hendryx • photos by Paul Slocumb • For the second consecutive game, Sul Ross women's soccer held its opponent scoreless as the Lady Lobos claimed a 2-0 shutout win over visiting Louisiana College on Thursday, Oct. 11. Both goals came in the second half as Britney Bereumen scored off a batted [...]
Borderlands Research Institute Receives Texas Ornithological Society Grant
• courtesy of Borderlands Research Institute • The Texas Ornithological Society has awarded a $6,000 grant to the Borderlands Research Institute (BRI) to purchase radio transmitters for a grassland bird research project already underway in the Marfa grasslands. The project is a collaborative effort between BRI, the Texas Parks and [...]
SRSU Presents Eleventh Annual McNair-Tafoya Symposium Oct. 24
• courtesy of Dominique Vargas • Fifteen Sul Ross State University student scholars will present their research at the eleventh annual McNair-Tafoya Symposium on Wednesday, Oct. 24 from 3-5 p.m. Four oral presentations in the University’s Espino Conference Center will be followed by fifteen poster presentations in the adjacent foyer. Oral presentations will include: Yelixza Avila with Empirical Study to [...]
The Desk
Sul Ross Gets University Status
• from the June 26, 1969 issue of The Sul Ross Skyline • With the stroke of his pen, Governor of Texas Preston Smith elevated Sul Ross State College to university status. The law changing the name of four state senior colleges to universities went into effect May 15 on the heels of the spring commencement exercises. “The change of the name of our institution to Sul Ross State University [...]
Grad Center
New Grad Student Projects Join Continuing Research at ANRS
• by Kaitlyn Williams • SRSU’s College of Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences currently has more than 20 graduate students writing research proposals, conducting research, and/or already hard at work crafting a master’s thesis. Many of these ANRS Lobos are continuing research on projects begun in previous semesters. [...]
Library
Wildenthal Library Now Offering 45 Digital Magazines for Viewing Via Flipster
• courtesy of Suyu Dong • Sul Ross students, faculty, and staff can access their favorite digital magazines using Flipster, a next-generation magazine service that allows people to browse digital versions of the latest issues of popular magazines. The Wildenthal Library has both Flipster and hardcopy versions of magazines such as [...]