UTRGV's second cohort of Luminary Scholars welcomed with honors banquet

Twenty-four students have joined the exclusive group known as the UTRGV Luminary Scholars.

They are part of the second group in UTRGV's history.

In late August of this year, they were honored with an honors banquet, where they (and their parents), met with college deans, university leadership, UTRGV President Guy Bailey and Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Luis H. Zayas.

The scholarship program offers incoming undergraduate students' room and board for the first two years and full tuition and mandatory fees for all four years.

For more information on the Luminary Scholars program, visit:

https://UTRGV.EDU/LUMINARY

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ABOUT UTRGV

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) was created by the Texas Legislature in 2013 as the first major public university of the 21st century in Texas. This transformative initiative provided the opportunity to expand educational opportunities in the Rio Grande Valley, including a new School of Medicine, and made it possible for residents of the region to benefit from the Permanent University Fund – a public endowment contributing support to the University of Texas System and other institutions.

UTRGV has campuses and off-campus research and teaching sites throughout the Rio Grande Valley including in Boca Chica Beach, Brownsville (formerly The University of Texas at Brownsville campus), Edinburg (formerly The University of Texas-Pan American campus), Harlingen, McAllen, Port Isabel, Rio Grande City, and South Padre Island. UTRGV, a comprehensive academic institution, enrolled its first class in the fall of 2015, and the School of Medicine welcomed its first class in the summer of 2016.

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