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Texas A&M-San Antonio celebrated the last day of Fiesta® 2015 with a fabulous 4th annual Festival de Cascarones on Sunday, April 26. This year marked the Festival's first year as an official Fiesta San Antonio® event with a title sponsorship by Glazer's.
80s cover band The Spazmatics drew a large excited crowd.
With live performances by The Spazmatics and Mario Flores & The Soda Creek Band and music provided by DJ TONYC, the Festival de Cascarones drew approximately 4,000 people to A&M-SA's Main Campus. The Fiesta Kids Fun Zone was a hit with kids, featuring giant hamster ball races, an obstacle course, face painting and balloon making. 40 booths sold a variety of food and refreshments, ranging from kettle corn, funnel cakes and hot dogs to turkey legs and pulled pork sandwiches.
Fiesta Commission President Fernando Reyes, his wife First Lady of Fiesta Norma Reyes and Miss Fiesta San Antonio® 2015 Alixzandra Pena attended the event and presented a gift to the University to celebrate the Festival's official event status. A second special event was held in the Vista Room to celebrate Dr. Cynthia Teniente-Matson's 100 days as president of A&M-SA.
Student organizations and vendors provided a variety of food and drinks for festival guests.
Rey Feo LXVII Jon Gary Herrera and Dr. Cynthia Teniente-Matson at the VIP party.
The Festival de Cascarones was featured on WOAI News 4 San Antonio, Fox 29, KENS 5, in the Express-News with pictures on MySA and the A&M-SA Student Newspaper The Mesquite.
More pictures from the VIP Event and the Festival de Cascarones are available to view or download.
ECAC program director presents at arts conference
Alicia Viera, director of Cultural Programs at A&M-SA's Educational & Cultural Arts Center, presented at the 2015 Association of Academic Museum and Galleries Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia on April 25. Together with Pat Villanueve, professor and director of Arts Administration at Florida State University, she presented on "Supported Interpretation (SI): Visitor Engagement in the Heart of San Antonio," which provided an introduction to the SI curatorial model and featured the Contemporary Latino Art: El Corazon de San Antonio exhibition. Alicia has also recently presented at the 2015 National Art Education Association Conference and Seventh International Conference on the Inclusive Museum.
Jaguars place first at international business competition
Five M.B.A. teams from A&M-San Antonio participated in the sixth annual San Antonio Free Trade Alliance International Business Plan Competition, sponsored by HEB. Delores Alarcon, Kristy Boone, Jessie DeLaCruz, Monica Medrano and Angela Valadez took first place for their plan to export Texas pecans to China. Celebrating second place were Cesar Gutierrez, Van Hoang, Arturo Rivas and Leticia Vega for their plan to sell biodegradable plastic containers in the U.S.
The first place team, from left to right: Monica Medrano, Delores Alarcon, Jessie DeLaCruz and Kristy Boone. Not pictured: Angela Valadez.
The competition is an intense program with undergraduate and graduate divisions in which students prepare comprehensive international business plans that includes the import/export of a product of service, as well as sustainability. Congratulations to all five A&M-SA teams for their hard work and stellar representation of A&M-San Antonio in this international competition!
The second place team, from left to right: Cesar Gutierrez, Van Hoang, Leticia Vega and Arturo Rivas.
A&M-SA students get a taste of government work
Nearly 100 students attended the first-ever Government and Non-Profit Day on Wednesday, April 29, visiting with representatives from 30 different government departments and non-profit agencies. Students had the opportunity to learn about volunteer opportunities and job openings. The event was jointly sponsored by the Offices of Career Services and Military Community Development.
Arte y Tradicion de La Frontera: The U.S.-Mexico Borderlands in the Works of Santa Barraza and Carmen Lomas Garza is running from January 30 through May 24 and the Texas Size Breach exhibition is open from March 12 through June 14.
The Educational & Cultural Arts Center is open from Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is closed on Monday. For more information about current and upcoming exhibitions, visit the ECAC website.