First-Generation Graduate Uplifts Her Community
Invested in local outreach programs and community service, Pride of the Southland Color Guard squad leader Uriah Richey plans to dedicate her career to helping others.
Invested in local outreach programs and community service, Pride of the Southland Color Guard squad leader Uriah Richey plans to dedicate her career to helping others.
Adam Larkey, a spring 2020 industrial and systems engineering graduate, will join the workforce soon, but his first career began when he picked up the fiddle as a six-year-old.
Frank Cuevas previously served as assistant and then associate vice chancellor for student life. He also oversaw student housing at UT for seven years, beginning in 2010.
Approximately 90 percent of the initial CARES Act funding is being disbursed directly to about 9,000 eligible students in the form of grant aid due to COVID-19.
Although in-person commencement ceremonies in May had to be postponed for safety, UT will recognize graduates and their outstanding achievements over the next few weeks.
It was a win-win situation born from the most unpredictable circumstances for a dozen UT teacher education students and Centro Hispano, a local nonprofit serving Latino youth and families.