Sul Ross State University News

By STEVE REAGAN Staff Writer Take the "designate" off his title - Steven Saldivar is officially the new superintendent for Big Spring Independent School District.

News from U.S. Representative Ciro D. Rodriguez July 1, 2009 Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Ciro D. Rodriguez announced Wednesday that the 23rd Congressional District has received $6.48 million in funding through the House Appropriations Committee for agriculture programs throughout the district.

Far West Texas grabs your heart and does not let go, no matter what. It's difficult to explain to outsiders what makes the place special.

Retired professor Herbert Cromwell Arbuckle III, 64, donated his personal art objects and library of about 2,500 books - with 53 complete specialty collections - to Sul Ross State University.

The summer heat is pounding down on Tim Bryant as he criss-crosses the H-E-B parking lot - iPod earbuds firmly in place - rounding up loose shopping carts and returning them to the grocery store's entrance.

Rick Perry has appointed Dan Allen Hughes Jr. of Beeville to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission for a term to expire Feb.

Jeff Henderson was a student's teacher. Friends and colleagues of the long-serving journalism professor at Texas State University-San Marcos said he wasn't one to lecture pedantically.

Six candidates for the Washoe County schools superintendent position were tabbed as finalists Friday by the school district's board of trustees.

ALPINE Twenty-two Sul Ross State University students were inducted into the Texas Chi Chapter of Alpha Chi National Honor Society April 27.

Mr. Ernest E. 'Buck' McGonagill, 80 years young of Coleman, passed from this life at Abilene Regional Hospital on Monday May 25, 2009.

Odessa College will announce Thursday a partnership with Sul Ross State University on an educational beef production program through the college agriculture department.

Mrs. Margaret Ann McGonagill, 74 years young passed from this life on Saturday, May 16, 2009 in the Brownwood Regional Medical Center in Brownwood, Texas.

ALPINE Jose Guevara's love of mariachi music has led to the formation of a Sul Ross State University band, and by the fall semester of 2009, a class in mariachi instruction.

Wynette Mullins, 68, died Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at her residence. Services will be 3:00 p.m. Friday, May 15, 2009 at the First Baptist Church of Sweetwater with burial in Willow Cemetery in Haskell under the direction of Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home of Rotan.

ALPINE Sul Ross State University students from the Permian Basin area were initiated into the Texas Chi Chapter of Alpha Chi April 27.

Like most artists starting out, Texas Music singer-songwriter Jeremy Martin does whatever he must to pay the bills.

* Community organizations: Rotary Club, Barber Shop Quartet, member of Church of the Nazarene, member of the school board since 2000.

By Barbara Rodriguez After driving the many miles required to reach Alpine from just about anywhere, a lot of folks see this town as if ita s the last stop on the roaring open road to Big Bend National Park.

ALPINE Five Sul Ross State University students and news and publications news writer Jason Hennington attended the annual Texas Intercollegiate Press Association convention April 8-11 in Dallas.

Sul Ross State University will not 'force a fit' when selecting a new president.