The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

I’ve had to request 2 prerequisite lifts already and I just want to thank Timothy Hubert and Olivia Gonzalez over at the UTRGV department of mathematics. You guys are the GOAT for replying fast and being very very helpful. If there was a way to show my gratitude, I would gladly do so. I know this is probably weird do post on Reddit but I wanted everyone to know y’all are the best.

I have a question about the financial aid program at school, I already received pell grant today, but will the school still cover the rest if I did 12 credit hours per semester and have SAI below -1500?

so when are we holding a Palestine protest ✨ time to get on the ball

Hello! I am trying to find someone to sublease my apartment at The Rio in Edinburg. It’s $445 a month!

I am looking to move out in July, but if you want to go in sooner or later I can be flexible.

Is there a reason why college algebra 1314 specifically is not offered in either summer session? Because you can take 1414 algebra and other gen req math classes just not 1314.

Which one should I go to? I would appreciate it if someone could also point out the pros and cons. Thank you.

Hello y’all. I plan on starting an alternative rock radio station. Alt Rock quite a wide and diverse term, so I’m pretty much gonna try to get everything I can, emo/post-hardcore punk, hardcore punk, indie (which is also pretty diverse itself lol), metalcore, thrash, nu-metal, hell, maybe even some alternative pop/hip hop/country. So thoughts on this? I would like to get some feedback. Thanks y’all. ***EDIT: Please let me know if there’s already a slot for this kinda station/show. Thank yous.

I failed and class, and I am panicking because I am not sure on how bad this will affect my GPA and financial aid. Someone please help.

Thank you to the nice registrar service desk girl that I called to ask about lifting a calculus pre requisite. I have been dealing with this issue for about a month now and you directed me the right person that got it done quick! I hope you have the best week🙏🙏

My daughter is about to graduate from high school, she wants to study medicine. I still have my doubts on which medicine school is better, since I became a gastroenterologist here at the UANL in Monterrey. I'm great payed, I do research here at the UANL so I'm SNI 2 (a type of research level from the national program in Mexico). I wonder which University is better in terms of learning, opportunities, research programs and professional preparation for residence.

EDIT: It should be noted that members of The Lord’s Recovery often make reference to the Christian Research Institute’s “We Were Wrong” article to defend themselves. I’ve posted a rebuttal to that here.

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After seeing the testimony of a student from UT Austin regarding the branch of CSOC that operates there as well as another student who has testified regarding the UT system as well, I believe it would be good to provide this additional notice regarding this club at your campus.

I’ve seen these clubs operate under a few different names across the country. Sometimes they’ve called themselves Christians on Campus (CoC). Many of them now go by the name Christian Students on Campus (CSOC). Some of them name themselves after their university, taking the naming scheme of “Christians at [University Name].” Regardless of which name you may encounter, there are some important things to know about them.

First and foremost is their affiliation with a larger church. If they make any claims of being unaffiliated with any church or denomination, it is certainly untrue. This college group, along with its sister groups at various other campuses in the UT system and across the country, is affiliated with a collection of churches that are call themselves The Lord’s Recovery. This collection of churches has also used the name The Local Churches. It is a denomination that was founded by a man named Witness Lee who is referred to as “The Minister of the Age” because they feel he has the one true revelation for the churches given to him directly by God. Because of a particular doctrine they have, they feel the only proper way to name their churches is to use the name of their city. As such, they have names such as “The Church in Austin” or “The Church in Anaheim” or, in the case of the a city where one of your campuses is located, “The Church in Edinburg.” As such, it must be made clear that the club known as Christian at RGV is associated with The Church in Edinburg which itself is affiliated with The Lord’s Recovery (a.k.a. “The Local Churches”), a group of churches which receives all of its official teachings from a publishing company founded by Witness Lee known as Living Stream Ministry. It is a known fact that all of the churches affiliated with The Lord’s Recovery, at least in the United States, are required to abide by the “one publication” mandate and uphold the teachings of Witness Lee put forth by Living Stream Ministry.

The second matter I’d like to address is that the members of these clubs are often discouraged from sharing the clubs’ association with their denomination, The Lord’s Recovery. Many of these CSOC clubs may have officers, but often times the ones who truly lead the clubs are people that are referred to as “full-timers.” These are people who are paid by the churches in The Lord’s Recovery to work full-time for their ministries, often being assigned to the various campus clubs they operate around the country. The officers of these clubs and other members are often encouraged to join what we referred to as “internship trainings” organized by The Local Churches where they are guided on how to reach out to orientees over the summer and bring them into campus clubs. In these trainings, which were often led by the “full-timers” from Austin and elsewhere, we were told to forgo any mention of our denomination’s founder, Witness Lee, or some of the more unique teachings of his that our church espoused such as one we refer to as “calling on the Lord” (you can get more info about this practice in this article here). The reason for this was two-fold. First, our ultimate goal with the clubs was to usher people into our denomination, to “bring them into The Lord’s Recovery,” but we were told that some of these truths were “high truths” that certain people simply could not handle yet. We first had to see if they were “open to the ministry.” Second, because of the history of The Lord’s Recovery in the past in which people began to see it as a cult-like group, they wanted to minimize the chances of others seeing them in that way once more by remaining low-key about their more unique doctrines and practices. As such, were told to focus only on the “common faith,” which included things like “Jesus died for our sins” and “the bible is the inerrant word of God” and “God is a triune God” and “salvation by faith, not works.” In this way, we would not draw suspicion from other Christians for highlighting our church’s unique doctrines and we would not scare away those new to the faith with our unique practices.

The third thing I’d like to focus on is the dubious history of The Lord’s Recovery, which includes:

bringing lawsuits against those who have publicly spoken up about their questionable doctrines and history,

the abuse of power of their founder, Witness Lee, his son, Phillip Lee, and other church leaders in The Lord’s Recovery that has largely been unaddressed

recent testimonies by ex-members who have tried to speak up concerning spiritual, mental, emotional, and sexual abuse in The Lord’s Recovery

the demonization and public shaming of whistleblowers by the leaders of The Lord’s Recovery

I tell you these things not to target the college students themselves. Many of them are genuine in their faith, full of the hope and love that often abides in the hearts of young men and women who seek Christ and Christian fellowship. Yet if anyone wishes to associate with this campus ministry, it would be good for them to be aware of who this group is affiliated with since they often do not feel the need to disclose such things to new and even some veteran members. Those who are looking to join any Christian group on a college campus have a right to make an informed decision regarding who they give their time and efforts to.

Since The Lord’s Recovery has a history of harassing those who speak up and even threatening lawsuits against them, I will admit that I am a bit nervous about sharing this testimony, but I feel that after everything I’ve witnessed and everything I’ve discovered about their history, it needs to be said. May the Lord use this testimony to open up eyes, hearts, and conversations regarding this group which has gone largely unnoticed for quite some time.

For the sake of record, my first notice was for The University of Texas at San Antonio where I worked directly with their campus ministry.

Just looking for fellow osu! players that go to school here!!

hey everyone! i’m a prospective student for utrgv next fall, and i’m really interested in the counseling program, specifically the clinical mental health track.

i was wondering if anyone in this subreddit is in the program or knows someone who is in it? i would like to hear their opinion on what the program is like :) feel free to dm me or leave a comment, thank you!

Look I love everyone in the vaquero family but lord does it come with a smell. I highly recommend to shower cause I’ve heard multiple complaints of people smelling horrible to the point of them getting nauseous.

Anyone have an old syllabus for CHEM 6305 ( Biochemistry), preferably with Dr. Mar? He hasnt put this semester’s syllabus up yet and I’d like to pre-read.

I want to get into the hobby and I'm curious if there's any groups on college.

I have been working on this app for a while now and I am really excited to share it with you. It's a college marketplace restricted to students. You can buy, or sell anything you want to other students, ranging from dorm supplies, textbooks, lost& found, promote services, tutoring, apparel (anything really!) ride-sharing, to subleasing or finding off-campus housing for next year ...

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Make sure you check it out if you need anything for the upcoming semesters! You can only log in once you verify your utrgv.edu school email! (you'll receive a 5 digit code in your inbox)

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link to the app: https://collegesouk.com/ and tell your friends!

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also maybe follow on ig https://www.instagram.com/collegesouk/ ?

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Lastly, please go ahead and post something people are already using it :) 💚🐫 hope it helps! - might be a little glitchy on galaxy hoping to fix that soon, also just want to mention that the idea is abstracted to support multiple universities :) each university got its own separate marketplace!

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Also, please dm me if you have an idea on how I can let more students know about this or if anyone is interested in contributing! (app dev or social media/marketing)