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Play, Learn, Discover
ACTIVITY GUIDE
#DISCOVERTAMIU
Welcome!
AT DISCOVER TAMIU YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM FIVE EXCITING
PATHWAYS TO EXPLORE, ENGAGE, AND ENJOY. EACH AFFORDS
EVERYONE A SPECIAL DISCOVER TAMIU EXPERIENCE
Explore, playand Discover our
Five Pathways
ARTISTIC AVENUE
Express yourself through
creative art, dance and music.
SPIRITED SPEEDWAY
Stride with pride and participate in
Dustdevil Family traditions.
INTERNATIONAL U
Enjoy culture, education, humanities, and
social sciences with a global twist.
BUSINESS BOULEVARD
Expand your knowledge and see how
business plays a huge role in your world.
SCIENTIFIC JOURNEY
Explore a world of science, shapes,
and surprises.
DISCOVER TAMIU
HAS SOMETHING FOR
EVERYONE TO EXPLORE
AND ENJOY!!!
Don’t miss an activity!
IN THIS PROGRAM WE HAVE INCLUDED A COMPREHENSIVE METHOD OF NAVIGATING THE MANY ACTIVITIES
GOING ON AROUND YOU ON CAMPUS DURING DISCOVER TAMIU. WE HAVE CATEGORIZED THEM INTO FIELD
AND AGE GROUP TO HELP YOU CHOOSE, LOCATE AND DISCOVER ACTIVITIES FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY FOR
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
It’s all in here
EVENT TITLE TAMIU MARIACHI INTERNACIONAL
EVENT DESCRIPTION
{ Ajua! Eso, si señor! The award-winning
TAMIU Mariachi Internacional performs for you.
EVENT LOCATION FPA
TIME OF THE EVENT Performance at 1 p.m.
AGE RANGE All Ages/Family Friendly
ORGANIZER TAMIU Mariachi Internacional
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LOST AND FOUND
INFORMATION
I CENTERS
FOOD SERVICES
AIC - Academic Innovation Center KCB - Kinesiology - Convocation Building
KLM - Sue and Radcliffe Killam Library FPA - Center for the Fine and Performing Arts
CWT - Dr. Billy F. Cowart Hall ZSC - Senator Judith Zaffirini Student Success Center
BLK - Bob Bullock Hall KCB - Kinesiology, Wellness and Recreation Center
WHT - Western Hemispheric Trade Center REC - Kinesiology, Wellness and Recreation Center
PLG - Anthony J. and Georgia A. Pellegrino Hall UPD - University Police Department
CNS - Dr. F. M. Canseco Hall JHBF - Jorge Haynes Baseball Field
LBV - Lamar Bruni Vergara Science Center RLC - Residential Learning Community
STC - Student Center H - Physical Plant
ECHS - Early College High School
By participating in the Discover TAMIU event, you authorize Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) and its approved representatives the right and
permission to use and publish any photographs/film/videotapes/electronic representations and/or sound recordings of you and your children during
all Discover TAMIU activities. Your participation in Discover TAMIU also releases TAMIU and its employees, volunteers and related parties from any
and all liability and authorizes TAMIU the right to reproduce, copyright, exhibit, broadcast, electronically store and distribute the photographs/film/
videotapes/electronic representations and or sound recordings without limitation at the discretion of TAMIU.
The fun starts here!
WHAT MAKES YOU PROUD? DARE TO SELF-CARE
Speak Up! Visitors will get a chance to speak in public before Come by and learn about self-care strategies to help man-
an audience. You’ll get a brief description of how a speech is age everyday stress and participate in creative activities to
delivered and a topic to present. promote mental health and emotional well-being.
STC Courtyard CWT Outdoors
8 to 13 All Ages/Family Friendly
University College TAMIU Community Counseling Center
TAMIU BALLET FOLKLORICO PERFORMANCE ROCK PETS
TAMIU Ballet Folklorico will perform Mexican folkloric dances. Let’s make pet rocks! Paint a rock and take a new pet home.
KCB Front Lawn PLG Outdoors
Performance at 2 p.m. All Ages/Family Friendly
All Ages/Family Friendly Staggs Academy Student Council & National Honor Society
TAMIU Ballet Folklorico
CREATE A MINI BOOK
CREATE YOUR OWN POEM! A fun and creative activity for children that allows them to
Unleash your inner poet with this fun and creative activity! explore their imagination and improve their storytelling skills.
Participants will choose from pre-cut words (magnetic poetry Have fun and let your imagination run wild!
style) to form a poem and then glue their words onto colorful BLK Outdoors
cardstock. They can then decorate their work with stickers, All Ages/Family Friendly
paint, markers and more! All Around Book Club
PLG Outdoors
All Ages/Family Friendly TEMPORARY TATTOO STATION
Department of Humanities The Phi Epsilon chapter of Sigma Lambda Gamma National
Sorority Inc. will be hosting a temporary tattoo station. There
DECORATE YOUR GRADUATE CAP! are various colorful and creative temporary tattoos to choose
Get ready for your upcoming graduation and decorate your from. You can pick your very own temporary tattoo and apply
graduation cap with the Graduate School! it with us!
STC Green BLK Outdoors
All Ages/Family Friendly All Ages/Family Friendly
Graduate School Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, Inc.
ALLEGRO’S LIVE PERFORMANCE COLORING WITH CAREER CASSIE & PROFESSIONAL PETE
Come experience a live performance by Allegro’s finest Color your way through your future career with our coloring
members as they display their musical abilities from diverse and activity pages! From coloring Career Cassie and Profes-
genres such as rock, pop, and more! sional Pete to word searches and scrambles, this engaging
KCB Front Lawn activity will make learning about Career Services extra fun!
Performance at 12 p.m. KCB Outdoors
All Ages/Family Friendly All Ages/Family Friendly
Allegro Office of Career Services
ROCK PAINTING SPRING DANCE DAYS
Come join for some fun TAMIU exploring and Rock Painting! Dance workshops will offer Contemporary Ballet and Modern
AIC Walkway Dance instruction. Participants will have the unique oppor-
All Ages/Family Friendly tunity to learn about TAMIU’s Dance program and interact
Sigma Delta Lambda Sorority, Inc. with its renowned Dance faculty members, Jee Eun-Ahn and
Timothy Rubel.
DINO HAND DRAWING REC 226
Trace your hand and create your very own dinosaur. Par- Ballet – 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
ticipants will use markers, crayons, and pencils along with Contemporary Forms & Modern Dance – 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
recycled paper. Teens and Prospective Students
WHT Outdoors Department of Fine and Performing Arts
All Ages/Family Friendly
Campus Safety and Planning & Print Services SILKSCREEN PRINTING
Stop by to learn about the process of printing and see some
FREE DRAWING live silkscreen printing.
Join us for free drawing and show off your creativity. Par- STC Green
ticipants will use markers, crayons, and pencils along with 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.
recycled paper. All Ages/Family Friendly
WHT Outdoors Department of Fine and Performing Arts
All Ages/Family Friendly
Campus Safety and Planning & Print Services FACE PAINTING WITH NEWCOMERS & FRIENDS OF LAREDO!
Come by with your little ones to learn more about the
TAMIU MUSIC AND ART ON THE LAWN! Newcomers and Friends of Laredo Club and enjoy a face
Come to hear and see what happens in the Fine and Performing painting!
Arts Department at TAMIU! Music and art students will offer d KCB Outdoors
emonstrations and performances just for YOU! 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Breezeway All Ages/Family Friendly
All Ages/Family Friendly Newcomers and Friends of Laredo
Department of Fine and Performing Arts
MILTON ELEMENTARY FOLKLORICO GROUP PERFORMANCE
MINI CAMERA Future TAMIU Dustdevils Milton Elementary Folklorico Group
Join the SNAP Club and build a camera with construction paper will perform!
and a cardboard box. KCB Front Lawn
CWT Outdoors Performance at 11:30 a.m.
All Ages/Family Friendly All Ages/Family Friendly
SNAP Club Milton Elementary Folklorico Group
OUTDOOR PAINTING DEMONSTRATION VIDEO GAME PARTY
Josias Figueirido, Professor of Painting and Drawing, will be do- Come and show us your game skills and your competitive side.
ing a plain air painting demonstration. Visitors are encouraged Join the fun with game time!
to interact with professor Figueirido and ask questions about WHT 111
what it is like to study painting and drawing at TAMIU. All Ages/Family Friendly
STC Garden Office of Information Technology
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
All Ages/Family Friendly MAGAZINE COVER PHOTO BOOTH
Department of Fine and Performing Arts Lights, Camera, Action…it’s the Fame Game! Get your picture
taken and have it printed in a magazine.
MUSIC FOR ALL WHT 111
Calling all musicians to join us for a variety of activities at the All Ages/Family Friendly
Fine and Performing Arts Recital Hall. Office of Information Technology
FPA Recital Hall
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
All Ages/Family Friendly
Department of Fine nd Performing Arts
BLING YOUR PIGGY SLAM DUNK
Smart piggy: Show off your decorating skills on a piggy bank A friendly basketball competition while learning the opportuni-
and start saving for college. Way to go! Way to save! ties with Laredo College.
STC Courtyard KCB Outdoors
All Ages/Family Friendly All Ages/Family Friendly
Office of Financial Aid Laredo College
INCOME TAXES FOR FREE KONA ICE
Tax season is here and TAMIU’s A. R. Sanchez, Jr. School of Stop by and enjoy some Kona Ice!
Business is providing free tax preparation assistance for quali- STC
fied individuals in Webb and Zapata Counties through Tuesday, All Ages/Family Friendly
April 18. IRS-certified tax preparers will be onsite to help Kona Ice
individuals.
WHT 126 CAMPING TIME!
All Ages/Family Friendly Join the Girl Scouts of Greater South Texas to learn about
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) camping and participate in a interactive activity to prepare for
your next trip.
THE MONEY RACE AIC Walkway
A competitive and fun game where the participants are formed All Ages/Family Friendly
into teams and are led by an A. R. Sanchez, Jr. School of Busi- Girl Scouts of Greater South Texas
ness staff member as they race to match the correct amount of
money to their respective amounts.
HOPSCOTCH
WHT Indoors Stop by for Hopscotch with the A.R.S.S.B. Dean’s Student
All Ages/Family Friendly Advisory Council.
A.R. Sanchez, Jr. School of Business
WHT Outdoors
All Ages/Family Friendly
KIDPRENUERS WHEEL OF FORTUNE A.R.S.S.B. Dean’s Student Advisory Council
Each player will have the chance to spin the wheel to win a
prize and learn about the benefits of starting a business at a
young age. PLANETARIUM SHOWS
Come and experience our unique Lamar Bruni Vergara Plane-
WHT
tarium as you learn in a movie-style setting.
All Ages/Family Friendly
Show Times at:
Small Business Development Center
11 p.m. Earth to Universe
11:45 p.m. Amazing Journeys (on Migration)
ALPFA THROW PONG
Stop by and throw ping pong balls into your opponent’s cups 12:30 p.m. Secret of the Cardboard Rocket
to learn about ALPFA, the premier minority organization in 1:15 p.m. Pandas
accounting, finance, and other business related professions. 2 p.m. Accidental Astronauts
WHT Outdoors 2:30 p.m. Zula Patrol: Under the Weather
All Ages/Family Friendly Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetarium
Association of Latino Professionals for America (ALPFA)
All Ages/Family Friendly
College of Arts and Sciences, Planetarium
POPCORN TIME!
Come interact with the Division of Finance and Administration BORDER CHILDREN’S LIT PROJECT READ ALOUD
and enjoy some popcorn. Meet local authors from the Multicultural Children’s Literature
WHT 111 Course as they read their work.
All Ages/Family Friendly STC Garden
Finance and Administration
All Ages/Family Friendly
TAMIU Border Lit
READ WITH YOUR SCHOOL PRINCIPAL CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION
Local school principals and assistant principals will be invited Participants will identify important pieces of evidence as they
to come and read their favorite children’s book with Discover pretend to be crime scene investigators.
TAMIU participants. CWT Outdoors
Breezeway Teens and Prospective Students
All Ages/Family Friendly Department of Social Sciences
Education Administration Graduate Program
FINGERPRINTING AND IDS
INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE INSTITUTE INFORMATION TABLE Join the Sherrif’s Office to get your fingerprints and child ID.
¿Quieres aprender inglés? Visita el módulo de información del CWT Outdoors
Instituto Internacional de Idiomas. Do you want to learn Span- All Ages/Family Friendly
ish? Stop by to learn what our International Language Institute Laredo Sheriff’s Office
has to offer.
STC PINWHEELS FOR PREVENTION
All Ages/Family Friendly Participants will make pinwheels to bring awareness and help
Office of Global Initiatives prevent child abuse.
CWT Outdoors
SPEECH-LANGUAGE & HEARING SCREENINGS All Ages/Family Friendly
Senior students of the communication disorders program will Department of Social Sciences
perform speech-language & hearing screenings and share their
gained knowledge of developmental milestones, while utilizing
VISIT A RARE BIBLE
the skills and strategies learned throughout the program. View the handwritten, illuminated Saint John’s Bible, or the
CWT Outdoors many art books of Killam Library, while enjoying the architec-
All Ages/Family Friendly tural beauty of the Great Room and its fabulous view of campus
Communication Disorders Center wildlife.
Sue & Radcliffe Killam Library (East Side)
EXPLORE THE WORLD WITH TAMIU Great Room Third Floor
Join us to see the continents, countries, and flags from around 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
the world. You will help us decorate them with playdough, All Ages/Family Friendly
crayons or paint and get to know fun facts about them! Killam Library
STC Green
All Ages/Family Friendly VISIT KILLAM LIBRARY
Office of International Engagement Discover the Sue & Radcliffe Killam Library, a four story library
facility that balances traditional print library resources with
SNAP A PIC! electronic library services. Stop by the Circulation Desk to
Join the Office of International Engagement and snap a pic learn more about the library and for a chance at TAMIU swag.
using props! Sue & Radcliffe Killam Library (East Side)
STC Green 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
All Ages/Family Friendly All Ages/Family Friendly
Office of International Engagement Killam Library
REC SPORTS SUMMER CAMP LEARN ABOUT THE TAMIU MARIACHI FESTIVAL
Stop by the information desk to learn about the TAMIU Rec Stop by and buy your Mariachi Festival Tickets
Sports Summer Camp! Breezeway
REC All Ages/Family Friendly
All Ages/Family Friendly College of Arts and Sciences
Recreational Sports
SEEDS OF KINDNESS
ARGENTINA AND MINI SOCCER Kindness rocks! Join us to plant your Seeds of Kindness and
Learn more about Argentina through a mini-soccer game and start your own philanthropy garden.
conversations with our RTG ambassadors. KCB Outdoors
CWT Outdoors All Ages/Family Friendly
All Ages/Family Friendly Student Philanthropy Council
University College - RTG Ambassadors
PLANT YOUR SEED FOR THE FUTURE 2-1-1 TEXAS
Participants will plant a seed in a flower pot and learn how to Discover 2-1-1 Texas a program of the Texas Health and Human
help their plant grow. Services Commission helping Texas citizens connect with the
STC Green local services and resources they need.
All Ages/Family Friendly PLG Outdoors
College of Arts and Sciences, TAMIU Garden All Ages/Family Friendly
College of Education
PUBLIC HEALTH LOTERIA
Join us for a fun game of Public Health Loteria! BOOKS BEGINNING AT BIRTH
CNS Outdoors Discover Books Beginning at Birth, a statewide program that
Teens and Prospective Students provides young children and their families access to books and
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
resources to support the development of early literacy skills
and foster a love of reading.
DISASTER MOVIES: FACT VS. FICTION PLG Outdoors
Have you ever wondered whether movies about tornadoes, All Ages/Family Friendly
earthquakes, and volcanoes actually reflect real life? Join Dr. College of Education
Berndt for a viewing of clips from disaster movies, along with a
fun and fascinating lesson on how people actually prepare for PATHWAYS PROGRAM
and respond to disasters. Discover how you can access screening and parent education
WHT 116 programs (for parents of children with Autism) to ensure your
1 p.m. child is ready for school
Teens and Prospective Students PLG Outdoors
Department of Social Sciences All Ages/Family Friendly
College of Education
WOW YOU’RE IN THE NEWS! PHOTOBOOTH
Visitors can feel as if they’re appeared in our local news. Come TAKE THE READING PLEDGE
and take a selfie at our photo booth! Discover how you can take a pledge to read with a child for at
WHT Outdoors least 20 minutes every day to ensure he/she is ready for school
All Ages/Family Friendly PLG Outdoors
The Bridge Student Newspaper All Ages/Family Friendly
College of Education
GET INVOLVED, BE PART OF THE BRIDGE
Whether you’re interested in writing, photography, or illus- BORDER PROJECT LAUNCH (SCAN)
tration, there’s a place for you in The Bridge. The newspaper Discover how you can access screening and parent education
is looking for new students that are passionate about their programs to ensure your child is ready for school
campus and want to amplify the voices in it … join us and learn PLG Outdoors
more. All Ages/Family Friendly
WHT Outdoors College of Education
Teens and Prospective Students
The Bridge Student Newspaper PROJECT NINOS
Discover how you can track your child’s developmental mile-
VENTANILLA DE ORIENTACION EDUCATIVA (VOE) stones to ensure your child is ready for school from Day One
Discover programs available to the Hispanic community and PLG Outdoors
migrant families through the Mexican Consulate. All Ages/Family Friendly
STC Green College of Education
All Ages/Family Friendly
College of Education LATINAS IN AVIATION @ TAMIU
Discover details about the Federal Aviation Authority Career
TAFE STUDENT GROUP Fair in Laredo on September 30.
Discover how to become a teacher at TAMIU! KCB Outdoors
CWT Outdoors All Ages/Family Friendly
College of Education
All Ages/Family Friendly
College of EducationUNIDOS PARA TEXAS READ ALOUD
Discover how you can participate in the Bilingual Conference Discover you can foster a love of reading by reading aloud to
and Test Prep Activities in Fall 2023. ensure your child is ready for school
KCB Outdoors CWT Outdoors
All Ages/Family Friendly All Ages/Family Friendly
College of Education College of Education
LITTLE LIBRARIES OF SOUTH TEXAS NURSING LOTERIA
Discover the Little Library Initiative at TAMIU. Join us for a fun game of Loteria and learn some of the different
STC Green terms used in a hospital setting.
All Ages/Family Friendly CNS Outdoors
College of Education All Ages/Family Friendly
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
LAREDO LEARNS SHARK TANK
Discover how you can have a chance to win a $300 /$400/ CELEBRATING ALUMNI!
$500 scholarship at the Laredo Learns Shark Tank Event. Join the Office of Alumni Relations to decorate your cap and
WHT Outdoors take pictures with a graduation gown.
All Ages/Family Friendly KCB Outdoors
College of Education All Ages/Family Friendly
TAMIU Alumni Association
HEALTHY FAMILIES (MHP SALUD)
Discover how you can access assistance for applying for Health ALUMNI GATHERING
Insurance, accessing SNAP programs and participating in Come and network with the Office of Alumni Relations and
Health Eating initiatives to ensure your child is ready for school TAMIU alumni!
AIC Walkway KCB Outdoors
All Ages/Family Friendly All Ages/Family Friendly
College of Education
TAMIU Alumni Association
UISD SPECIAL EDUCATION ACE LOTERIA
Discover how you can access screening and parent education
Loteria highlighting students and campus life.
programs to ensure your child is ready for school
CWT Outdoors
PLG Outdoors
All Ages/Family Friendly
All Ages/Family Friendly
University College - Academic Center for Excellence
College of Education
TAMIU MARIACHI INTERNACIONAL
ACT ADELANTE ACADEMY Ajua! Eso, si senor! The award-winning TAMIU Mariachi Interna-
Discover the ACT WorkKeys® assessments to ensure your
cional performs for you.
child is Career and College Ready
KCB Front Lawn
AIC Walkway
Performance at 12:45 p.m.
All Ages/Family Friendly
All Ages/Family Friendly
College of Education
Mariachi Internacional
WEBB COUNTY HEAD START
STOP AND GO!
Discover how you can access services that support school
Visit with the TAMIU Office of Admissions for a fun stop and
readiness to ensure your child is ready for school
go activity!
AIC Walkway
STC Green
All Ages/Family Friendly
All Ages/Family Friendly
College of Education
Office of AdmissionsLITERACY FOR LITTLE LEARNERS THERAPY DOG
The TAMIU-LBV Literacy Partnership will host various hands-on Stop by to meet the City of Laredo Police Department Therapy
activities with a focus on basic phonics and phonemic aware- Dogs.
ness. Prizes and face painting will be available! BLK Outdoors
BLK Outdoors 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
4 to 7 All Ages/Family Friendly
TAMIU-LBV Literacy Partnership City of Laredo Police Department
BRIGHT BY TEXT TAMIU HOUSING AND RESIDENCY LIFE INFORMATION TABLE
Sign up with the City of Laredo to receive tips (in English / Interested in living at TAMIU? Come visit with Housing and
Spanish) on how to ensure your child is ready for school from Residence Life to learn about the housing facilities here.
day one. STC Green
PLG Outdoors Teens and Prospective Students
All Ages/Family Friendly Housing & Residence Life
City of Laredo
RLC TOURS
STAY HYDRATED! Interested in visiting the RLC? Tours will be provided for all
Support TAMIU Staff Senate and Stay Hydrated! Waters will be students interested in seeing our housing facilities.
for sale for $1. RLC Club House
Breezeway Teens and Prospective Students
All Ages/Family Friendly Housing & Residence Life
TAMIU Staff Senate
FISH UNDER THE ‘SCOPE
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER! Quite the catch! From fins to gills and tails, come explore what
Stop by for some fun activity hosted by the Laredo Public makes fish truly majestic works of science! Make a splash into
Library! a world of discovery using TAMIU microscopes.
KCB Outdoors CWT 103
All Ages/Family Friendly All Ages/Family Friendly
Laredo Public Library Department of Biology & Chemistry
DISCOVER TAMIU INFORMATION DESK EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENT OF THE ORIGINAL
Visit the Discover TAMIU Information Desk for more informa- OIL IN PLACE
tion on the event and to pick up your souvenir ! Participants will measure the original oil in place through mass
STC, WHT, Breezeway difference and fluid density measurement.
All Ages/Family Friendly AIC 209
Texas A&M International University 12:30 p.m.
Teens and Prospective Students
TAKE A PIC! School of Engineering
Stop by to take a picture of your time at Discover TAMIU 2023!
Breezeway WHY I SHOULD BECOME A PETROLEUM ENGINEER
All Ages/Family Friendly Dr. Khaled Enab will provide a lecture on the history of the oil
Outreach and Pre-College Programs and gas industry and the high demand for petroleum engineers.
AIC 209
TRAILBLAZER TOWER 12 p.m.
True to TAMIU’s international heritage, the carillon in Trail- Teens and Prospective Students
blazer tower shares a tied history to the European tradition School of Engineering
clock-towers and the ability to bring the community together
and potential provide instructions for safety. The bell sounds FIRE SAFETY, A HOT TOPIC!
heard in our carillon come from the global community of public Come and learn about fire safety and how to use a fire extin-
buildings, universities, and heritage cathedrals stock. guisher. Expand your knowledge with safety tips.
Trailblazer Tower Breezeway
Every Hour on the Hour All Ages/Family Friendly
All Ages/Family Friendly Office of Environmental Health & Safety
Texas A&M International UniversitySWARMIE ROBOTS DUSTYTRON NASA ROBOTICS
The participants will use the SWARMIE robots to stack 3 cubes DustyTRON NASA Robotics team will present their mining
together in 2 minutes. robots
AIC Outdoors AIC 111
All Ages/Family Friendly All Ages/Family Friendly
DustyTRON Robotics DustyTRON NASA Team
THE DRINKING CANDLE BRISTLE BOT LAB
Come learn about Charle’s Laws while you watch the candle use Do you think you could build a robot on the head of a tooth-
up all the oxygen and take a drink of water. brush? Bristle bots are simple, tiny robots that buzz around like
BLK Outdoors bugs and a fun way to learn about basic engineering, motors,
8 to 13 circuits, and principles of balance.
Tri-Beta Biological Honor Society WHT 111
All Ages/Family Friendly
PRIME CLIMB Office of Information Technology
Use the power of mathematics together with your critical think-
ing and problem-solving skills to win this race through num- TAMIU LED NAME TAG
bers! You will take part in a quick tabletop game as you explore Light up the TAMIU Clock Tower by creating your own personal-
and practice interesting facts about numbers to get ahead of ized LED name tag.
your competitors. WHT 111
STC Green All Ages/Family Friendly
8 to 13 Office of Information Technology
Department of Mathematics and Physics
DIY BIRD FEEDER
TINY POLKA DOTS Learn about the native and migratory bird species in Laredo
A game that helps young kids fall in love with numbers! It while creating your own bird feeder with reusable items.
playfully teaches counting, arithmetic, and logic with vibrant, BLK Outdoors
colorful designs. All Ages/Family Friendly
STC Green A.C.F.C.C
4 to 7
Department of Mathematics and Physics MOLDING MINDS... WITH PLAYDOUGH
What is the science: When water is added to flour, proteins in
FISH FOR YOUR PRIZE the flour clump together and hold the water. This is what gives
Use rubber rings to toss around the fish’s head to redeem a you the dough consistency! The salt helps the proteins stay
prize. stuck together. When you mix all of these ingredients together,
BLK Outdoors you create a chemical reaction. The playdough you create is an
4 to 7 entirely new substance that is different from the ingredients
Student Orientation, Leadership and Engagement you started with.
CNS Outdoors
FISHBOWL GAME All Ages/Family Friendly
Use plastic ping pong balls to toss them into fishbowls. When Title V - ADVISE
a ball has entered a fishbowl, you will receive the appropriate
prize within the fishbowl. ORBEEZ OSMOSIS
BLK Outdoors This activity will show the movement of water through a mem-
8 to 13 brane to reach equilibrium.
Student Orientation, Leadership and Engagement CNS Outdoors
All Ages/Family Friendly
DUSTYMOTOR RACING CARS SHOW Title V - ADVISE
DustyMOTOR team will present their Electrical and Formula 1
cars.
AIC
All Ages/Family Friendly
DustyMOTOR Racing TeamLAVA LAMPS MATH QUIDDITCH
With their large colored bubbles sinking, rising, and morphing, Participants will choose what house they would like to play for:
lava lamps are by far one of the coolest and most mesmerizing Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, or Slytherin. Participants will
things to watch. In this experiment, participants will make their then proceed with competing against each other by answering
own lava lamp out of household items, along with learning and Math questions . Participants will hit a buzzer if they believe to
understanding how the density and polarity of the compounds know the answer to the question. The house that reaches 50
present in the lava lamp end up causing this fun science exper- points wins a Golden Snitch or other TAMIU prizes.
iment. STC Green
CNS Outdoors All Ages/Family Friendly
8 to 13 College of Arts and Sciences Intervention Specialists
Title V - ADVISE
DRUNK GOGGLES
GO FISH WITH PHYSICS! Drunk goggle will allow participants to experience the effects
Play a fun game while observing the concepts of buoyancy, of alcohol.
density and the ideal gas law. CNS Outdoors
CNS Outdoors All Ages/Family Friendly
All Ages/Family Friendly College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Department of Mathematics and Physics
RN FOR A DAY!
OUTER SPACE TOSS Join our nursing students for a tour and learn what they do in
Individuals will have the chance to step into Outer Space and clinicals for nursing.
toss items like asteroids and stars into different worm holes. CNS 105
Manage to drop an asteroid or star into every worm hole and All Ages/Family Friendly
win a prize! College of Nursing and Health Sciences
STC Green
All Ages/Family Friendly BUILDING WOOD TANGRAM SHAPES
Housing & Residence Life Fun Challenging Logic Mind Game STEM Activity for all ages.
Tangram shapes help to improve children’s imagination, im-
CHEMISTRY DEMONSTRATION prove eye-hand coordination, logical thinking, visual perception,
Come experience a live demonstration by one of TAMIU’s very pattern, and shape recognition.
own. BLK Outdoors
KCB Front Lawn All Ages/Family Friendly
Scheduled at 2:30 p.m. Department of Mathematics and Physics
All Ages/Family Friendly
Department of Biology and Chemistry FOLDING GEOMETRIC SHAPES
The folding geometric shapes and the 3D plastic inserts allow
CREATE YOUR OWN SLIME! participants to understand and manipulate the dimensions and
Participants will have an awesome time with this fun, hands- form of geometric shapes in 2D and 3D.
on, sensory activity. Decorate your slime with different colors, BLK Outdoors
glitter, and confetti. Participants will stimulate their minds and All Ages/Family Friendly
de-stress during their TIME FOR SLIME! Department of Mathematics and Physics
STC Green
All Ages/Family Friendly MATHEMATICAL MOMENTS!
College of Arts and Sciences Advisors Stop by to meet Dr. Cesar Contreras and lean more about the
Mathematics and Physics majors at TAMIU.
KINESIOLOGY TESTS AIC Walkway
Cardiovascular Endurance Test, O2 Max test and Body Composi- All Ages/Family Friendly
tion Measurement Department of Mathematics and Physics
REC 130
2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
All Ages/Family Friendly
College of Nursing and Health SciencesPI BRACELETS ARE IRRATIONAL! FURS AND SKULLS
Create your own Pi bracelet using various colors of pony beads A simple, yet fun matching activity where participants can learn
to help show the Pi is an irrational number. Participants keep about the different kinds of animals that can be found in Laredo
the bracelets they make. and surrounding communities.
STC Green KCB Outdoors
4 to 7 All Ages/Family Friendly
Department of Mathematics and Physics Lake Casa Blanca International State Park
CRACK THE CODE STEAM ACTIVITY
Learn about Computer Engineering and have fun with program- Join the Mid Rio Grande Border Area Health Education Center
ming. for a fun STEAM activity.
AIC Walkway AIC Walkway
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. All Ages/Family Friendly
All Ages/Family Friendly Mid Rio Grande Border Area Health Education Center
School of Engineering
WHAT TXDOT IS ABOUT
DECIMAL AND BINARY COUNTERS Stop by and meet the engineers from the Texas Department of
Join Dr. Hasan to learn about Decimal and Binary Counters. Transportation and learn about TxDOT!
LBV 219 Breezeway
11 a.m. to 12 p.m. All Ages/Family Friendly
All Ages/Family Friendly Texas Department of Transportation
School of Engineering
CAN YOU UNDERSTAND ME?
COMPUTER ENGINEERING HEARTWARE Try to read and make a sentence to see how machines can
Come try out Computer Engineering hardware and software in understand humans!
action with a student-built ECG heart rate monitor! KCB Outdoors
AIC Walkway All Ages/Family Friendly
12 p.m. to 2 p.m. UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics
All Ages/Family Friendly
School of Engineering THINK LIKE A COMPUTER
Can you think like computer? Let’s find out!
CYBERSIGHT: MASK DETECTION AND NUMBER-PLATE KCB Outdoors
RECOGNITION All Ages/Family Friendly
Visit with Dr. Salman and use CyberSight! UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics
AIC Walkway
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. BAT? CAT? HAT!
8 to 13 Can you find all the words and unlock the secret sentence?
School of Engineering
KCB Outdoors
All Ages/Family Friendly
ALL THINGS WATER! UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics
Learn about water conservation and the importance of preserv-
ing the Rio Grande River with multiple hands-on activities that CIVIL ENGINEERING FOR KIDS
include Water Loteria, Shower Bucker Decorating and a match- Come practice the art and science of surveying and construc-
ing game where kids can guess how much water an item uses. tion by accurately finding distances and angles between one
Breezeway point to another in a fun, hands-on way.
All Ages/Family Friendly KCB Outdoors
Laredo Water Museum and Water Conservation All Ages/Family Friendly
City of Laredo Engineering DepartmentLEARN ABOUT THE RIO GRANDE INTERNATIONAL STUDY TAMIU TRIVIA
CENTER Dustdevils love to learn and have fun! Come test your TAMIU IQ.
Learn about Laredo’s only environmental nonprofit and the Spin the wheel, answer the questions about TAMIU, and win a
scientific issues and studies taking place locally while you prize!
participate in a fun outdoor activity! Breezeway
KCB Outdoors All Ages/Family Friendly
All Ages/Family Friendly Office of Compliance
Rio Grande International Study Center
DUSTY’S READY, AIM, GO!
STAY HEALTHY Participants will aim at a target using their distance and preci-
Join the City of Laredo Health Department to learn about the sion skills
importance of covering up and eating healthy. WHT Outdoors
AIC Walkway 4 to 7
All Ages/Family Friendly Testing Center
City of Laredo Health Department
PLAY PARACHUTE
DUSTY’S MINI GOLF By “Parachuting,” kids will increase their strength, agility,
Experience a fun game of mini golf and learn about our univer- coordination, and endurance. This activity is accessible to all
sity while embarking on your Dustdevil Journey. children of all abilities.
STC Green BLK Outdoors
All Ages/Family Friendly All Ages/Family Friendly
Office of Recruitment and School Relations Office of Student Counseling Services and Disability Services
TAMIU RECRUITMENT INFORMATION TABLE PUZZLES AND MORE
Interested in becoming a Future Dustdevil? Come visit with Join us to play tic-tac-toe, solve a puzzle, build a caterpillar
the Office of Recruitment and School Relations to learn about (Cootie), or build Mr. Potato!!! These activities are accessible to
admissions, academic programs, scholarships and many more all children with all abilities.
opportunities TAMIU has to offer. BLK Outdoors
STC Green All Ages/Family Friendly
All Ages/Family Friendly Office of Student Counseling Services and Disability Services
Office of Recruitment and School Relations
GET INTO THE TAMIU SPIRIT
PLAY WITH INTEGRITY: TAMIU BINGO TAMIU spirit offers a collegiate experience for TAMIU’s best
Join the Office of Student Conduct and Community Engagement and most disciplined cheerleaders. Join us and chant with the
to play TAMIU BINGO TAMIU Cheerleaders as they showcase a Spirit Chant.
STC Courtyard KCB Front Lawn
All Ages/Family Friendly Performance at 1:30 p.m.
Office of Student Conduct and Community Engagement All Ages/Family Friendly
TAMIU Cheer & Dance
OBSTACLE TO WELLNESS COURSE
Join Recreational Sports for dynamic, family friendly obstacle DANCE PERFORMANCE
course. The obstacle course will be a mixture of physical and TAMIU spirit offers a collegiate experience for TAMIU’s best and
mental activity that tests coordination, speed and balance. most disciplined dancers. Join us to watch TAMIU Dance in one
REC of their choreographed performances.
All Ages/Family Friendly KCB Front Lawn
Recreational Sports Performance at 1 p.m.
All Ages/Family Friendly
REC SPORTS FUN TAMIU Cheer & Dance
Visit the TAMIU Rec Center for a variety of fun activities. Come
join the fun! TAMIU CHEER
REC Learn about TAMIU Cheer!
All Ages/Family Friendly KCB Outdoors
Recreational Sports All Ages/Family Friendly
TAMIU Cheer & DanceTAMIU DANCE INTO THE HOOP WITH TAMIU BASKETBALL!
Learn about TAMIU Dance! Got mad B-ball skills? Show us your skills on the court with
KCB Outdoors TAMIU Basketball. Join the Dustdevil Men’s & Women’s team
All Ages/Family Friendly for Basketball fun!
TAMIU Cheer & Dance KCB
All Ages/Family Friendly
BEAN BAG TOSS TAMIU Athletics
Play the classic traditional cornhole game by throwing bean
bags into the holes! KICKIN’ IT WITH DUSTDEVIL SOCCER!
STC Green It is a Goaaaal! Join us for soccer technique training and we’ll
All Ages/Family Friendly help you score.
Office of the University Registrar KCB
All Ages/Family Friendly
STICKY BALL TOSS TAMIU Athletics
Play a kid-safe dartboard for points by throwing the sticky
balls on the targets! PUTT PUTT
STC Green Get an individual lesson from the TAMIU Men’s and Women’s
All Ages/Family Friendly golf teams.
Office of the University Registrar KCB
All Ages/Family Friendly
TAMIU BOOKSTORE TAMIU Athletics
Get your Spirit on! TAMIU souvenirs and gifts are available for
purchase. STRENGTH & CONDITIONING
STC Talk about nutrition & the importance of exercise.
All Ages/Family Friendly KCB
TAMIU Bookstore All Ages/Family Friendly
TAMIU Athletics
LET’S GO OUT TO THE BALLGAME!
1st of a doubleheader Baseball game vs. Lubbock Christian. JOIN TAMIU SGA!
Giveaway for first 50 fans! Stop by to meet our SGA representatives while participating in
Jorge Haynes Baseball Field a fun game of big cup pong.
Scheduled at 1 p.m. BLK Outdoors
All Ages/Family Friendly All Ages/Family Friendly
TAMIU Athletics Student Government Association
LET’S GO OUT TO THE BALLGAME AGAIN! MAKING DIY TIARAS
2nd of a doubleheader Baseball game vs. Lubbock Christian. Join the TAMIU Royals to create your very own Tiara.
Giveaway for first 50 fans! BLK Outdoors
Jorge Haynes Baseball Field All Ages/Family Friendly
Scheduled at 4 p.m. TAMIU Royals
All Ages/Family Friendly
TAMIU Athletics MEN’S SOCCER SPRING MATCH
Men’s Soccer Spring Match vs. El Paso del Norte.
LET’S GO OUT TO THE BALLGAME! TAMIU Soccer Field
Softball game vs. Lubbock Christian. Giveaway for first 50 fans! Scheduled at 12 p.m.
Dustdevil Softball Field All Ages/Family Friendly
Scheduled at 11 a.m. TAMIU Athletics
All Ages/Family Friendly
TAMIU Athletics WOMEN’S SOCCER SPRING MATCH
Women’s Soccer Spring Match vs. TAMIU Women’s Soccer Alumni.
TAMIU Soccer Field
Scheduled at 1 p.m.
All Ages/Family Friendly
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