{"id":14494,"date":"2023-02-26T09:39:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T15:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=14494"},"modified":"2023-02-23T12:42:19","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T18:42:19","slug":"ut-system-student-regent-visits-utrgv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=14494","title":{"rendered":"UT System Student Regent Visits UTRGV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Statewide student body rep meets with university students, leaders<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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During his two-day visit to UTRGV, UT System Student Regent Neelesh C. “Neel” Mutyala stopped at the Harlingen Campus to meet with the podiatric medicine students and tour the facility. (UTRGV Photo by David Pike)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By Karen Villarreal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS \u2013 FEB. 14, 2023 \u2013 University of Texas System Student Regent Neelesh C. “Neel” Mutyala connected with UTRGV leaders and students recently during a two-day tour of the university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Mutyala had a full agenda Feb. 7 and 8, with tours of the UTRGV Brownsville, Harlingen and Edinburg campuses that included visits to the South Texas Diabetes and Obesity Institute (STDOI), UTRGV School of Medicine and UTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


As student regent, Mutyala is tasked with representing the student bodies of all UT System schools at committee meetings and has the same rights as the nine regularly appointed members of the UT System Board of Regents, with the exception that he does not vote on official board business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cI\u2019m a representative of students from the UT schools across the state, but I was only familiar with Houston,\u201d Mutyala, a native of Sugar Land, Texas, told a group of students. \u201cI wanted to get to know more of the state and some of the unique situations students face elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Mutyala believes that, as a student leader, communication is important to help initiatives take off \u2013 so he held discussions with campus representatives about campus life, support services and the student experience, to learn for himself what is important to South Texas<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cStudents in every university \u2013 at every level, from freshman to Ph.D. \u2013 have really great ideas,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m here to learn about your experience, your ideas, what can be done better, and what\u2019s working \u2013 to convey that to those who can lend support.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MEETING UTRGV
<\/em><\/strong>Mutyala, a fourth-year medical student pursuing a dual MD\/ Master of Bioengineering (MBE) degree at the UT Health Science Center \u2013 Houston, was appointed student\u202fregent for the UT System Board of Regents\u202fby Gov. Greg Abbott. His one-year term began June 1, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UT System Student Regent Neelesh C. “Neel” Mutyala visited UTRGV Feb. 7-8 and toured the Brownsville, Harlingen and Edinburg campuses where he met with university leaders and students. (UTRGV Photo by David Pike)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n


UTRGV Dean of Students Rebecca Gadson said Mutyala\u2019s visit helped give him insight into how UTRGV prioritizes students and their futures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


“We appreciate him taking the time to get to know us, and his interest in sharing our promise of advancing success of students across the UT System,\u201d Gadson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Mutyala toured several UTRGV facilities and met with faculty, student representatives and UTRGV executives over two days to gain an understanding of the conditions they felt most enabled success or difficulties they have encountered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Students voiced concerns about safety and challenges to online learning, while others hoped for expansion in online availabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Mutyala, who formerly served as undergraduate student regent for the University of Houston System Board of Regents during the 2017-2018 school year, took notes throughout his meetings and concluded with a message of support for student leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cWhen you have an idea, get it out there. Convince people of the direction and be heard. Make it happen,\u201d Mutyala said. \u201cSee what the system can do for you and what you can do for the system to make a good impact.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Statewide student body rep meets with university students, leaders By Karen Villarreal RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS \u2013 FEB. 14, 2023 \u2013 University of Texas System Student Regent Neelesh C. “Neel” Mutyala connected with UTRGV leaders and students recently during a two-day tour of the university. Mutyala had a full agenda Feb. 7 and 8, with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1],"tags":[67,9,113],"class_list":["post-14494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news","tag-featured","tag-latest","tag-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14498,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14494\/revisions\/14498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}