Claude Townsend presents the history and qualities of cacti from all over West Texas at his display in the Fiesta's Cactus and Xerophyte show April 25. Townsend has been showing cacti for over 30 years and organizes the 3-day annual show in which participants can sell or display cacti. ...

The 70-minute documentary, “Sustaining and Enriching Life in South Texas: The Story of the San Antonio River,” will be shown for free 10 a.m. Tuesday through Thursday at Brooks City- Base Cinema at 2623 SE Military Dr. ...

Sherita Love, senior instructional designer for ITS, also recommended that students get familiar with Blackboard, a tool used by many professors. In Blackboard students can follow announcements, check the class syllabus, contact professors and use Smarthinking, a tool where you can get academic help online with just about any subject. ...

Communications senior Grace Newton was awarded the 2012 San Antonio Professional Chapter of Women in Communications Ajay Castro Scholarship for Re-Entering Women. Newton was notified Tuesday she will receive the full scholarship amount of $2,000. ...

Texas higher education officials released the state's second annual higher education almanac on Tuesday, a publication designed to provide easily digestible information on every public college and university in the state, including average tuition and fees, students' average time to degree, and breakdowns on revenues and expenditures. ...

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By Mesquite Editorial Board A&M-San Antonio’s Student Government Association has been missing in action this semester. Whether it is the uncertainty of when and where their meetings will take place or the carelessness that seems to surround their election policies, their disorganization cannot continue to go unnoticed. Compared to SGA’s formerly outstanding leadership, student representation and communi ...

Excelencia in Education, a group that promotes higher education for Latinos, released the report as the beginning of a longer project to help employers find Latino graduates. The report ranked higher education institutions across the nation based on the numbers of Latino students awarded degrees at various academic levels — from certificates, to associate’s degrees, bachelor’s degrees, master’s degrees and ...

Students in Professor Bonnie Martin’s HIST 4361, African-American History, class viewed and discussed “Dreams Come True: A Living History,” a documentary bridging San Antonio to Civil Rights, directed and produced by business leader and activist Laura Thompson. ...