Re: [Coehd] Fwd: It's Public STATE POET LAUREATE

Wonderful news. Felicidades, Carmen Ellen Riojas Clark, Ph. D. Professor Emerita Division of Bicultural Bilingual Studies University of Texas at San Antonio 930 Sunshine Drive East San Antonio, TX 78228 cell: 210-722-0024 office (210) 458-5575 ellen.clark(a)utsa.edu ________________________________ From: coehd-bounces(a)lists.sis.utsa.edu <coehd-bounces(a)lists.sis.utsa.edu&gt; on behalf of Belinda Flores <Belinda.Flores(a)utsa.edu&gt; Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 7:58 PM To: coehd Subject: [Coehd] Fwd: It's Public STATE POET LAUREATE Congratulations to Carmen Tafolla! Tomorrow, she will be proclaimed as the Texas Poet Laureate; Tafolla is the first Mexican American/Spanish surname poet laureate, since award was first bestowed 83 years ago by the Texas legislature. 10 am in the House and 11:00 in the Senate. Belinda Bustos Flores, Ph.D. Chair & Professor University of Texas at San Antonio Bicultural-Bilingual Studies Academy for Teacher Excellence Principal Investigator One UTSA Circle San Antonio, TX 78249 210-458-4426 (office) 210-458-5962 (fax) Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: Carmen Tafolla <carmentafolla@yahoo.com<mailto:carmentafolla@yahoo.com>> Date: May 6, 2015 at 2:53:53 PM CDT To: Bryce Milligan <milligan@wingspress.com<mailto:milligan@wingspress.com>>, Thelma Muraida <tmuraida@satx.rr.com<mailto:tmuraida@satx.rr.com>>, Belinda Flores <belinda.flores@utsa.edu<mailto:belinda.flores@utsa.edu>>, Betty Merchant <betty.merchant@utsa.edu<mailto:betty.merchant@utsa.edu>> Subject: It's Public Reply-To: Carmen Tafolla <carmentafolla@yahoo.com<mailto:carmentafolla@yahoo.com>> See attached press release from TCA. Exhale! Will send the proposed 20 Schools project plans on Friday when I get back... Carmen Tafolla, Ph.D. Poet Laureate 2012-2014, City of San Antonio Author, The Holy Tortilla and a Pot of Beans (Wings Press) Author, What Can you Do with a Paleta? (Random House) www.carmentafolla.com<http://www.carmentafolla.com> ****Thought IS energy****