Congratulations Carmen.


What an honor!


Mari


Mari R. Cortez, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching
Professor of Early Childhood Education
Editor, Dimensions of Early Childhood
College of Education and Human Development
The University of Texas at San Antonio
One UTSA Circle
San Antonio, TX 78249
(210) 458-5969
From: coehd-bounces@lists.sis.utsa.edu <coehd-bounces@lists.sis.utsa.edu> on behalf of Belinda Flores <Belinda.Flores@utsa.edu>
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)
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Begin forwarded message:

From: Carmen Tafolla <carmentafolla@yahoo.com>
Date: May 6, 2015 at 2:53:53 PM CDT
To: Bryce Milligan <milligan@wingspress.com>,  Thelma Muraida <tmuraida@satx.rr.com>,  Belinda Flores <belinda.flores@utsa.edu>,  Betty Merchant <betty.merchant@utsa.edu>
Subject: It's Public
Reply-To: Carmen Tafolla <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

                              ****Thought IS energy****