TAMIU PARTNER GARZA ROBLES ANNOUNCES $100K GIFT AT INTERNATIONAL MARIACHI FESTIVAL A surprise highlight of this year’s 8th Annual International Mariachi Festival performance at TAMIU was the announcement of a $100,000 gift from Eduardo and Juanita Garza Robles. Garza Robles was named the Embajador Internacional del Mariachi during the performance featuring the renowned Mariachi Nuevo Tecalitlán at TAMIU’s Center for the Fine and Performing Arts. The performance, “Cultura y Tradición,” capped off the two-day Festival held in April and attended by over 360 middle and high school mariachi students and over 20 directors from across the state. Garza Robles is a longtime supporter of the University’s Mariachi Program. He and his wife Juanita have created four endowed scholarships at TAMIU and are Silver Society donors. The $100,000 gift supports students focusing on international trade in the A. R. Sanchez, Jr. School of Business. Garza Robles provided $15,000 in support of the Mariachi Internacional, raising his total generosity to TAMIU over $250,000. ‘TRAVELS WITH SHIRLEY’ HONORS REMARKABLE DONOR In her lifetime Shirley Dianne Sandlin González relished the adventure of travel, finding it lifechanging. Years ago, through her leadership and service to her family’s Guadalupe and Lilia Martínez Foundation, she seized the opportunity to help TAMIU students do the same. Since its inception, the Foundation has contributed over $10.5 million to aid citizens of Webb and Zapata counties and provided critical funding support for TAMIU Study Abroad Programs. Shirley’s kindness and generosity made it possible for Dustdevils to travel to over 30 countries to date and brought extraordinary focus to TAMIU’s international experience. González passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 3, 2024, but her love of travel continues to inspire TAMIU’s students with a special corner in the Office of International Experiences. Dubbed “Travels with Shirley,” it offers an opportunity to relive travels by TAMIU students through a broad collection of Study Abroad yearbooks. Celebrate travel adventure with Shirley in the Senator Judith Zaffirini Student Center, Second Floor, room 206. Dr. Pablo Arenaz, TAMIU president; Dr. Eduardo Jesús Garza, son of Garza Robles; Eduardo Garza Robles, and grandson Mauricio Gutiérrez Garza. Special corner dedicated to Shirley UNIVERSITY DONORS 15
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