Special Events
Fall 2024
UHD Proudly Welcome Texas Poet Laureate Lupe Mendez
Tuesday, October 24th starting at 11:30 a.m. in room C100
Register Now
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, UHD’s Center for Public Service and Community Research and UHD’s Urban Education department would like to invite the first 50 students who register to a luncheon with the Lupe Mendez, 2022-2023 Texas Poet Laureate.
Poetic Performance and Interview
From 11:30am – 12:30pm in room C100, Mr. Mendez will perform some of his most celebrated works as well as take questions
from students on his life, his awards, and about the founding of his Tintero Projects which works with emerging Latinx writers and other writers of color within the Texas
Gulf Coast Region.
Workshop: Poetry as a Critical Means of Communication
From 1:00pm – 2:30pm Mr. Mendez will host a workshop to discuss the need and methods involved to utilize
poetry as a medium of communication and engagement with students in the classroom
and beyond.
UHD's 50th Performance
Finally, from 2:30pm – 3:30pm, Mr. Mendez will perform works of poetry honoring UHD’s 50thAnniversary Celebration and specifically the Urban Education department’s commitment
to excellence in teacher preparation.