Political science professor Steven Poe delivers "Creating the Peace After the Storm: Realizing Truth, Justice and Human Rights in the Wake of Violence" on Nov. 1.
Civil rights activitist Delores Huerta, filmmaker Luis Valdez and radio personality "Doctora Isabel" Gomez Bassols speak during "Reaching La Raza" Oct. 14.
A web marketing specialist from Argyle won a provisional publishing contract. Three others earned cash prizes from UNT Press and Mayborn Graduate Institute.
Daniel Farias, Timothy Solano, John Lopez, Ashante Reese and Jennifer Carter will attend the Mayborn writers conference on scholarships sponsored by the Dallas Morning News.