Ortiz says money coming from the National Endowment For the Humanities U.S. Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-Corpus Christi) has announced that the National Endowment For the Humanities has awarded a $24,964 grant to Texas A&M University at Kingsville to support Hispanic studies in South Texas. The title of the project is Hispanic Studies in South Texas. Ortiz said the funding will support a yearlong series of workshops in Hispanic Studies for faculty from four Texas A&M campuses with the aim of developing a cooperative doctoral program in Hispanic Studies. "The Hispanic population in the United States is exploding. It is long...