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U.S. Air Force musicians to perform at STC on Feb. 27

February 14, 2013 No Comments

The U.S. Air Force Band of the West Dimensions in Blue Jazz Ensemble will perform at the South Texas College Pecan Campus Cooper Center for the Communication Arts on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.

Dimensions in Blue, the jazz ensemble from the United States Air Force Band of the West, will be present a free concert on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 at the South Texas College Pecan Campus Cooper Center for the Communication Arts, located at 3201 W. Pecan Blvd. in McAllen. Performance time is at 7:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Free tickets can be downloaded at www.bandofthewest.af.mil. “We’re excited to have the U.S. Air Force’s Jazz Big Band Dimensions in Blue perform on our campus,” said STC Visual Arts & Music Program Chair William Buhidar. “This will be a … Read More …

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Technology Campus exhibit finds enlightenment in graffiti art

February 13, 2013 No Comments

Artist Manuel Zamudio's Children of a Lesser God / Your Arms are too Short to Box with God, Oil on Birch Wood, 2012.

South Texas College’s Technology Campus Library presents “Spiritual Surrealism,” an exhibit featuring paintings by Manuel Zamudio. The exhibit opens Thursday, Feb. 28 and will be on view through Friday, May 10, 2013. The library is located at 3700 W. Military Hwy. in McAllen. Admission is free and open to the public. Zamudio’s work uses symbolism and vibrant color to express ideas of enlightenment, spirituality, mysticism and the occult. He then infuses this with aspects of graffiti or street art. A recurring theme within his work is the use of exaggerated faces to communicate … Read More …

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MVC Criminal Justice Club graduates 48 more CERT-trained students

February 12, 2013 No Comments

By Kelly Peterson/Mid-Valley Campus Criminal Justice Club Adviser As part of the emphasis toward creating individuals educated and trained in emergency response, the South Texas College Mid-Valley Criminal Justice Club and Adviser Kelly Peterson introduced Community Emergency Response Team training to students through the Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council. The training is designed to accomplish four main objectives: present citizens the facts about what immediate services to expect after a major disaster; mitigation and preparedness; life-saving skills training, including … Read More …

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Business Consortium Partners with STC for $801,077 Job-Training Grant

February 11, 2013 No Comments

A five-member business consortium has partnered with South Texas College to provide job training using an $801,077 Skills Development Fund grant from the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). The businesses partnering in the grant include I. Kunik Co., Val Verde Vegetable Co. Inc., Coast Tropical, Del Monte Foods, and Loop Cold Storage Co. The grant will be used to custom train 488 new and incumbent workers to enable the employers to increase worker knowledge of modern manufacturing processes, improve productivity and reduce employee turnover. Those trained will include forklift operators, … Read More …

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Ballet Folklórico STC presents first series of public concerts

February 11, 2013 1 Comment

Ballet Folklórico South Texas College will perform its first series of public dance concerts Feb. 22-24 and March 8-10 at the Valley View High School Performing Arts Auditorium in Hidalgo.

Almost a year after the debut of South Texas College’s Ballet Folklórico, the dance company proudly presents its first series of public dance concerts Feb. 22-24 and March 8-10 at the Valley View High School Performing Arts Auditorium, located at 600 N. Jackson Rd. in Hidalgo. Performance times for the February concert series are at 7 p.m. on Feb. 22, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Feb. 23, and at 2 p.m. on Feb. 24. The March concert series times are 7 p.m. on March 8, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on March 9, and 2 p.m. on March 10. Tickets for the concert cost $8. For the past year, Ballet Folklórico … Read More …

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STC Theatre celebrates independent women with production of A Doll’s House

February 8, 2013 No Comments

South Texas College Theatre will place women first in their production of A Doll’s House, written by Henrik Ibsen and translated by Christopher Hampton, that premieres Feb. 21, 2013 and runs through Feb. 24 at the college’s Pecan Campus Cooper Center for Communication Arts Main Stage Theatre, located at 3201 W. Pecan Blvd. in McAllen. In this theatre classic, Nora Helmer is a vibrant young housewife, who nonetheless suffers from a crippling dependency on her husband of eight years. Her husband, Torvald, has always done the thinking for the both of them. In order to save Torvald from a … Read More …

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Starr County Campus exhibit explores pattern and modern imagery

February 7, 2013 No Comments

"Modern Condition" artwork by Travis Trapp will be on exhibit at the Starr County Campus from Feb. 21 - April 26, 2013. Above artwork, Cow, Pen and Ink.

South Texas College’s Starr County Campus Library Art Gallery presents “Modern Condition,” an exhibit featuring artworks by Travis Trapp. The exhibit opens Thursday, Feb. 21 and will be on view through Friday, April 26, 2013 at the Starr County Campus Library Art Gallery, located at 142 FM 3167 in Rio Grande City. Admission is free and open to the public. Trapp’s work focuses on surreal and abstract imagery and finds influence in everything from science fiction, to graphic novels, animation and music. In this new series of work he combines photography and illustration for the … Read More …

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STC Announced as Winner of the Leah Meyer Austin Award

February 6, 2013 No Comments

Achieving the Dream, with the support of The Kresge Foundation, this evening announced South Texas College (STC) as the winner of the fifth annual Leah Meyer Austin Award. Along with this prestigious recognition, the college will receive $25,000 to support its ongoing student success work. As this year’s award-winner, STC is being honored for demonstrating systemic institutional changes that have resulted in a noteworthy increase in student success. Through the implementation of Achieving the Dream’s Student-Centered Model of Institutional Improvement, South Texas College has been … Read More …

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