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Nelda Saenz, 18-year Academic Advisor with South Texas College receives her COVID-19 booster shot at the Pecan Campus, Sept. 22.   ...

STC President Dr. Ricardo J. Solis and STC Trustee Gary Gurwitz addressed students, staff, and faculty at the college’s Nursing and Allied Health Campus Sept 21. Solis, along with leaders in healthcare, and economic development have begun plans to ne...

South Texas College will hold its fall Super Saturday event at its three main campuses Starr, Pecan and Mid-Valley Oct. 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  ...

STC President Dr. Ricardo J. Solis addresses students, staff, and faculty at the college’s Pecan Campus Sept 20. Pledging to work even closer with economic development and workforce partners, Solis said among the earliest items on his presidential ag...

STC President Dr. Ricardo J. Solis addresses students, staff, and faculty at the college’s Mid-Valley Campus Sept. 15. At the campus, Solis said his goal is to take STC to a higher level and promote an image that the Valley and its citizens deserve. ...

South Texas College Counseling and Student Accessibility Services share the importance of Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and its services from mental health crisis to accommodating students in the classrooms. Suicide Prevention Awareness Month ha...

STC President Dr. Ricardo J. Solis addresses students, staff, and faculty at the college’s Technology Campus Sept. 13. Asked about his outlook for the future of the college, Solis said STC’s workforce and continuing education efforts are key to the g...

STC’s Pecan Campus welcomes students back for in-person classes that began Sept. 7, 2021.   ...

STC President Dr. Ricardo J. Solis addressed leadership from more than 16 school districts who were in attendance at STC Dual Credit Program’s annual Superintendents Leadership Meeting Sept. 9. Dual Credit outlined its priorities for the coming schoo...

For over 20 years, Medical Assistant Technology (MAT) instructor Abigail Rodriguez’s passion for mentoring rising medical assistants has helped bolster health care infrastructure in a critically underserved region. For Rodriguez, her experience as an...

Wendy Branwell insists that anthropology – the study of what makes us human – holds many relevant lessons to the current COVID-19 crisis. ...

When choosing a career, Kelly Vargas (above) said she took a love for craft beer and homebrewing into a unique apprenticeship program in partnership with South Texas College, Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) and local breweries. ...

RGV Focus, the educational arm of Dallas-based Communities Foundation of Texas (CFT) presented a $30,000 check to South Texas College directed towards students pursuing workforce credentials Aug. 24. ...

As a student parent, Cynthia Gonzalez (above) gets emotional when she talks about the milestones she has had to miss as she seeks her degree. Two parents share their stories as they strive through STC’s challenging Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA...

Combining the finer points of business, finance, manufacturing and IT, South Texas College’s Bachelor of Applied Technology in Technology Management connects students to versatile careers in leadership. ...

After becoming a mother as a freshman in high school, Yulissa Ibarra vowed she would return to school one day and enter college. Her comeback started her sophomore year when she transferred to the Sonia M. Sotomayor Early College High School at PSJA ...

STC Nursing student Cassandra Martinez administers a Covid vaccine to a guest as NAH Dean Dr. Jayson Valerio (back) looks on recently at the college’s first vaccine drive Aug. 18 at Pecan Campus. ...

Dr. Rolando Longoria, chair of sociology (above) and social work instructor, Noel A. Ysasi share contributions made by STC students in the Social & Behavioral Sciences department in the age of COVID. Dr. Longoria teaches in the discipline of sociolog...

Left to right, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Chair Fred Farias III, THECB Commissioner of Higher Education Harrison Keller, and STC President Dr. Ricardo J. Solis participated in a roundtable-style meeting with VPs and deans who were seek...

South Texas College in-person classes to be held online for two weeks as COVID-19 cases increase. STC will continue to follow CDC guidelines and update its protocols through the college’s main webpage. ...

STC President Dr. Ricardo J. Solis (left) held his first visit to STC’s Starr County Campus, in which he toured its facilities and met with students. Solis then met with county stakeholders in order to connect with local business and community leader...

Left to right, South Texas College President Dr. Ricardo J. Solis, Board Chair Rose Benavidez, and Starr County Judge Eloy Vera are set to continue their partnership to provide immunization coverage for communities in Starr County. ...

Left to right, South Texas College President Dr. Ricardo J. Solis, STC Trustee Dr. Alejo Salinas, Board Chair Rose Benavidez, and Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez announced their partnership to provide immunization coverage in communities in the R...

South Texas College is offering flexible hours, enabling all students to come by in-person and register as the fall semester inches closer. STC will be holding extended hours every Saturday in August ahead of classes, which begin Aug. 23 ...

South Texas College will host a three-day event at its three main campuses Pecan, Mid-Valley, and Starr County that seeks to enable students and parents to learn more about STC programs. More than 45 programs will participate in the event, and facult...

South Texas College President Dr. Ricardo J. Solis and Dr. David Plummer, STC Vice-President of Information Services, Planning & Strategic Initiatives joined U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona for a virtual roundtable July 29 discussing the u...

South Texas College President Dr. Ricardo J. Solis shares vision for the college with board members and search committee members in attendance at the Pecan campus, Thursday, July 29, 2021.  ...

From a perfect pass rate on the licensure exam to an unbeatable, 100-percent employment rate for grads within a year of passing, promising Physical Therapist Assistants have been propping up STC’s A+ average for 21 years straight. ...

Dr. Rachel Sale (top) talks about arriving at South Texas College just one month before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. STC had put a number of developments in place just prior to Covid that enabled us to quickly shift to being fully onli...

South Texas College President Dr. Ricardo J. Solis (left) and Mexican Consul Froylán Yescas Cedillo formalized an official IME Becas amendment to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aiming to increase the educational attainment level of Mexicans or p...