SBA’s Lower Rio Grande Valley District recently announced the 2023 District Small Business Week awardees for five small business categories. Taking top spot as Small Business Person of the Year is Arely Lugo of Beautiful Beginnings Child Care Learning Center LLC. Lugo, a single mother of four from Brownsville, worked her way up to become the director of a local childcare learning center. Despite her success in childcare, Lugo opened…
With the demand for insurance agents rising across the region, state and nation, South Texas College has partnered with SafeGuard Insurance Agency, to offer a first-of-its-kind course that will prepare students to enter the insurance industry. STC Dean for Continuing, Professional and Workforce Education Olivia de la Rosa said introducing the Property and Casualty Insurance License Preparation Course is a new venture for the college, one that she said will…
The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded UTRGV’s University Transportation Center for Railway Safety a $10 million grant to focus on promoting safety in railway transportation systems. Constantine Tarawneh – senior associate dean of the UTRGV College of Engineering and Computer Science, director of the UTCRS, and principal investigator of the grant – said the funding comes at a critical time for rail transportation, especially in light of recent railway…
The McAllen Rotary Club will hosts a School Board Candidate Forum for the McAllen Independent School District Place 5 candidates on March 15. From noon to 1:30 p.m., the forum will provide an opportunity for the community to hear from the candidates who are vying for the Place 5 seat on the McAllen ISD School Board. The two candidates participating in the forum at the Salvation Army Banquet Hall are…
South Texas College continues expanding its international partnerships with two more International Concurrent Enrollment agreements between schools in Matamoros and Reynosa. In recent signing events, St. George Prep School and Instituto Piaget Reynosa are giving their students the chance to pursue a college education while simultaneously finishing their high school diplomas. These U.S./Mexico partnerships are critical to the economic development of the region. STC officials feel it could be the…
UTRGV and the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas recently gathered in McAllen with community leaders and key legislators to celebrate a five-year, $6-million award from CPRIT to the university’s South Texas Center of Excellence in Cancer Research. The ST-CECR grant is the first of its kind and amount for the academic medical institution and the border community, and is part of CPRIT’s Texas Regional Excellence and Cancer Award…
The Texas Workforce Commission is accepting applications through March 14 for the Jobs and Education for Texans grant program. The JET program provides funding for equipment to eligible educational institutions for the purpose of developing career and technical education courses leading to a license, certificate or post-secondary degree. Funding may go to courses offering dual-credit and technical education programs. Grants are available for public junior, state and technical colleges; Texas…
To tackle a never-ending shortage of correctional officers in the state, South Texas College is getting ready to launch one of its newest programs – the County Corrections Academy. The program will begin this summer, expanding on the Public Safety program offerings at the Regional Center of Public Safety Excellence in Pharr. “County correction officers must be licensed through the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, our program is designed to…
A new college ratings system that highlights the economic impact of institutions, as well as the return of investment they provide students, recently ranked UTRGV as the seventh Best Public University in the nation. The inaugural ratings come from Degree Choices, a team of education researchers committed to establishing honest and transparent value assessments for institutions of higher education, to help students who question whether earning a degree is worth the…
In March, South Texas College will begin offering a new Cosmetology certificate program in Pharr. Touting affordability, STC states the program’s tuition will be at least half the cost of traditional programs in the region. The college is currently accepting applications for the program. The new course opens up a brand-new opportunity for students who are seeking to express their creativity, and who want to learn a skill or a…