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STC Google IT Certificate Program Garners International Recognition

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South Texas College is the most recent recipient of the Innovation of the Year Award, specifically recognizing the college’s Google IT Support Professional Certificate. (photo STC)

South Texas College is the most recent recipient of the Innovation of the Year Award for its innovation of the online classroom, specifically recognizing the college’s Google IT Support Professional Certificate. The award is from the League for Innovation in the Community College, an international nonprofit organization with the mission to cultivate innovation in the community college environment and recognizes STC’s effort of offering students upskilling and reskilling with micro…

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Facing Challenges Filling Open Positions

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Jobs at many restaurants are open as businesses gear up to handle a growing customer demand.

National Electrical Coil is ready to expand. They are looking for welders, technicians, general labor, and to add staff in its purchasing department.  “We’re hiring leaps and bounds,” said Maribel Bacca, a NEC manager, at a recent press conference to announce a jobs expo in Brownsville.  At SteelCoast, Ruben Vega talked of the 100 jobs he has open. The reclamation company and recycler of large metals at the Port of…

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Brownsville To Host Expo Featuring Job Openings

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City and private sector employers gather to announce a jobs expo coming up in Brownsville on June 28.

The City of Brownsville and the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation are teaming up to host what it is the largest in-person career expo in the Rio Grande Valley. Careers And Coffee takes place on June 28 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Brownsville Events Center. There will be no entry fee. At a June 10 press conference, GBIC and city officials, along with employers present, said more than…

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