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STC Offers College Credit Opportunity for EMTs

South Texas College is launching an accelerated eight-week program tailored for certified Emergency Medical Technicians seeking to advance their career pathway to becoming paramedics.

In response to the need for more trained paramedics in the health care sector, South Texas College is gearing up to launch an accelerated eight-week program catered to certified Emergency Medical Technicians lacking college credit. This new opportunity will allow existing EMS personnel, who earned their certification through non-accredited proprietary schools, to fast-track their education toward advanced EMT training and a Paramedic Associate of Applied Science. “We see many EMTs struggle to advance…

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STC Makes Call for Youngsters’ Poems, Artwork

STC Art & Memory Conference & Exhibition

Youth ages 6-18 throughout the Rio Grande Valley are invited to participate in the South Texas College 2024 Art & Memory Conference & Exhibition. The STC Library Art Gallery is collaborating with STC’s Philosophy, Art and English departments to organize a youth call for artwork and poetry that focuses on a significant experience or emotion from the artist’s childhood or teenage years. These submissions will be included in STC’s third…

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STC Reveals New Logo

South Texas College is celebrating 30 years and to kick off the celebration, the college recently revealed a new logo to move the college into a new era of transformation and innovation. During the college’s annual Fall Convocation at the McAllen Convention Center,  STC revealed its new logo inspired by the rosette on a jaguar’s pelt. The jaguar is the college’s mascot. According to a press release from STC, the…

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Vice President Represents STC On National Stage

South Texas College Vice President of Advancement and Economic Development Rodney Rodriguez

South Texas College Vice President of Advancement and Economic Development Rodney Rodriguez is among the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities’ 2023-2024 HACU Leadership Academy Fellows cohort. HACU’s Leadership academy or La Academia de Liderazgo annually selects 50 fellows from throughout the United States. It is designed to increase diverse representation in executive and senior-level positions in higher education. “I am profoundly honored and incredibly thrilled to have been selected as one…

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STC Veterans Department Awarded ‘Gold’

STC VEERA

South Texas College Veterans and Military Services has been awarded top honors by the Texas Veterans Commission for its commitment to supporting the needs of student veterans and their families. TVC has announced that STC has been given the Veteran Education Excellence Recognition Award for the 2022-2023 school year. The commission will officially present the award to the college in the coming weeks. “As a Veterans Department, we feel honored…

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STC Introduces AI Curriculum

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence courses are arriving at South Texas College as soon as this fall. For the first time ever, STC’s Bachelor of Applied Technology Degree in Computer and Information Technologies program will be incorporating the basics of AI. CITP has installed a curriculum established by Amazon Web Services called “Machine Learning Foundations” into the program’s CITP 3310 Survey of Programming Languages course this fall. Machine Learning combines Computer Science with…

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STC Receives Millions To Break Digital Barriers

South Texas College, with funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program and awarded by U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar, received a $2.8 million National Institute of Standards and Technology grant to increase digital capabilities for its students. “Thanks to this grant and Henry Cuellar, it is possible for South Texas College to continue upgrading and transforming the college to be in the 21st century in terms…

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STC First In Nation To Offer RN Apprenticeship

STC RN Apprenticeship Program Announcement

In a historic moment for South Texas College, the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship, in collaboration with the Texas Workforce Commission, recently announced that the college is the first in the nation to be approved to implement a newly formed Registered Apprenticeship Program in the occupation of Registered Nurse. “This heralds a new era in nursing education and solidifies STC’s standing as a state and national leader in…

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Another Statewide First For South Texas College

The South Texas College Centers for Learning Excellence is the first in the state to be certified for its online services by the Association of Colleges for Tutoring and Learning Assistance

The South Texas College Centers for Learning Excellence is the first in the state to be certified for its online services by the Association of Colleges for Tutoring and Learning Assistance. The national organization works to improve tutorial programs and related services among organizations across the country dedicated to college and university learning assistance or developmental education. The organization’s mission is to foster and promote racial and socioeconomic equity in…

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STC Police Academy Cadets Graduate With Guaranteed Jobs

STC 30th Police Academy

The South Texas College 30th Police Academy recently celebrated the graduation and recruitment of every single graduating cadet in a ceremony joined by friends and family at the Regional Center for Public Safety Excellence in Pharr. For the first time in program history, all students were offered conditional job offers from the Hidalgo County Sherriff’s Office weeks before completing the 22-week program. Sherriff J.E. “Eddie” Guerra attended the ceremony and…

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