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Texas Southmost College welcomed representatives from its various industry partners to the ITEC Center on May 9 for the Business, Engineering, Architecture and Technology Industry Partner Meet and Greet. The event was TSC’s way of showing appreciation for the different industries who have contributed to helping enhance the various Workforce Training and Continuing Education programs, ensuring that students in those programs are learning the skills to fully prepare them once…

Living History Day Brings the Past into the Present

January 30, 2025

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Texas Southmost College will host its latest installment of its Living History Day on Feb. 1 at the TSC South Hall Lawn. The event is free and open to the public. Since 2017, Living History Day has been an event of sights and sounds of the past, celebrating the impact of both global and local historical eras. Visitors are encouraged to wear their best historical time-period costumes, meaning that it’s…

Finding New Hope with VIDA

November 21, 2024

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Aida Meza had a job as a phlebotomist, earning $12 an hour. She felt fulfilled, but making ends meet proved challenging for this single mother. In July 2023, she applied for acceptance into the Medical Laboratory Technology Program at Texas Southmost College. One month later, she received an acceptance letter. Meza felt a sense of excitement and trepidation. As she prepared to start the program, a barrier appeared along her…

A Clear Eye on the Goal

April 18, 2024

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Life hasn’t been easy for Brownsville resident Michael Castilleja. Raised by his grandfather, he learned the value of money at an early age because it was hard to come by. When he completed high school, he faced a number of obstacles in his pursuit to break free of the cycle of poverty but Castilleja possesses a clear understanding of the value of education. “Being in a Hispanic family in the…

Supply Chains Shifts May Benefit RGV

November 1, 2023

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The fallout from the economic upheavals of 2020 when coupled with the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 have frayed supply chains from Asia and put global energy markets on edge. Two buzzwords are making the rounds of economic development talk as industries readjust and calculate what lays ahead. One term banding about is reshoring. This is the reestablishment of manufacturing operations in the United States after being previously located…

TSC President Rodríguez Receives CEO Award

August 22, 2023

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Texas Southmost College President Jesús Roberto Rodríguez was recently announced as the winner of the 2023 Western Regional CEO Award by the Association of Community College Trustees. The national award is only one of five bestowed annually to CEOs by the organization, one for each of its five regions across the United States and Canada. Rodríguez’s recognitions comes from his work in initiating or helping to develop innovative programs as…

TSC Opens New Diesel Mechanics And Pipefitting Labs

February 2, 2023

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Texas Southmost College is upping the game when it comes to hands-on career training at the ITEC Center on Mexico Boulevard in Brownsville. Last month, the 96-year-old institute of higher learning cut the ribbon on two new learning labs for diesel mechanics and pipefitting. The labs will bolster the offerings for students looking to get trained, certified and start a high-paying career fast. The college has invested in the ITEC…

TSC Child Care Director Appointed To Statewide Council

November 30, 2022

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Marisela Nava, director of Texas Southmost College’s Raul J. Guerra Early Childhood Center, was recently appointed to the Texas Early Learning Council by Texas Governor Greg Abbott. The honor comes after 34 years of service to the center, where Nava began as a student worker in fall of 1988. “I know this a very selective process and it was only a dream for me before,” Nava said. “I always thought;…

Chance Encounter Leads To Career Success

November 17, 2022

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“There is a saying, something along the lines of, ‘Society grows when men plant trees whose shade they will never be able to sit under.’ Likewise, we, as a society, need to look out for one another. Only in that way will we be able to grow and progress to a stable community.” ~ Abdiel Ramirez Back in seventh grade, Abdiel Ramirez found reading books about a variety of medical…

Collegiate Sports Returns To TSC

October 26, 2022

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Intercollegiate college athletics is making a comeback in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, as Texas Southmost College rejoins the National Junior College Athletics Association. The NJCAA approved TSC’s application to join the league at their Oct. 20 meeting. TSC will launch its athletic program with men’s and women’s soccer for the Fall 2023 semester. TSC President Jesús Roberto Rodríguez said it is the perfect time for the college to expand…