Bold and Innovative Partnerships

Currently, with the Board of Trustees’ support and at President Solis’ encouragement, dozens of STC administrators, faculty and staff are taking active roles in Hidalgo County’s Prosperity Task Force, Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez’s initiative to eliminate hunger and homelessness, create jobs and lessen the digital divide.

And in its most recent partnership, STC and Texas A&M University have partnered to offer the Texas A&M University Engineering Academy on campus, giving students the opportunity to complete the first two years of engineering coursework at STC and seamlessly transfer to the university.

Additionally, STC has expanded its educational opportunities across the border, providing International Concurrent Enrollment opportunities, partnering with numerous high schools from Matamoros to Reynosa, Mexico.

The effort led by Luisa Fernanda Rodriguez, STC Global Market Development Manager, is even bringing in interests from new manufacturers, entrepreneurs and investors from various regions of Mexico.

“Our work is based in a holistic approach that seeks to blur the geopolitical border between Mexico and the United States by creating, collaborating and maintaining strategic binational alliances. This vision will help STC and the South Texas region strengthen economic development and institutional links between academia, government and the private sector, said Rodriguez. “This is the uniqueness that community colleges, like STC, bring to the areas they serve. We are consistently striving to meet employer demands, train the workforce that is needed and, in the process, attract new businesses to the region.”