2013 Annual Report by Texas State Technical College

2013 ANNUAL REPORT

HARLINGEN

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Reaching for the Stars â&#x20AC;&#x153; It is never easy to keep reaching for dreams. Strength and courage can sometimes be lonely friends. But those who do reach the stars, walk in stardust. â&#x20AC;? - Hilaire Belloc, Anglo-French Writer and Historian

â&#x20AC;&#x153; TSTC helped me obtain my

vocational nursing license and start my career while at the same time allowing me to continue my education in the Registered Nursing Program.â&#x20AC;? Celeste Oviedo, 22 Registered Nursing Program (RN)

Message from the President

“ We often encourage our students to ‘reach for the RS@QRŗ ” - President Cesar Maldonado Greetings! In the world of education we often encourage our students to “reach for the stars.” This year, with the grand opening of the Challenger Learning Center, that idiom carries profound new meaning for all of us here at Texas State Technical College Harlingen. The Challenger Learning Center, an innovative, hands-on space exploration lab is part of our ongoing DƤNQSR SN OQNLNSD SGD DWBHSHMF ƥDKCR NE RBHDMBD SDBGMNKNFX DMFHMDDQHMF @MC L@SG 23$, @MC introduce Rio Grande Valley students to new career possibilities. We are proud to honor the legacy of the courageous 1986 Challenger crew, including teacher Christa ,B TKHƤD SGQNTFG SGHR HMMNU@SHUD DCTB@SHNM@K DMCD@UNQ +NB@K RBGNNK CHRSQHBSR G@UD FHUDM TR SGDHQ full support and already tours are booked through Spring Semester. It is an endeavour we are BNMƥCDMS VHKK TKSHL@SDKX E@BHKKHS@SD SGD ƦNV NE RSTCDMSR SN NTQ BNKKDFD (SŗR @M DWBHSHMF MDV BG@OSDQ HM learning at TSTC and only one of many exciting accomplishments of 2013. (M SGHR XD@QŗR MMT@K 1DONQS XNTŗKK QD@C @ANTS NTQ L@MX RSTCDMS @MC OQNFQ@L RTBBDRRDR 8NTŗKK QD@C @ANTS SGD E@BTKSX RS@Ƥ @MC HMCTRSQX O@QSMDQR VGN L@CD SGNRD RTBBDRRDR G@OODM 3GHR XD@QŗR QDONQS is a testament to the TSTC mission that promotes education, develops skilled workers and, above all, inspires students to “reach for the stars.” Sincerely,

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LEADERSHIP COMMUNITY SUCCESS FACULTY STAFF PROGRAMS CAMPUS GIVING NUMBERS

Leadership

Chancellor TSTC System

Mike L. Reeser TSTC System Chancellor Waco, Texas

,HBG@DK + 1DDRDQ HR Chancellor of the TSTC System, leading the only state-supported technical college system in Texas. ,Q 1DDRDQ V@R @OONHMSDC the ninth chancellor of the TSTC System in 2010. Prior to that time, he served as president of Texas State Technical College West Texas for six years.

Board of Regents

Ellis M. Skinner II Chair Spicewood, Texas 2009 - 2019

Currently serving his second term on the TSTC !N@QC NE 1DFDMSR $KKHR , 2JHMMDQ HR OQDRHCDMS NE $KKHR , 2JHMMDQ "NLO@MX (MB a construction services company in Dallas. He is a member of Associated Builders and Contractors and the Dallas chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America.

)ND , &TQDBJX HR SGD NVMDQ founder of the Gurecky ,@MTE@BSTQHMF 2DQUHBDR which produces precisionmachined components. This entrepreneur and community activist also served the city of Rosenberg for 16 years as mayor and council member. Joe M. Gurecky Vice Chair Rosenberg, Texas 2006 - 2017

Linda McKenna $WDBTSHUD "NLLHSSDD /K@BD Harlingen, Texas 2009 - 2015 06

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+HMC@ ,B*DMM@ HR SGD UHBD president of Physician Alignment, CHRISTUS Spohn ,DCHB@K &QNTO NTS NE "NQOTR Christi. The Harlingen native G@R @ L@RSDQĹ&#x2014;R CDFQDD HM Public Administration from UT Pan American. She is a registered nurse and past senior vice president of Valley Baptist Health System.

The TSTC System is governed by a nine-member Board of Regents and operated under the direction of a system-wide chancellor. These regents who provide a statewide perspective, are appointed by the governor to six-year terms. The board meets quarterly to provide leadership and enact policies for the successful management and operation of the system. An immigration attorney with a practice in Austin, Ivan Andarza is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Austin Bar Association and Hispanic Bar Association of Austin. Andarza is also a former board member and chair of Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation.

Ivan Andarza Austin, Texas 2013 - 2019

Joe K. Hearne Dallas, Texas 2006 - 2017

Penny Forrest is a librarian and museum curator of the Scottish Rite Foundation of Texas. The TSTC alum is also a member and past president NE SGD "DMSQ@K 3DW@R ,TRDTL Association and past vice OQDRHCDMS NE SGD ,TRDTL Association of Waco. Penny Forrest Waco, Texas 2009 - 2015

John K. Hatchel Woodway, Texas 2011 - 2017

)ND * 'D@QMD HR RDQUHMF GHR second term on the TSTC Board of Regents. Hearne is a facilities coordinator ENQ /HKFQHL 1DRS ,HRRHNM@QX Baptist Church and a retired quality assurance engineering and supply chain L@M@FDQ ENQ $KB@M .OSHB@K Technologies, a division of Raytheon Systems.

) 5 ,@QSHM HR OQDRHCDMS "$. @MC BG@HQL@M NE SGD board of First Financial Bank in Sweetwater. Serving a second term as TSTC Regent, ,@QSHM HR @ LDLADQ NE SGD American and Texas Bankers Associations and the Nolan County Foundation Board $WDBTSHUD "NLLHSSDD

James Virgil (J.V.) Martin Sweetwater, Texas 2004 - 2015

)NGM * '@SBGDK RDQUDC SGQDD distinguished decades as a municipal manager and a municipal consultant, retiring in 1999. Since then he has held numerous governmentappointed positions on state boards including the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors and the State Board of /KTLAHMF $W@LHMDQR

Keith Honey Longview, Texas 2013 - 2019

*DHSG 'NMDX HR @ QDFHRSDQDC professional engineer and DWSDQM@K @Ć¤@HQR L@M@FDQ NE $/ 2NTSGVDRSDQM $KDBSQHB Power Company. He is a member of the National and Texas Societies of /QNEDRRHNM@K $MFHMDDQR @MC SGD 2NBHDSX NE ,HMHMF $MFHMDDQR 'D HR SGD O@RS vice chairman of the TSTC Foundation Board.

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Leadership

TSTC Harlingen Administration

Dr. Cesar Maldonado, P.E. President

Teri Lyn Zamora $WDBTSHUD 5HBD /QDRHCDMS ENQ Financial and Administrative Services

Adam C. Hutchison Provost

Mary Adams Vice President for Student Development

Dr. Stella Garcia Vice President for (MRSHSTSHNM@K $Ć¤DBSHUDMDRR and Research

Javier Deleon Vice President for College Readiness & Advancement

Barbara Bennett Associate Vice President for Student Learning $MFHMDDQHMF (MCTRSQH@K KKHDC Health

Dr. Regina Garza Mitchell Associate Vice President for 2STCDMS +D@QMHMF $CTB@SHNM 'TL@MHSHDR "NLOTSDQR

Gisela Figueroa Associate Vice President for Financial Services

Dr. Grady Deaton Associate Vice President for Facilities

Cledia Hernandez Associate Vice President for Corporate & Community $CTB@SHNM

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This is our vision, this is our mission. Our Ideals

We Value Our Students

We Embrace Our Benefactors

Be a world class, unique, globally recognized leader in science, technology, engineering, life science education and academics.

We are a partner with our students in providing highquality education by:

.TQ ADMDE@BSNQR @QD HMSDFQ@K to the success of the TSTC community and are an invaluable resource.

Our Focus In support of the vision and mission of the Texas State Technical College Harlingen community, we strive to teach these ideals by creating and maintaining: Ş 2S@JDGNKCDQ BNLLHSLDMS @MC enthusiasm for education. Ş BTKSTQD CDCHB@SDC SN integrity, morale, teamwork and service. Ş 2TBBDRR ENQ @KK RS@JDGNKCDQR We place a priority on beliefs, attitudes and behaviors that promulgate the highest standards of excellence.

Ş 2TOOKXHMF SGDL VHSG QDKDU@MS programs in the current career environment.

We Promote Technology

Ş $RS@AKHRGHMF QDKH@AHKHSX @MC trust with our students to DMRTQD LTST@KKX ADMDƥBH@K long-term relationships.

We are a science and technology leader in education and therefore committed to maintain state-of-theart processes, systems and equipment in our dedication to excellence.

We Embrace Our Employers

We Achieve Success

Ş /QDO@QHMF SGDL ENQ KHEDKNMF learning.

We seek to form strategic relationships with employers to create a commitment to continuous improvement in quality and in recognition of the value of intellectual capital.

We recognize that sustained success is necessary for the ADMDƥS NE @KK NTQ RS@JDGNKCDQR We nurture our students, employers, benefactors, E@BTKSX @MC RS@Ƥ SN QDƦDBS NTQ investment we make together in TSTC Harlingen.

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on, real-life experience right in the classroom every day.” Anyssa Villarreal, 20 "GDLHB@K $MUHQNMLDMS@K 3DBGMNKNFX "$3

HIGHLIGHTS Texas lawmakers tour TSTC and the city of Harlingen. The annual tours are sponsored by the Rio Grande Valley Partnership.

Gen TX Day attracts hundreds to TSTC campus. The Texas-themed celebration V@R O@QS NE @ 323" @MC *&!3 Channel 4 partnership to promote a college-going culture.

TSTC Cares Donation Drive brings out the best in VWXGHQWV IDFXOW\ DQG VWDке Harlingen area residents are inspired to give in wake of West, Texas disaster.

The 23rd Annual Oktoberfest takes an educational twist. ,NQD SG@M RHW SGNTR@MC attend the spooky-sciencethemed community event.

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Community

“ We would like to be funded based on salary

CHƤDQDMBDR NE LHMHLTL V@FD DLOKNXDDR @MC VG@S NTQ graduates earn.” - President Cesar Maldonado

State Lawmakers Tour TSTC Texas legislators visited South Texas making a stop at TSTC Harlingen and other Valley institutions of higher education during the 19th Rio Grande Valley Legislative Tour. The RGV Legislative Tour is sponsored by the Rio Grande Valley Partnership, a Valleywide Chamber of Commerce, and aims to educate Texas state legislators on the unique assets, opportunities and needs of the South Texas region.

Opposite Page: Top: Visiting lawmakers, HMBKTCHMF 2DM@SNQ $CCHD +TBHN )Q UHRHS '@QKHMFDMŗR K@MCL@QJ (VN )HL@ ,DLNQH@K CTQHMF @ tour of the Rio Grande Valley. Middle: TSTC Harlingen nursing students travel to state capitol in Austin for celebration of TSTC Day. Bottom: 2S@SD 2DM@SNQ $CCHD Lucio Jr. addresses TSTC nursing students visiting the state capitol.

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This year President Cesar ,@KCNM@CN TQFDC SGD K@VL@JDQR to approve funding based on results and not contact hours. “We would like to be funded A@RDC NM R@K@QX CHƤDQDMBDR of minimum wage employees and what our graduates earn,” ,@KCNM@CN R@HC ř6D @RJ SG@S you approve that this session and LNUD TR NƤ SGD BNMS@BS GNTQR

based funding and to a resultsbased funding.”

,@KCNM@CN @KRN VDMS NM SN highlight the partnerships the school has established in the past few years and future ventures already in the works. ,@KCNM@CN OQ@HRDC SGD O@QSMDQRGHO VHSG #DK ,@Q "NKKDFD in Ingleside and the Wind $MDQFX 3DBGMNKNFX OQNFQ@L and its students. TSTC and the Raymondville school district have @KRN INHMDC ENQBDR HM SGD @QD@ NE college readiness to “prepare students and help them transition to college at TSTC or wherever they want to attend.” ,@KCNM@CN R@HC 323" @MC +@QDCN Community College have also partnered to open a workforce center in Zapata County to train workers. A similar partnership is in the works with the City of Hondo HM ,DCHM@ "NTMSX ,@KCNM@CN R@HC The RGV Partnership has organized the Valley legislative tours for the past 40 years.

Nursing Students Meet Lawmakers Jessica Puente, a nursing student at Texas State Technical College Harlingen, was among the students celebrating TSTC Day at the Capitol in Austin. Puente and her nine classmates were part of a larger TSTC contingent that included students, faculty and administrators from all four statewide campuses and members of the Board of Regents as the TSTC System celebrated TSTC Day at the Capitol and received special recognition in the House and Senate chambers. ř6DŗQD @ RS@SD ETMCDC HMRSHSTSHNM @MC CDBHRHNMR L@CD GDQD @ƤDBS all the students at all the TSTC campuses,” Puente said. “It was very nice to meet other students from other campuses. There was another LVN (licensed vocational nursing) student here from Sweetwater so it was great to see SG@S VDŗQD @KK VNQJHMF SNV@QC SGD same thing.”

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The TSTC contingent visited both chambers during the morning. After lunch the group met with KDFHRK@SNQR @MC RS@Ć¤DQR EQNL SGDHQ respective districts. The Harlingen group discussed the need for further allied health funding in the Rio Grande Valley, a medically underserved area. The TSTC nursing students provided anyone that stopped by with free blood pressure and blood sugar screenings. The students were accompanied AX ,DF@M %KNQDR @ QDFHRSDQDC nurse and nursing instructor at TSTC. She said the visit to SGD RS@SDĹ&#x2014;R B@OHSNK V@R @ FQD@S experience for her students. Ĺ&#x2122;3GD ADMDĆĽS ENQ NTQ FQ@CT@SD nurses was the exposure to our legislative process and the voice they have in it and getting excited about the powerful voice they will have in healthcare,â&#x20AC;? Flores said.

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Community

Gen TX Day Attracts Hundreds to TSTC Hundreds of parents and their BGHKCQDM ƥKKDC HM SGD NTSKHMD NE RS@SD NE 3DW@R ENQ SGD NƧBH@K photo commemorating Gen TX Day 2013. “We celebrated all week,” Director of Recruiting Dora Colvin said. “We had tours on campus and we had great spots on Channel 4 all week too. We were also able to showcase some of our programs. (S V@R ITRS VNMCDQETK SN RDD everyone come together for such a great initiative.” This year TSTC invited area colleges and universities along with business partners and school 14

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districts to make the event a success. Approximately 500 people attended Gen TX Day at TSTC.

Local Generation TX Coordinator ,@QSG@ + &TSHDQQDY R@HC encouraging students to attend college starts at a young age.

The Gen TX movement was created by the Texas Higher $CTB@SHNM "NNQCHM@SHMF Board three years ago to get a conversation started about going to college. People are encouraged to wear college T-shirts on Gen TX Day.

ř(SŗR MNS ITRS @ANTS QD@BGHMF students at the secondary level,” Gutierrez said. “We need to get students to start thinking about BNKKDFD @S @M D@QKX @FD 6DŗUD held several college pep rallies at elementary schools in Harlingen @MC SGHR HR ITRS @MNSGDQ V@X SN reach students.”

“This year we took it upon ourselves to host this event,” Colvin said. “We partnered up with local media and school districts to make sure this was a great event. It was nice to see everyone on board.”

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TSTC Harlingen Cares Students and employees at TSTC Harlingen mobilized a donation drive in the wake of the explosion of a fertilizer plant in West, Texas. The explosion occurred near TSTC 6@BN @MC NUDQ ĆĽESX DLOKNXDDR and students of the college lived HM 6DRS @MC VDQD CHQDBSKX @Ć¤DBSDC by the explosion. Less than 24 hours following the explosion, employees from TSTC Harlingen were already making the necessary arrangements to collect food, water and supplies to send to the victims. 323" O@QSMDQDC VHSG *&!3 35 for the TSTC Cares West, Texas #NM@SHNM #QHUD @MC HM ĆĽUD C@XR @

K@QFD VGDDKDQ SQTBJ V@R ĆĽKKDC with supplies, clothing and nonperishable food and sent to Waco. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The outpouring of support from the Harlingen community was impressive,â&#x20AC;? said President Cesar ,@KCNM@CN Ĺ&#x2122;(Ĺ&#x2014;L RN OQNTC NE NTQ students who generously gave to SGHR DĆ¤NQS EQNL SGDHQ NVM ONBJDSR and from their club accounts â&#x20AC;&#x201C; money they worked so hard to raise for club activities.â&#x20AC;? )NMDR ,NUHMF "NLO@MX NE Harlingen donated the truck and transported the goods at their own expense. 2STCDMSR E@BTKSX @MC RS@Ć¤ NE 323" raised nearly $1,000 in cash and gift cards.

.SGDQ RSTCDMS NQF@MHY@SHNMR also answered the call. The TSTC Vocational Nursing Club CNM@SDC Ę&#x2122; NE LNMDX SGDXĹ&#x2014;C raised through their own fundraisers during the school year. The Aviation Technology Club also took money from its own fundraising account and purchased waters and other nonperishable food. TSTC Physical Plant employees raised and donated a check for $113 and another $160 came from miscellaneous cash donated during the drive. There was also Ę&#x2122; HM ' $ ! @MC 6@K ,@QS FHES cards donated.

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Community

TSTC Promotes Safety at National Night Out 2@M !DMHSNĹ&#x2014;R )T@MHS@ +@Q@ V@R like most of the nearly 400 people that attended Texas State 3DBGMHB@K "NKKDFDĹ&#x2014;R SG -@SHNM@K -HFGS .TS GDKC NM 3TDRC@X MHFGS .BSNADQ RS Lara heard about the festivities EQNL GDQ C@TFGSDQR *@QHM@ @MC Sonia Puentes, both students at the Harlingen College. The safety-themed event was sponsored by TSTC Campus Police and brought together community and local law enforcement agencies for a night of family fun and to raise awareness of the services provided to the community by these agencies.

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Ĺ&#x2122;( R@V @ ĆŚXDQ NM B@LOTR @MC showed it to my mom,â&#x20AC;? said *@QHM@ @ RSTCDMS HM SGD #DMS@K Assistant Program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We came to .JSNADQEDRS K@RS XD@Q GDQD @S 323" and we knew this would be a fun event too.â&#x20AC;? Free food and drinks were provided to those in attendance. 2DUDQ@K LNNM ITLOR VDQD available for the children and pastries, gift cards and bicycles VDQD FHUDM @V@X SGQNTFG Q@Ć¨DR and a cake walk. A local DJ kept things lively. !TS ENQ +@Q@ HS V@R LNQD SG@M ITRS fun and games. Ĺ&#x2122;(SĹ&#x2014;R UDQX HLONQS@MS SN JDDO the community informed,â&#x20AC;? Lara said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I picked up a lot of useful

information here that will come in handy in the future.â&#x20AC;? TSTC Sergeant Gloria Ruiz R@HC SGDQD VDQD ĆĽUD CHĆ¤DQDMS law enforcement agencies in @SSDMC@MBD HMBKTCHMF $,2 @MC the Harlingen Fire Department. Ruiz said the last National Night .TS DUDMS SNNJ OK@BD HM ATS this one ranked among the most successful. Ĺ&#x2122;(Ĺ&#x2014;C R@X SG@S @S NMD ONHMS VD G@C about 350 people,â&#x20AC;? Ruiz said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the best one yet.â&#x20AC;? Ruiz credited the cooperation of TSTC administration, faculty and RS@Ć¤ ENQ GDKOHMF ETMC SGD DUDMS AX providing food, drinks and prizes ENQ SGD Q@Ć¨D

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STEM Comes to Oktoberfest Nearly 6,000 community members and kids of all ages turned out for the 23rd Annual .JSNADQEDRS VGHBG ED@STQDC @ 23$, 2BHDMBD 3DBGMNKNFX $MFHMDDQHMF @MC ,@SG SGDLD Director of Student Life Adele Clinton and event coordinator R@HC SGD NĆ§BH@K SGDLD V@R â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spooky Scienceâ&#x20AC;? to keep in KHMD VHSG 23$, @MC '@KKNVDDM Clinton said programs from the college were invited to showcase SGDLRDKUDR @MC OQNLNSD 23$, SN all attendees. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The agricultural technology program brought a bunch of

ATFR SG@S SGDX RGNVDC NĆ¤ SN the students, UTPA brought a planetarium that we put in the gym and the allied health students educated the kids on germs by putting their hands under a black light,â&#x20AC;? Clinton said. Ĺ&#x2122;2NLD NE SGDRD KHMDR VDQD ITRS @R long if not longer than the lines for the free carnival rides.â&#x20AC;? TSTC also hired stunt scientist Steve Wolf who performed three live shows during the night blowing up pumpkins and RGNNSHMF NĆ¤ QNBJDSR 6NKE HR @ former movie stuntman who shows middle and high school students how science is used to BQD@SD RSTMSR @MC RODBH@K DĆ¤DBSR

.JSNADQEDRS G@R ADBNLD VHCDKX popular with the community. Ĺ&#x2122;(SĹ&#x2014;R R@ED ETM @MC EQDD SN SGD BNLLTMHSX Ĺ&#x161; "KHMSNM R@HC Ĺ&#x2122;(SĹ&#x2014;R @ great event but with such a great turnout every year, we wanted to add an educational component. 6D CDBHCDC SN FN VHSG @ 23$, SGDLD ADB@TRD HSĹ&#x2014;R HM KHMD VHSG SGD BNKKDFDĹ&#x2014;R LHRRHNM (S V@R @ great way to showcase all the fabulous programs we have on our TSTC campus.â&#x20AC;?

Community

5D\PRQGYLOOH %ODVWV 2Ć¨ ZLWK Summer Program .MD BGHKC @S @ SHLD 3DW@R 2S@SD 3DBGMHB@K "NKKDFDĹ&#x2014;R "NKKDFD Readiness and Advancement Division is exposing students EQNL 6HKK@BX "NTMSX SN ,@SG 2BHDMBD @MC $MFHMDDQHMF GNOHMF to plant a seed for the future. 3GD 2TLLDQ $MFHMDDQHMF $WOKNQ@SHNM #@X 2$$# /QNFQ@L a summer camp program for students in grades third though 12th, was held at the Raymondville Satellite Center.

The program focused on two activities: building and launching rocket and designing a protective egg-drop apparatus. 3GD EQDD OQNFQ@LĹ&#x2014;R FN@K V@R to expose students to science, technology, engineering and L@SG 23$, @R VDKK @R SN introduce them to programs and opportunities at TSTC.

SGD SGQDD GNTQ BNTQRD 3GD ĆĽQRS hour was dedicated to a lecture, the second hour to design work and the third was devoted to AK@RSHMF NĆ¤ QNBJDSR @MC CQNOOHMF eggs from stairwells.

Ĺ&#x2122;6DĹ&#x2014;QD QD@BGHMF NTS SN 6HKK@BX "NTMSX SN RGNV SGDL VG@S VDĹ&#x2014;QD doing here on campus,â&#x20AC;? Balli said.

Among the programs TSTC NĆ§BH@KR @QD GNOHMF SN GHFGKHFGS VHSG SGD 2$$# /QNFQ@L @QD SGD 1&5 !$23 !NNRSHMF $MFHMDDQHMF 2BHDMBD @MC 3DBGMNKNFX 3DW/1$/ 3DW@R /QD%QDRGLDM $MFHMDDQHMF Program) and the newly acquired Challenger Learning Center.

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Associated Vice President for College Readiness and

“ These competitions teach them about the real world and how to design, build and market robots.” - Joe Rigdon, Early College High School Physics Teacher

Advancement Javier De Leon said he hopes this program will encourage students to pursue DCTB@SHNM @MC B@QDDQR HM 23$,

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“When they called our name, it B@LD @R RTBG @ RTQOQHRDş( B@MŗS even began to explain how we all feel right now. This is huge.”

This is the third year that TSTC hosts the prestigious competition ř(SŗR UDQX DWBHSHMF Ś #D +DNM R@HC SN ADBNLD SGD NMKX !$23 QNANSHBR “I hope as they get older, they RDD VG@S VD G@UD SN NƤDQ GDQD @S site south of San Antonio. Competition coordinator Adan TSTC and come take part in the VNMCDQETK SGHMFR VDŗQD CNHMF GDQD Trevino said this educational event grows in size and popularity on our campus.” every year.

ECHS Takes Top Honors at Robotics Competition $@QKX "NKKDFD 'HFG 2BGNNK $"'2 robotics team took top honors @S SGD 3GHQC MMT@K 1&5 !$23 !NNRSHMF $MFHMDDQHMF 2BHDMBD and Technology) competition on the TSTC campus, despite a battery problem that almost shut down their robot. “We thought we were done,” $"'2 RDMHNQ 2@LTDK 2@DMY R@HC

“We added six teams this year @MC VDŗQD MNV QD@BGHMF NTSRHCD of the Valley,” Trevino said. ř.E SGD SD@LR BNLODSHMF three came all the way from the Corpus Christi area and one from Laredo. This was a complete team DƤNQS EQNL 323" SN OTKK SGHR NƤ successfully once again.”

enough points in the other nine categories to win the coveted SNO SHSKD @MC LNUD NM SN SGD !$23 National competition in Dallas. ř,NRS NE SGD RSTCDMSR @S NTQ RBGNNK @QD KNNJHMF ENQ INAR HM 23$, 2BHDMBD 3DBGMNKNFX $MFHMDDQHMF @MC ,@SGDL@SHBR VGDM SGDX FQ@CT@SD Ś R@HC $"'2 physics teacher Joe Rigdon. “These competitions teach them about the real world and how to design, build and market robots.” Weslaco High School took second place and Harlingen Home Schoolers were third in the RGV !$23 ƥM@K BNTMS

Teams built robots that were designed to lift pegs, hangers and AKNBJR @MC OK@BDC SGDL HMSN ƥSSDC RONSR (M SGD DMC $"'2 S@KKHDC TSTC | 2013 Annual Report

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S 323" XNTŗQD O@QS NE @ family. Because my instructors encouraged me, I was able to get @ O@HC HMSDQMRGHO @MC SGDQDŗR MN substitute for real-world learning.” Miguel Zoleta, 22 TSNLNSHUD 3DBGMNKNFX /QNFQ@L $/

HIGHLIGHTS TSTC Students excel in leadership and community service. ,DDS RNLD DWSQ@NQCHM@QX ,TRS@MFR

TSTC scholars attend HACU Conference in Chicago. They return with networking success and internship opportunities.

Over 70 GED students celebrate academic success. ,NQD SG@M G@KE G@UD OK@MR SN enroll at TSTC and ultimately get a college degree.

More than 800 students participate in TSTC Commencement Ceremonies in 2013. TSTC graduation numbers are up over 70 percent in the past four years.

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Success

TSTC Student 2TBBDRR /QNĆĽKDR Tara Mendez Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Technology Laredo, Texas 3@Q@ ,DMCDY NQHFHM@KKX EQNL +@QDCN G@R RDQUDC @R president of the Student Government Association for the 2013-14 academic year. A non-traditional student in the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology program, ,DMCDY OK@MR SN FQ@CT@SD HM 2OQHMF 'DQ OQNTCDRS @BBNLOKHRGLDMS CTQHMF GDQ SDMTQD HR SGD RHFMHĆĽB@MS HMBQD@RD in student participation of events and activities.

Laura Martinez Registered Nursing Program Harlingen, Texas ,@QSHMDY HR QDSHQDC LHKHS@QX G@UHMF RODMS SVN CDB@CDR VHSG the Army and Active Duty with the National Guard Reserves. The Lozano-Long Promise Scholar and mother of two says she was inspired to seek a nursing degree after she saw many of her friends returning with war wounds from the ,HCCKD $@RS

Sandra Guerrero Building Construction Technology Dallas, TX 3GHR ĆĽQRS FDMDQ@SHNM BNKKDFD RSTCDMS @KQD@CX G@R @M RRNBH@SDĹ&#x2014;R #DFQDD HM !TRHMDRR ,@M@FDLDMS 3DBGMNKNFX @MC HR MNV VNQJHMF NM @M RRNBH@SDĹ&#x2014;R HM !THKCHMF "NMRSQTBSHNM Science. A Lozano-Long Promise Scholar and the single mother of 3, Guerrero plans to start her own business ĆŚHOOHMF GNLDR @ESDQ BNKKDFD

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Nery Munoz Biology Program ,@S@LNQNR 3 ,/2 ,TMNY FNS GDQ RS@QS @S 323" @R @ BTRSNCH@M RGNQSKX @ESDQ RGD DLHFQ@SDC GDQD EQNL ,DWHBN #DROHSD GDQ KHLHSDC OQNÆ¥BHDMBX NE SGD $MFKHRG K@MFT@FD SGD LNSGDQ NE DMQNKKDC @MC QDBDHUDC GDQ &$# 3NC@X RGD G@R @M RRNBH@SDÅ&#x2014;R HM ,@SGDL@SHBR @MC HR OTQRTHMF @M RRNBH@SDÅ&#x2014;R HM !HNKNFX VHSG the goal of becoming a physical therapist.

Jesse Saldana #HFHS@K ,DCH@ @MC #HFHS@K 3DBGMNKNFX /QNFQ@L Los Fresnos, TX Saldana is a 2013 Lozano-Long Promise Scholar and is RBGDCTKDC SN FDS @M RRNBH@SDÅ&#x2014;R #DFQDD HM SGD #,#3 OQNFQ@L HM 2OQHMF 'D VHKK ADBNLD SGD Æ¥QRS HM GHR E@LHKX SN FDS @ CDFQDD 2@KC@M@ R@XR 323" GDKODC GHL Æ¥MC GHR O@RRHNM 3GD '@QKHMFDM M@SHUD @ROHQDR SN FN HMSN Æ¥KL L@JHMF

Daniella Sanchez B@CDLHB &DMDQ@K $CTB@SHNM ,NMSDQQDX -TDUN +DNM Sanchez is the 2013 HACU Scholarship recipient. The biology student has been chosen to attend the HACU Conference two years in a row. After TSTC, she plans on transferring to @ TMHUDQRHSX SN OTQRTD @ !@BGDKNQÅ&#x2014;R #DFQDD HM !HNKNFX 'DQ dream is to live and work for the CIA in Washington D.C. as a data analyst.

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Success

“ I think now they realize there are a lot more opportunities out there for them.”

- Regina Garza Mitchel, Assoicate Vice President for Student Learning

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from and so many opportunities to network.”

2@M !DMHSNŗR "DR@Q /NK@MBN V@RMŗS RTQD VG@S SN DWODBS VGDM GD @MC ƥUD NE GHR EDKKNV 3DW@R State Technical College students made their way to Chicago for the 27th Annual HACU (Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities) Conference from .BS

/NK@MBN @KNMF VHSG ,@TQN &@QBH@ from Brownsville, Victoria Rivas from Los Fresnos, and Sheila Iracheta from La Feria were awarded travel scholarships because of their high grade point averages and proven leadership skills at TSTC.

ř(S V@R CDƥMHSDKX @M DXD NODMHMF experience,” said Polanco, an Architectural Design and $MFHMDDQHMF &Q@OGHBR 3DBGMNKNFX L@INQ ř.MBD XNT FDS SGDQD XNT B@MŗS GDKO ATS KD@QM 8NT ITRS NODM your mind and take it all in. There are so many people there to learn

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3GD ƥESG RSTCDMS #@MHDK@ Sanchez, made her second trip to the HACU Conference on a scholarship from the Hispanic college association. “I stepped up and was able to lead some of my groups and as I continue to go to school to

become a teacher, that gave me a KNS NE BNMƥCDMBD SG@S (ŗL NM SGD right path,” Sanchez said. Associate Vice President of Student Learning Regina Garza,HSBGDK @MC /QNEDRRNQ #@MHDK Gonzalez traveled to Chicago with the students. ř(SŗR @ OQHUHKDFD SN FN SN SGDRD conferences with these students. I think now they realize there are a lot more opportunities out there ENQ SGDL 3GDXŗUD QD@KHYDC SGDX are among the best and will be @LNMF SGD LNRS PT@KHƥDC HM SGD BNTMSQX Ś R@HC &@QY@ ,HSBGDK

900 STUDENTS

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Success Comes at Great 6DFULƩFH IRU 767& 6WXGHQW Thirty-four-year-old Juan Casarez arrives at 3 a.m. to start work at the Stripes convenient store in La Feria six days a week. He works in the kitchen cooking and preparing breakfast for the customers. At 7 in the morning he goes home, showers and gets ready for a full day of college classes. He did this while pursing a BDQSHƥB@SD HM SGD 323" TSNLNSHUD Technology Program coming to school from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on ,NMC@X SGQNTFG 3GTQRC@X KK SGD while he managed to keep a 4.0 grade point average.

ř(ŗL MNS FNHMF SN KHD HS FDSR SNTFG Ś R@HC "@R@QDY ř,X E@LHKX is my motivation. I love my son @MC VD CNMŗS V@MS GHL SN FN through what we went through growing up. We want a better life for him.” Casarez grew up learning the LD@MHMF NE G@QC VNQJ HM SGD ƥDKCR @MC NQBG@QCR NE -DV 8NQJ 'D V@R about eight years old when he ƥQRS SQ@UDKDC MNQSG VHSG GHR E@LHKX of migrant farmworkers.

@ &$# @MC @M NOONQSTMHSX SN continue his education. ř(SŗR UDQX HLONQS@MS SN LD @MC SGD school and my family,” Casarez said about maintaining a 4.0 GPA. ř( QDBDHUD ƥM@MBH@K @HC RN ( JMNV I have to keep my grades up. I JMNV HSŗKK @KK O@X NƤ HM SGD DMC Ś Casarez graduated this summer @MC MNV VNQJR ENQ @ KNB@K &$ dealership. He is still attending 323" SN FDS @M @RRNBH@SDŗR CDFQDD

In 2010, he and his wife of 16 years decided to quit that life after a series of family deaths. Two years later he enrolled HM 323"ŗR '$/ 'HFG 2BGNNK $PTHU@KDMBX /QNFQ@L @MC D@QMDC

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Non-Traditional Success Cristhian Cuevas has come a long way from her folkloric dance QDBHS@KR HM ,DWHBN The 20-year old Texas State Technical College student spent most of her life dressing up, putting on makeup, learning to pose for photos and attending recitals growing up. Today, her daily routine is quite CHĆ¤DQDMS @MC RNLD VNTKC say unconventional. Cuevas graduated from the auto collision technology program this summer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As soon as I got here, the professors were very welcoming and ready to teach you,â&#x20AC;? Cuevas said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They really helped me understand the material and quickly became mentors.â&#x20AC;? Cuevas says the ACT program has prepared her for any role in an auto body shop. Ĺ&#x2122;(Ĺ&#x2014;UD E@KKDM HM KNUD VHSG SGHR OQNFQ@L Ĺ&#x161; "TDU@R R@HC Ĺ&#x2122;(Ĺ&#x2014;UD learned so much in so many CHĆ¤DQDMS @QD@R %QNL QDĆĽMHRGHMF SN ANCX VNQJ @MC VDKCHMF (Ĺ&#x2014;UD really learned about the whole process of auto collision.â&#x20AC;? And Cuevas has the credentials SN A@BJ HS TO 2GDĹ&#x2014;R QDBDHUDC ( " 1 training and has reached pro level

HM QDĆĽMHRGHMF ANCX VNQJ @MC HR @ BDQSHĆĽDC VDKCDQ "TDU@R G@R competed and won third place in QDĆĽMHRGHMF @S 2JHKKR 42 Ĺ&#x2122;(SĹ&#x2014;R @ L@KD CNLHM@SDC HMCTRSQX so working closely with these guys has prepared me for the real world.â&#x20AC;? Cuevas said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The guys here treat me like one of them. Some of them even ask me for advice. This really is like my second family.â&#x20AC;?

TSTC Alum Finds TV Success Born in Fort Hood and raised in *HMFRUHKKD $KH@R Ĺ&#x2122;+DDĹ&#x161; ,@QSHMDY moved to the Valley in the LHC Ĺ&#x2014;R VGDM GD CDBHCDC to attend Texas State Technical College, known then as Texas 2S@SD 3DBGMHB@K (MRSHSTSD 'DĹ&#x2014;C spent some time at Texas A&I 4MHUDQRHSX HM *HMFRUHKKD ATS dyslexia had impeded his success. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was reading and writing at a SGHQC FQ@CD KDUDK Ĺ&#x161; R@HC ,@QSHMDY â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had a problem inverting letters. I had a problem writing out big words. Instead, I would use a bunch of small words to get my point across.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I was in high school, counselors told my parents that I would probably end up digging ditches or hold some other LDMH@K INA Ĺ&#x161; ,@QSHMDY R@HC Ĺ&#x2122;3GDX SNKC SGDL SG@S BNKKDFD V@RMĹ&#x2014;S ENQ me and I remember sitting in the corner of the room and thinking, Ĺ&#x2013;(Ĺ&#x2014;L MNS CTLA Ĺ&#x2014; ( BNTKCMĹ&#x2014;S QD@C NQ write but I knew what I was doing in school.â&#x20AC;? ,@QSHMDY G@R OQNUDC SGNRD BNTMRDKNQR VQNMF 'DĹ&#x2014;R RODMS the past 20 years in broadcast television and currently serves @R SGD BGHDE DMFHMDDQ ENQ *&!3 TV 4 in Harlingen. He plans to continue his education in the MD@Q ETSTQD @MC OTQRTD A@BGDKNQĹ&#x2014;R degree in engineering. "G@MMDK /QDRHCDMS @MC "$. 3NL *DDKDQ HRMĹ&#x2014;S RTQOQHRDC @ANTS ,@QSHMDYĹ&#x2014;R @LAHSHNM @MC CQHUD Ĺ&#x2122;+DDĹ&#x2014;R FNS GD@QS @MC @ FQD@S VNQJ DSGHB Ĺ&#x161; *DDKDQ R@HC Ĺ&#x2122;'DĹ&#x2014;R UDQX intuitive and a great thinker and GDĹ&#x2014;R CDĆĽMHSDKX @M HMROHQ@SHNM around the station.â&#x20AC;?

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Septuagenarian Gets GED When 72-year-old Beatriz Rodriguez decided that she wanted to go back to school, the +@R@Q@ QDRHCDMS CHCMĹ&#x2014;S G@UD SN look far. Within days of her decision, Rodriguez enrolled in the Adult !@RHB $CTB@SHNM !$ OQNFQ@L at the Texas State Technical College Raymondville Satellite and earned a high school diploma equivalency last summer. (S V@RMĹ&#x2014;S @M D@RX QN@C (S SNNJ GDQ a couple of attempts to pass the math portion of the test but her QDRHKHDMBX O@HC NĆ¤ Ĺ&#x2122;( MDUDQ ĆĽMHRGDC GHFG RBGNNK @MC I always felt like something was missing,â&#x20AC;? Rodriguez said. Rodriguez has two sons, one daughter and two grandkids. Her three children graduated from high school and college. Her two grandkids are currently enrolled in college. But Rodriguez never gave up on her dream to complete her high 28

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school education and thanks to the availability of the Adult !@RHB $CTB@SHNM BNTQRDR @S SGD Raymondville Satellite; Rodriguez saw her dream come to fruition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I always knew that I was going to go back to school someday,â&#x20AC;? Rodriguez said.

Graduation Numbers Up Since 2009, graduation numbers have increased by 60 percent at Texas State Technical College SG@MJR SN @ BNMBDQSDC DĆ¤NQS AX @KK divisions, TSTC President Cesar ,@KCNM@CN R@HC

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I credit our success in increasing graduates to the adoption of 1NCQHFTDYĹ&#x2014;R GTRA@MC NE XD@QR a mutual vision by the entire ,@MTDK R@HC V@SBGHMF GHR VHED BNKKDFD BNLLTMHSX Ĺ&#x161; ,@KCNM@CN DLA@QJ @MC BNLOKDSD SGHR INTQMDX R@HC Ĺ&#x2122;.TQ CDCHB@SDC E@BTKSX @MC made him proud. RS@Ć¤ VDQD @AKD SN VNQJ SNFDSGDQ in ways not before possible.â&#x20AC;? Ĺ&#x2122;2GDĹ&#x2014;R @KV@XR ADDM @ RL@QS @MC QDRONMRHAKD VNL@M Ĺ&#x161; ,@MTDK R@HC During the 2013 calendar year, Ĺ&#x2122;( BNTKCMĹ&#x2014;S AD @MX LNQD OQNTC NE TSTC awarded 829 associates her today.â&#x20AC;? CDFQDDR NQ BDQSHĆĽB@SDR 3G@S number went up from 475 1NCQHFTDY R@HC RGDĹ&#x2014;C BNMRHCDQ in 2009. continuing her education at TSTC Harlingen one day. Ĺ&#x2122;3GD NMDR VGN RTĆ¤DQ @QD LX grandkids because when they complain about going to school, everyone reminds them that SGDHQ FQ@MCL@ ITRS BNLOKDSDC GDQ &$# Ĺ&#x161; RGD INJDC

The number of core academic completers, students who are here to take their basics then transfer to a university, has also increased from 38 in 2009 to 146 last year. The bulk of graduates earn Associate of Applied Science #DFQDDR VHSG +DUDK ( "DQSHĆĽB@SDR ranking second.

(M SGD ĆĽQRS DHFGS RRNBH@SD of Science Degrees were awarded at TSTC. In 2013, 48 Associate of Science Degrees were awarded. Vice President of Student #DUDKNOLDMS ,@QX &@KKDFNR Adams said the college as a whole has focused on the students and this has allowed for them to succeed and graduate from college in larger numbers. Ĺ&#x2122;3GD RS@Ć¤ @MC E@BTKSX G@UD QD@KKX come together to work for the success of the students at TSTC,â&#x20AC;? Adams said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The opening of the Veterans Center is another example of our commitment to helping our students succeed in college.â&#x20AC;? Adams recently took over as VP of Student Development and previously served as Associate 5HBD /QDRHCDMS NE $MQNKKLDMS ,@M@FDLDMS 4MCDQ GDQ V@SBG the Advisement Center was expanded to focus on helping students choose a career.

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“ At TSTC, we create opportunities

ENQ ODNOKD VGN CDRHQD INAR HM ƥDKCR SG@S SGDX MDUDQ SGNTFGS ONRRHAKD (SŗR UDQX FQ@SHEXHMF SN RDD our students succeed.” Jerry Vavera Department Chair, #HFHS@K ,DCH@ #DRHFM #,#3

HIGHLIGHTS TSTC faculty members are recognized for their teaching DQG PHQWRULQJ HƨRUWV ,DDS instructors who are making a QD@K CHƤDQDMBD

Three TSTC employees are nominated for the Chancellor’s Awards. All are BGNRDM ENQ @CU@MBHMF 323"ŗR mission and vision through their work.

The President’s Award goes to a veteran of the Automotive Technology Program. Jose Vargas has been an instructor for the past three decades.

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Excellence in Teaching Award Victor Loya Instructor, Culinary Arts Program â&#x20AC;&#x153; I believe Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m more than a teacher. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a mentor and friend. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m there for my students. I work side by side with them and they respect me for that.â&#x20AC;?

#TQHMF SGD LHC Ĺ&#x2014;R +NX@ V@R @ RSTCDMS @S VG@S V@R SGDM called TSTI Food Service Technology. After graduation, he worked as a lab assistant and three years ago became an instructor. Loya has been at TSTC for the past 11 years.

Excellence in Teaching Award Amanda Tamez (MRSQTBSNQ ,@SGDL@SHBR @MC /GXRHBR â&#x20AC;&#x153; Teaching math can be challenging but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no greater reward than to see the light in studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s faces when they Ć˛QDOO\ XQGHUVWDQG Ĺ&#x17E;

Tamez got her basics at TSTC and after she graduated from 43! QDSTQMDC @R @M HMRSQTBSNQ 2GDĹ&#x2014;R ADDM SD@BGHMF L@SG ENQ @ total of seven years. Tamez says her goal is to make sure her RSTCDMSR DMINX KD@QMHMF 2S@Ć¤ $WBDKKDMBD V@QC Martha Lumbrera Custodial Worker â&#x20AC;&#x153; What I love most about my job is that I can help out other people. TSTC is a very friendly place to work and when someone asks me where I work, I proudly respond TSTC.â&#x20AC;?

Lumbrera has been working at TSTC for the past four years for "TRSNCH@K 2DQUHBDR 3GD OQNTC LNSGDQ NE ĆĽUD R@XR RGD GNODR to be working here until her retirement.

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2S@Ƥ $WBDKKDMBD V@QC Blanca Carrillo %HM@MBH@K HC .ƧBDQ ŝ :H PDNH D ELJ GLƱHUHQFH LQ SHRSOHśV OLYHV 7KH PRQH\śV WKHUH but many students and their parents are unfamiliar with the system. It’s an honor helping students achieve their dreams.”

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President’s Award Javier Deleon 5HBD /QDRHCDMS "NKKDFD 1D@CHMDRR @MC "NMSHMTHMF $CTB@SHNM “ A true leader is one that must prove he has vision, initiative and work ethics to get in the trenches themselves.”

Deleon has celebrated 25 years of service at TSTC. Newly appointed Vice President of College Readiness and "NMSHMTHMF $CTB@SHNM #DKDNM V@R QDRONMRHAKD ENQ AQHMFHMF the Challenger Learning Center to campus this year and KD@CHMF SGD QDMNU@SHNM NE !THKCHMF & HMSN @ 23$, +@A President’s Award Jose Vargas Chair Auto Collision Technology Program “ I am proudest of our placement rates. We work hard to put our students in good paying industry jobs.”

Vargas has been a part of the Auto Collission Technology Program for 37 years and currently serves as chair of the program. Because of his strong industry connections, in 2013 alone, Vargas brought in about $150,000 in grant money, donations and in-kind gifts.

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$@BG XD@Q "@AHMDS LDLADQR MNLHM@SD RDUDQ@K E@BTKSX @MC RS@Ć¤ LDLADQR ENQ SGD BNUDSDC "G@MBDKKNQĹ&#x2014;R $WBDKKDMBD V@QC 3GHR XD@QĹ&#x2014;R '@QKHMFDM MNLHMDDR VDQD BGNRDM ENQ SGDHQ BNMSQHATSHNMR SN @CU@MBHMF 323"Ĺ&#x2014;R MDV CHQDBSHNM 3GD MNLHMDDR VHKK INHM SNO ODQENQLDQR EQNL NSGDQ BNKKDFDR @S SGD -@SHNM@K (MRSHSTSD ENQ 2S@Ć¤ @MC .QF@MHY@SHNM@K #DUDKNOLDMS @V@QC BDQDLNMX SN AD GDKC HM TRSHM HM ,@X Jean Lashbrook Director of Allied Health Division Chair of the Nursing Assistant Program â&#x20AC;&#x153; A key focus of good leadership is the ability to lead from within the group as a model of integrity, empathy and solid work ethics.â&#x20AC;?

Lashbrook has devoted 18 years to TSTC and the Allied Health Division. She brings real-world nursing experience SN GDQ INA @MC SN SGD BK@RRQNNL 2GD RSHKK S@JDR FQD@S OQHCD HM teaching and preparing the next generation of nurses.

Sharon Farias $WDBTSHUD RRHRS@MS SN SGD /QDRHCDMS Ĺ? , DP KRQRUHG WR ZRUN LQ WKH 3UHVLGHQWĹ&#x203A;V 2Ć´FH ZKHUH ,Ĺ&#x203A;YH KDG the opportunity to grow and learn. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m truly proud to play a role in helping students achieve their goals.â&#x20AC;?

%@QH@R G@R ADDM VHSG 323" ENQ SGD O@RS ĆĽUD XD@QR R SGD /QDRHCDMSĹ&#x2014;R @RRHRS@MS %@QH@R RTBBDRRETKKX VNQJR SN JDDO SGD campus leader organized and on schedule. She recently graduated from the TSTC System Leadership Institute Class.

Ruben Abarca RRNBH@SD /QNIDBS ,@M@FDQ â&#x20AC;&#x153; Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to provide a modern, professional and innovative learning setting that will inspire others to pursue DQ HGXFDWLRQ KHUH DW 767& ,Ĺ&#x203A;P PRWLYDWHG WR PDNH D GLĆąHUHQFH on our campus.â&#x20AC;?

ĆĽUD XD@Q UDSDQ@M NE 323" A@QB@ VNQJR HM &DMDQ@K 2DQUHBDR and is in charge of small and large-scale building renovations on campus. In 2013, Abarca took the lead on the Challenger +D@QMHMF 2XRSDL BNMRSQTBSHNM OQNIDBS

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Story of Struggle and Success 6GDM $MQHPTD "@QQHKKN FQ@CT@SDC VHSG @M RRNBH@SDĹ&#x2014;R HM 6HMC $MDQFX 3DBGMNKNFX K@RS ROQHMF from TSTC, it marked the end of @ KNMF INTQMDX ENQ GHL @MC GHR family and the start of a more prosperous one. Nearly six years ago, Carrillo was K@HC NĆ¤ EQNL VNQJ MC VGHKD he had over 30 years of work experience, he had no formal education. So at the age of 52, Carrillo decided to go back to school to get a degree. Carrillo signed up and enrolled HM SGD CU@MBDC ,@MTE@BSTQHMF Integrated Systems Technology ,(23 @S 323"

Carrillo eventually took over the ,(23 OQNFQ@L @MC VDMS NM SN BNLOKDSD "DQSHĆĽB@SD ( @MC (( KDUDKR HM SGD 6HMC $MDQFX 3DBGMNKNFX 6$3 OQNFQ@L "@QQHKKN DUDM ADB@LD @M HMRSQTBSNQ HM SGD 6$3 program teaching classes in the BDQSHĆĽB@SHNM OQNBDRR !TS HM NQCDQ SN SD@BG TOODQ KDUDK 6$3 BNTQRDR "@QQHKKN MDDCDC GHR @RRNBH@SDĹ&#x2014;R degree. So he continued going to school until completion in the spring where he graduated as a Board of Regent Scholar.

+NRHMF GHR INA V@R @ STQMHMF ONHMS his life and Carrillo uses that to D@BG GHR RSTCDMSR MNS ITRS @ANTS 6HMC $MDQFX ATS KHED HM FDMDQ@K Ĺ&#x2122;8NT G@UD SN L@JD @ CDBHRHNM VGDM XNTĹ&#x2014;QD FNHMF SN OTQRTD @ degree at my age and you have SN L@JD R@BQHĆĽBDR Ĺ&#x161; "@QQHKKN R@HC Ĺ&#x2122; MC ( R@BQHĆĽBDC @ KNS Ĺ&#x161;

Today Carrillo is the program chair ENQ SGD 6$3 /QNFQ@L â&#x20AC;&#x153;I still plan on teaching as long as God continues to give me health,â&#x20AC;? said Carrillo, now 58. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think I G@UD @ KNS SN NĆ¤DQ SGD RSTCDMSR @MC GDKO SGDL ĆĽMC FNNC INARĹ&#x161; TSTC | 2013 Annual Report

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The Science of Online Learning From â&#x20AC;&#x153;Science Sundaysâ&#x20AC;? in the garage of her childhood home SN CHQDBSNQ NE .MKHMD +D@QMHMF @S 323" &HM@ "@MN ,NMQD@KĹ&#x2014;R KNUD NE science, and biology in particular, has taken her far and near and on quite a ride. "@MN ,NMQD@K VGN D@QMDC GDQ CNBSNQ@SD HM ,HBQNAHNKNFX EQNL St. Louis University School of ,DCHBHMD LNUDC A@BJ GNLD SN '@QKHMFDM VHSG GDQ E@LHKX ĆĽUD XD@QR @FN @MC SNNJ @ SD@BGHMF INA with TSTC. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was hired to teach in the biology department but there was one requirement,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had to develop online coursesâ&#x20AC;?

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"@MN ,NMQD@K CDRBQHADC HS @R @ KD@QM @R XNT FN OQNBDRR ,NRS NE the faculty that were developing online courses were learning as the development grew and along the way they mentored and helped each other. In September 2012, Cano,NMQD@K V@R M@LDC SGD #HQDBSNQ NE .MKHMD +D@QMHMF ENQ 323" â&#x20AC;&#x153;The faculty here develops their own courses and curriculum,â&#x20AC;? "@MN ,NMQD@K R@HC Ĺ&#x2122;(Ĺ&#x2014;C R@X SG@S 99 percent of our online courses are taught by TSTC faculty.â&#x20AC;? "TQQDMSKX ĆĽUD RRNBH@SDR of Science degrees can be completed about 50 percent online. Those online degrees are health professions prepatory,

nursing prepatory, biology, physics and math. "@MN ,NMQD@K R@HC @B@CDLHB courses are 100 percent online but some of the technical courses still require some lab time so students do have to come in for face-to-face instruction. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We made a big push from 2006 to 2010 when we went from only G@UHMF SVN NMKHMD BNTQRDR NĆ¤DQDC by TSTC faculty to 25,â&#x20AC;? Cano,NMQD@K R@HC Ĺ&#x2122;%QNL SN MNV VD G@UD NMKHMD BK@RRDR NĆ¤DQDC by our faculty.â&#x20AC;?

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Earth Rover Rolls Out Students from the Architecture #DRHFM @MC $MFHMDDQHMF &Q@OGHBR Technology Program turned a pair of axles from an old golf cart into @ AQ@MC MDV $@QSG 1NUDQ VGHBG V@R TMUDHKDC @S .JSNADQEDRS HM front of thousands of attendees. 3GD OQNIDBS SNNJ SVN XD@QR @MC students to complete. Ĺ&#x2122;$UDQXNMD VNQJDC G@QC NM SGHR @MC VDĹ&#x2014;QD @KK S@JHMF @ KNS NE OQHCD HM SGD ĆĽMHRGDC OQNCTBS Ĺ&#x161; $MFHMDDQHMF #HUHRHNM #HQDBSNQ 'DBSNQ 8@MDY R@HC With the exception of the axles, every part of the vehicle was manufactured by students in U@QHNTR OQNFQ@LR 8@MDY R@HC the Auto Collision Technology, 6DKCHMF @MC /QDBHRHNM ,@BGHMHMF Programs all helped in the construction of this rover.

3GD $@QSG 1NUDQ HR DPTHOODC VHSG a GPS mapping system and is able to collect data points wherever it travels. The data is then downloaded in the lab and put to TRD AX SGD RSTCDMSR 8@MDY R@HC SGD $@QSG 1NUDQĹ&#x2014;R &/2 B@O@AHKHSX G@R L@CD HS @M @SSQ@BSHUD OQNIDBS and has been courted by some of the smaller municipalities in the Valley for its GPS ability. Jonathan Gutierrez of Harlingen continued to work on the rover even after graduation. Gutierrez graduated in summer 2013 and plans on pursuing a degree in "HUHK $MFHMDDQHMF EQNL 3DW@R , *HMFRUHKKD Ĺ&#x2122;3GDQDĹ&#x2014;R CDĆĽMHSDKX @ RDMRD NE OQHCD HM RDDHMF SGD ĆĽM@K OQNCTBS Ĺ&#x161; Gutierrez said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It took a lot of VNQJ @MC HS V@R CDĆĽMHSDKX PTHSD an adventure.â&#x20AC;?

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All our instructors are county agents, ranchers or farmers and they have real experience in agriculture. They understand what they are teaching because they have lived it.â&#x20AC;? Isaac Atkinson, 18 Agricultural Technology (AGT)

HIGHLIGHTS The inaugural class of the Registered Nursing Program is recognized at a pinning ceremony. The allied health tradition dates back to the early days of nursing.

The TSTC Fire Academy celebrates its 25th Anniversary. ,NQD SG@M percent of all Rio Grande 5@KKDX ĆĽQDĆĽFGSDQR QDBDHUD their training at this academy.

TSTC expands its dual enrollment program into Brownsville, Lyford and Donna. Twenty-two school CHRSQHBSR @QD HMUNKUDC HM 323"Ĺ&#x2014;R dual enrollment program.

Wind Energy Technology students travel to Sweetwater, Texas for real-world training. This is RSTCDMSRĹ&#x2014; ĆĽQRS BKHLA TO @ VHMC turbine 30 stories high.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153; Students wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t spend unnecessary time in classes reviewing HMENQL@SHNM SG@S SGDXĹ&#x2014;UD @KQD@CX L@RSDQDC DHSGDQ SGQNTFG O@RS INA experience or military service.â&#x20AC;? - Adam Hutchison, Provost

TSTC Launches Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s First Competency-based Learning Program 323" '@QKHMFDM JHBJDC NĆ¤ SGD RS@SDĹ&#x2014;R ĆĽQRS "NLODSDMBX A@RDC Learning (CBL) Program in Fall 2013, all part of a Skilled Workforce Initiative announced by Governor Rick Perry in late 2012. The goal of the program is to cut the time necessary for a RSTCDMS SN D@QM @ BDQSHĆĽB@SD @MC INHM SGD VNQJENQBD The inaugural class of the Competency-based Learning /QNFQ@L HM SGD ,DBG@SQNMHB Technology Program was comprised of 17 students and Program Coordinator Adam Hernandez said students in the program are expected to BNLOKDSD SGDHQ +DUDK ( "DQSHĆĽB@SD at the end of the Spring Semester. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It takes a lot of discipline on the part of a student to come in here and be successful,â&#x20AC;? Adam 'DQM@MCDY R@HC MC SGHR ĆĽQRS semester, we had a lot of hardworking students.â&#x20AC;? The CBL Program recruited students with experience handling or working with electrical or automated systems. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have designed a program SG@S ENBTRDR NM @ RSTCDMSĹ&#x2014;R L@RSDQX NE QD@K INA RJHKKR @S SGDHQ NVM O@BD Q@SGDQ SG@M ITRS spending time in a classroom during a semester,â&#x20AC;? Provost Adam Hutchison said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Students VNMĹ&#x2014;S RODMC TMMDBDRR@QX SHLD HM

classes reviewing information that SGDXĹ&#x2014;UD @KQD@CX L@RSDQDC DHSGDQ SGQNTFG O@RS INA DWODQHDMBD NQ military service.â&#x20AC;? TSTC leaders worked closely with state government, education and manufacturing leaders to match up learning activities with industry-validated competencies. As students master the individual competencies they can progress at their own speed. The Competency-based Learning /QNFQ@L S@QFDSR RODBHĆĽB FQNTOR like veterans, displaced workers and disciplined career-focused high school graduates.

@MC SQ@MRHSHNMHMF SN QDĆŚDBS SGD needs of the workforce. And TSTC CNDR @ FQD@S INA NE L@JHMF RTQD employees have the skills needed to remain competitive in the RS@SDĹ&#x2014;R VNQJENQBD Ĺ&#x161; 323" /QDRHCDMS "DR@Q ,@KCNM@CN said creating training opportunities is one of the priorities of TSTC. Ĺ&#x2122;6DĹ&#x2014;QD @KV@XR KNNJHMF SN RDD VG@S type of technology and workforce improvements are needed to GDKO HMCTRSQX Ĺ&#x161; ,@KCNM@CN R@HC â&#x20AC;&#x153;If it means more instruction in the companies or the classroom, VDĹ&#x2014;QD QD@CX SN OQNUHCD HS Ĺ&#x161;

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3GD FQ@MS VHKK ADMDĆĽS employees of Pentair, which has Texas Workforce Commission OK@MSR HM '@QKHMFDM @MC 2S@Ć¤NQC (TWC) chairman Andres Alcantar in the Houston area. Pentair plant presented a check for $519,483 manager Joel Watson said the to Texas State Technical College for the development of workforce workforce training provided by TSTC will allow the company to training this past spring. The LNMDX V@R OQNUHCDC AX SGD 36"Ĺ&#x2014;R remain competitive. Skill Development Fund Grant. TSTC will use the grant money to develop training to increase TSTC received the grant in safety awareness and implement partnership with Houston lean principles for the employees Community College (HCC) and industry partners Pentair and NE SGD '@QKHMFDM @MC 2S@Ć¤NQC Tyco. Pentair, which recently plants at the Harlingen campus acquired Tyco through a merger, and HCC. provides products and services in the oil and gas, power, mining, BGDLHB@K ENNC ADUDQ@FD @MC construction industries. Ĺ&#x2122;323" CNDR @ VNMCDQETK INA of identifying the needs of the workforce,â&#x20AC;? Alcantar said. Ĺ&#x2122;$LOKNXDQR @QD @KV@XR DWO@MCHMF TSTC | 2013 Annual Report

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Fire Academy Celebrates Silver Anniversary In 2013, Texas State Technical College and the Rio Grande Valley $LDQFDMBX 3Q@HMHMF KKH@MBD celebrated the 25th anniversary of its partnership, which includes SGD OQDRSHFHNTR %HQDĆĽFGSDQ Academy housed at TSTC. Ĺ&#x2122;3GHR HR NMD NE SGD 5@KKDXĹ&#x2014;R LNRS successful safety partnerships,â&#x20AC;? R@HC 323"Ĺ&#x2014;R #HQDBSNQ NE "NMSHMTHMF $CTB@SHNM )T@M +D@K Ĺ&#x2122; KLNRS DUDQX ĆĽQDĆĽFGSDQ VNQJHMF HM SGD Valley has been in the program.â&#x20AC;? TSTC conducts two academies per year and cadets must be sponsored by one of the Rio &Q@MCD 5@KKDX ĆĽQD CDO@QSLDMSR which comprise the alliance. 42

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!@RHB ĆĽQDĆĽFGSDQ BDQSHĆĽB@SHNM consists of 20 weeks of classroom and hands-on training to comply with the Texas Commission of Fire Protection requirements for preparation of the Texas State $W@L 3Q@HMHMF HR BNMCTBSDC @S various training sites throughout the Rio Grande Valley. Fire Academy coordinator Vince Abrigo said the partnership between TSTC and the RGV $LDQFDMBX 3Q@HMHMF KKH@MBD HR @M asset to the entire Valley. Ĺ&#x2122;!DSVDDM SGD @KKH@MBDĹ&#x2014;R HM JHMC contributions like resources @MC ODQRNMMDK @MC 323"Ĺ&#x2014;R @CLHMHRSQ@SHUD RTOONQS VDĹ&#x2014;QD doing a great service to our community from Starr County to Brownsville,â&#x20AC;? Abrigo said.

Abrigo said 42 academies have been conducted in the past 25 XD@QR @MC NUDQ ĆĽQDĆĽFGSDQR G@UD ADDM BDQSHĆĽDC 2NLD NE SGNRD ĆĽQDĆĽFGSDQR G@UD FNMD NM SN ADBNLD ĆĽQD BGHDER NQ GHFG Q@MJHMF NĆ§BH@KR VHSGHM SGDHQ CDO@QSLDMSR Abrigo said. The cities included in the alliance are: Alamo, Alton, Brownsville, $CHMATQF '@QKHMFDM 'HC@KFN La Casita, La Feria, La Villa, Los %QDRMNR ,B KKDM ,DQBDCDR ,HRRHNM /G@QQ 1HN &Q@MCD "HSX Roma, San Benito, San Juan and Weslaco.

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without the support of each other and our families.” - Noe Vasquez, RN Valedictorian

Inaugural Class Completes RN Program Several years of behind-theRBDMDR G@QC VNQJ ƥM@KKX B@LD to fruition in August when the inaugural graduating class from the Registered Nursing Program received traditional nursing pins in a ceremony at the Cultural Arts Center at TSTC. 3GD ƥQRS DUDQ 1- BK@RR V@R L@CD up of 23 students, including two male nurses. +XENQCŗR 3Q@BX "@RG RDQUDC @R the RN Student Club President. Noe Vasquez, also of Lyford, was the class Valedictorian and Gina Randolph of Los Fresnos was the Salutatorian. ř6D BNTKCMŗS G@UD ƥMHRGDC without the support of each other and our families,” Vasquez said. ř(SŗR @M GNMNQ SN AD @ O@QS NE SGD ƥQRS 1- BK@RR Ś

TSTC developed curriculum required by the Texas Higher $CTB@SHNM !N@QC @MC SGD 3DW@R Board of Nursing and moved ENQV@QC VHSG SGD INTQMDX NE RS@QSHMF SGD BNKKDFDŗR ƥQRS DUDQ RN Program. ř(ŗL UDQX OQNTC SN AD @ O@QS NE SGD OQNBDRR Ś ,@KCNM@CN R@HC ř3GHR one (pinning ceremony) is very RODBH@K ADB@TRD HSŗR SGD ƥQRS NMD Ś .E SGD FQ@CT@SDR NMD continued her education. Angie Gonzalez will pursue her !@BGDKNQŗR HM -TQRHMF EQNL SGD University of Texas at Brownsville. 3GD QDRS VDQD OK@BDC HM INAR Twenty-eight students make up a second cohort of students registered in the program.

In 2008, TSTC President Cesar ,@KCNM@CN @MC NSGDQ BNKKDFD @CLHMHRSQ@SNQR SDRSHƥDC ADENQD SGD 3DW@R !N@QC NE -TQRHMF HM @M DƤNQS to start the Vocational Nursing Program at TSTC. “When they approved the LVN Program, we started talking immediately about the RN /QNFQ@L Ś ,@KCNM@CN R@HC ř!X 2009 we began planning for it.” TSTC | 2013 Annual Report

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“ We are excited that existing and new school district partnerships are taking advantage of this expansion.” - Clarissa De La Fuente, Director of Dual Enrollment

TSTC Expands Dual Enrollment Program Texas State Technical College DWO@MCDC SGD #T@K $MQNKKLDMS /QNFQ@L NƤDQHMF BNTQRDR NƤ B@LOTR ENQ SGD ƥQRS SHLD including classes at Lyford High School and the Donna and Brownsville school districts. The expansion will allow more students the opportunity to earn college credits while still attending high school. “We are excited that existing and new school district partnerships are taking advantage of this college expansion,” Director of 323" #T@K $MQNKKLDMS "K@QHRR@ #D La Fuente said. Prior to the 2013-14 school year, 323" NMKX NƤDQDC NƤ B@LOTR courses at Harlingen High and Harlingen South. All other school districts bused their students to the TSTC campus to take classes during the week. Currently, Raymondville, Lasara @MC 2@M /DQKHS@ 'HFG 2BGNNKR NƤDQ dual enrollment but students are bused to TSTC in Harlingen. De La %TDMSD R@HC SGDQDŗR @ ONRRHAHKHSX that dual enrollment classes can AD NƤDQDC @S SGNRD GHFG RBGNNKR in the future. .Ƥ B@LOTR BNTQRDR @QD S@TFGS AX high school teachers who have met the requirements to teach college-level courses.

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Last school year 2012-13, SGD #T@K $MQNKKLDMS /QNFQ@L serviced 1,507 students during the Fall, Spring and Summer 2DLDRSDQR 3GD OQNIDBSDC enrollment for only the Fall 2014 semster is already at 900-plus students. In 2012-13, 20 school districts participated in the dual enrollment program which included 27 high schools and NMD $@QKX "NKKDFD 'HFG 2BGNNK For the 2013-14 school year, dual enrollment participants will include 22 school districts, GHFG RBGNNKR @MC NMD $@QKX College High School. The Brownsville ISD alone adds six high schools to the picture.

WET Students Climb to Great Heights 323" 6HMC $MDQFX @MC 3TQAHMD 3DBGMNKNFX 6$3 RSTCDMSR EQNL 1DMDV@AKD $MDQFX Training Center in Ingleside skipped Spring Break to travel to Sweetwater to climb a wind STQAHMD )DQDLH@G ,@KCNM@CN NE /NQSK@MC SNNJ GHR ƥQRS BKHLA TO the 30-story high turbine. ř!DHMF HM CDBDMS RG@OD ( CHCMŗS think it was going to be too LTBG NE @ OQNAKDL Ś ,@KCNM@CN R@HC ř!TS HS SNNJ RNLD DƤNQS and we got a little winded. In the end, we handled it and it was a good experience.” 3GD (MFKDRHCD FQNTO INHMDC 6$3 Director George Lister for the

hands-on training in west Texas because the TSTC campus there NVMR HSR NVM VHMC STQAHMD ř(SŗR @ CDCHB@SDC FQNTO SG@SŗR ENQ sure,” Lister said. “They got a taste of the real world today.” The TSTC wind turbine is located on the Rosco Wind Farm where nearly 700 wind turbines spread over a four-county area. “Wind farm owners are hesitant (to let students climb) for two QD@RNMR Ś +HRSDQ R@HC ř.MD SGDQDŗR @ KH@AHKHSX HRRTD MC SVN HSŗR @ OQNCTBSHNM DMUHQNMLDMS 3GDXŗQD MNS FNHMF SN RGTS CNVM production so we can climb.” The 300-foot ascension took approximately 45 minutes to BNLOKDSD .MBD NM SNO SGD students climbed out onto a deck overlooking the endless west Texas plains. Isaic Boyd, a 2009 high school graduate from Hawaii and the youngest of the group, said the training climb was essential in preparing him for a career. ř8NT KD@QM SN SQTRS XNTQ equipment,” Boyd said. “Because VGDM XNTŗQD TO SGDQD SG@SŗR @KK you have.”

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HIGHLIGHTS The Challenger Learning Center is ready for launch. TSTC hosts a grand opening for supporters and community leaders.

The Student Services Building opens for business. All departments that can help students enroll are consolidated into one location.

The Veterans Center helps returning vets transition to successful students. Hundreds are taking advantage of services.

Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Ricardo Sanchez is the guest speaker at the TSTC Veterans Day Ceremony. ,NQD SG@M proud veterans are students and employees at the college.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153; This center is a symbol NE NTQ BNKKDFDĹ&#x2014;R BNLLHSLDMS SN 23$, DCTB@SHNM â&#x20AC;? - President Cesar Maldonado

All Systems Go for Challenger Learning Center (S V@R LNQD NE @ ĆĽFTQ@SHUD KHESNĆ¤ But with civic, community and educational leaders on hand, Texas State Technical College NĆ§BH@KR BDKDAQ@SDC SGD FQ@MC opening of the Challenger Learning Center on a picturesque ,NMC@X LNQMHMF @S 3DW@R 2S@SD Technical College. 323" /QDRHCDMS "DR@Q ,@KCNM@CN said the center is an investment in the education of the surrounding community that administrators hope fosters inspiration in the ĆĽDKCR NE RBHDMBD SDBGMNKNFX DMFHMDDQHMF @MC L@SG 23$, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This center is a symbol of our BNKKDFDĹ&#x2014;R BNLLHSLDMS SN 23$, DCTB@SHNM Ĺ&#x161; ,@KCNM@CN R@HC Ĺ&#x2122;.TQ GNOD HR SG@S RSTCDMSR UHRHS the center and leave inspired to OTQRTD 23$, B@QDDQR Ĺ&#x161; The Challenger Learning Center experience will consist of a twohour simulated space mission featuring an orbiting space station and mission control center. ,HRRHNMR VHKK AD @KHFMDC VHSG curriculum used in the benchmark testing of public school students in grades kinder through 12. 323" 2XRSDL "G@MBDKKNQ ,HJD 1DDRDQ @MC 2S@SD 1DO $CCHD +TBHN 48

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III D-Brownsville were on hand to witness the grand opening @MC ANSG @OOK@TCDC SGD DĆ¤NQS L@CD AX 323" SN OQNLNSD 23$, education in the Valley.

the trip from Houston to witness the opening. Her involvement with the Challenger Learning Centers across the country is part professional and part personal.

Ĺ&#x2122;(Ĺ&#x2014;L @ AHF E@M NE SGHR BNKKDFD and what it does to educate our BNLLTMHSX Ĺ&#x161; R@HC +TBHN ((( VGNĹ&#x2014;R championed many causes for TSTC in Austin.

&QHĆ§M V@R VNQJHMF @S *DMMDCX Space Center in Florida and was RS@MCHMF NTSRHCD GDQ NĆ§BD VGDM the shuttle exploded. Her father was Director of the NASA Johnson Space Center in 1986 when the Challenge exploded and members of the crew were considered Ĺ&#x2122;ODQRNM@K EQHDMCR Ĺ&#x161; &QHĆ§M R@HC

The Challenger Learning Center is part of the Challenger Center ENQ 2O@BD 2BHDMBD $CTB@SHNM @M HMSDQM@SHNM@K MNS ENQ OQNĆĽS education organization founded in April 1986 by the families of the astronauts tragically lost during the Challenger space shuttle mission. .M )@MT@QX @S @ L $@RSDQM 2S@MC@QC 3HLD SGD Challenger shuttle crew of seven astronauts died tragically in the explosion of their spacecraft 73 RDBNMCR HMSN SGD ĆŚHFGS @R @ QDRTKS of a leak in one of the two solid rocket boosters that ignited the main liquid fuel tank. The Harlingen location is part of a growing network of approximately 50 Challenger Learning Centers located throughout the world and serves groups throughout the greater South Texas region. Challenger Learning Center !N@QC "G@HQ &VDM &QHĆ§M L@CD

Ĺ&#x2122;.M ADG@KE NE SGD E@LHKHDR NE SGD Challenger crew and the board of directors, I am here to say VDKBNLD SN SGD E@LHKX Ĺ&#x161; &QHĆ§M R@HC Ĺ&#x2122;23$, DCTB@SHNM G@R MDUDQ ADDM RN HLONQS@MS .TQ BDMSDQR give students the opportunity to experience the thrill of discovery. The time spent at a Challenger Learning Center suspends reality for the students and leaves them wanting more.â&#x20AC;? $UDM ADENQD SGD FQ@MC NODMHMF school districts have been calling and to date the Challenger Learning Center is completely ANNJDC VHSG SNTQR ENQ SGD ĆĽQRS G@KE of 2014.

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“ 7KH YLVLRQ ZDV IRU ƪH[LEOH ODEV where the students from the CHƤDQDMS OQNFQ@LR BNTKC D@RHKX interchange between labs on a semester-by-semester basis.” - Adan Alvarez, TSTC Architect

Engineering Division Moves Into New Home 3GD $MFHMDDQHMF #HUHRHNM LNUDC four of its programs into a converted 63,000 square-foot V@QDGNTRD NƤ +NNO @BQNRR from United Launch Alliance. The refurbished building consists NE BK@RRQNNLR K@AR @MC NƧBDR used by the Telecommunications 3DBGMNKNFX ,DBG@SQNMHBR 3DBGMNKNFX 6HMC $MDQFX Technology and Biomedical $PTHOLDMS 3DBGMNKNFX /QNFQ@LR The new space will take up roughly 50 percent of the available square footage, said Adan Alvarez, the architect overseeing the construction. ř3GD "NKKDFD OQDRHCDMSŗR UHRHNM V@R ENQ ƦDWHAKD K@AR VGDQD SGD RSTCDMSR EQNL SGD CHƤDQDMS programs could easily interchange between labs on a semester-bysemester basis,” Alvarez said. 'DBSNQ 8@MDY SNNJ NUDQ @R $MFHMDDQHMF #HUHRHNM #HQDBSNQ @S the start of the Spring Semester and said the division has seen

a hike in enrollment the past few semesters and this spring V@R MN CHƤDQDMS 8@MDY R@HC SGD new building will serve to attract even more students into the $MFHMDDQHMF #HUHRHNM “I think the facility, because of its capabilities and technology, will create more growth in our CHUHRHNM Ś 8@MDY R@HC The building boasts an industrial design using a lot of concrete, metal and some wood to go tie in with the engineering technology taught there, Alvarez said. Basketweaved wooden ceiling patterns made with reclaimed wood from old barracks accent the inside of the building. Alvarez said the building is on the tracking process for Leadership HM $MDQFX @MC $MUHQNMLDMS@K #DRHFM +$$# &NKC "DQSHƥB@SHNM He said the building meets all requirements but it must await review of a submitted proposal. 3GD 4MHUDQRHSX "DMSDQ V@R SGD ƥQRS building south of San Antonio to achieve gold status in 2012. TSTC | 2013 Annual Report

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“ Every generation is called upon to defend their country and this FDMDQ@SHNM HR MN CHƤDQDMS ” - Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Ricardo Sanchez

TSTC Salutes its Veterans Several hundred people gathered in the student quad at Texas State Technical College in November and nearly 100 more veterans were on hand as Ricardo Sanchez, Lieutenant General U.S. Army (Retired) spoke emphatically about what it means to be a veteran and serve the country at a 5DSDQ@MŗR #@X "DQDLNMX ř$UDQX FDMDQ@SHNM HR B@KKDC TONM to defend their country and SGHR FDMDQ@SHNM HR MN CHƤDQDMS Ś Sanchez said. “And I foresee that the next two or three generations will be called upon too.” Sanchez served as Commander of Coalition Ground Forces in Iraq from June 2003 to June 2004.

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Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was captured during his tenure and sons, Uday and Qusay were killed. S SGD BDQDLNMX 2@MBGDYŗR brother and TSTC Surgical Technical Program Chair Robert Sanchez, served as emcee and introduced the general. TSTC has nearly 200 student and employee veterans. The ceremony was held in their honor and was open to the community. TSTC Inventory Supervisor 5@KDMSHM .RDIN RDQUDC SGQDD SNTQR NE CTSX HM SGD ,HCCKD $@RS 'DŗR @ 30-year veteran of the U.S. Army and has been employed with TSTC for the same period of time.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a very special ceremony ENQ @KK NE TR Ĺ&#x161; .RDIN R@HC Ĺ&#x2122;(S was nice to see our veterans, especially our student veterans, get recognized.â&#x20AC;? World War II veteran Ponciano Villarreal received special recognition at the ceremony. The Los Fresnos native landed on Normandy about one month after D-Day on July 18, 1944. His duties included delivering supplies to soldiers in battle.

Veterans Center Opens Doors The new Veterans Center at Texas State Technical College opened in the fall under the direction of Director Steven Guevara. 3GD 5DSDQ@MĹ&#x2014;R "DMSDQ RDQUDR @R a centralized point of contact to

assist prospective and current UDSDQ@MR UDSDQ@MĹ&#x2014;R CDODMCDMSR and active duty military students navigating through college resources to ensure a successful college experience. Ĺ&#x2122;6DĹ&#x2014;QD @KK QD@KKX DWBHSDC @ANTS this,â&#x20AC;? said Guevara, a La Feria native and veteran of the United States Army. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is going to be a place where veterans can meet and hang out with other veterans. They can come in here and get information or help applying for ĆĽM@MBH@K @HC @CLHRRHNMR NQ SGDHQ & ( !HKKR 6DĹ&#x2014;KK AD @AKD SN QDEDQ them to the right departments internally or externally.â&#x20AC;? &TDU@Q@ @MC GHR RS@Ć¤ RDQUD @R advocates for student veterans and act as liaisons between the

RSTCDMS @MC NSGDQ BNKKDFD NĆ§BDR community resources and Veteran Ć¤@HQR 5DSDQ@MR @MC CDODMCDMSR are encouraged to submit the required documents for G.I. Bill @MC '@YKDVNNC ADMDĆĽSR CHQDBSKX to the Veterans Center. )NG@MM ,@QSHMDY V@R GHQDC SN RDQUD @R SGD BDMSDQĹ&#x2014;R 5DSDQ@MĹ&#x2014;R /QNFQ@L .Ć§BDQ ,@QSHMDY @ Harlingen native and veteran of the United States Navy, will be SGD BDQSHEXHMF NĆ§BDQ @MC LNRS student veterans will likely deal VHSG ,@QSHMDY @S RNLD ONHMS

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AND 103 5$3$1 -2Ĺ&#x2014; #$/$-#$-32 $-1.++$# (- 323" "+ 22$2 %.1 % ++ 2$,$23$1

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TSTC Awarded â&#x20AC;&#x153;Greenâ&#x20AC;? Grant Texas State Technical College took big and visible steps toward promoting green energy on campus this year. .M ,@X 323" DWDBTSDC @ grant on a short timeline with SGD 2S@SD $MDQFX "NMRDQU@SHNM .Ć§BD 2$". HM SGD @LNTMS NE $235,000. The grant required TSTC to make a match in the amount of $84,739. TSTC installed 52 solar panels and eight wind turbines near Building A, which is located on the northern end of campus across from Valley International Airport. &DMDQ@K 2DQUHBDR /QNIDBS ,@M@FDQ Adan Alvarez said each panel could produce 13 kilowatts of energy per hour on a â&#x20AC;&#x153;perfect ĆĽUD GNTQ C@X Ĺ&#x161; 3G@S DMDQFX production is enough to power a small house. All energy collected is fed to Building A, which houses the TSTC Police Department. 54

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KU@QDY R@HC SGD ATHKCHMF VNMĹ&#x2014;S solely rely on the turbines and panels for energy but it will help VHSG SGD BNMRDQU@SHNM DĆ¤NQS The TSTC Police Department also did its part to in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;greenâ&#x20AC;? DĆ¤NQS VGDM HS OTQBG@RDC SVN hybrid vehicles to add to the CDO@QSLDMSĹ&#x2014;R ĆŚDDS ADBNLHMF SGD ĆĽQRS ONKHBD CDO@QSLDMS SG@S TRDR hybrid vehicles. A 2010 Ford Focus and a 2013 Toyota Highlander were added to the department along with a full electric golf cart to go along with a Ford Crown Victoria. The purchase compliments the XD@Q "@LOTR ,@RSDQ /K@M which will promote a more pedestrian campus environment. A traditional patrol car like the Crown Victoria uses up more gas, especially while sitting idle on Loop 499 where TSTC police LNMHSNQ SQ@Ć§B 323" /# "GHDE Aurelio Torres said.

One-stop Shopping Experience for Harlingen Students The new Student Services Building opened its doors in January to facilitate the enrollment process for new and returning students. All new student services departments were consolidated into the new building to provide students with a more convenient one-stop shopping experience. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We looked into seeing what upgrades were needed to make SN L@JD HS LNQD DĆ§BHDMS ENQ students to go through the enrollment process,â&#x20AC;? former Vice President for Student #DUDKNOLDMS "@SGX ,@OKDR R@HC â&#x20AC;&#x153;This was built with the new student in mind, and the students @OOD@Q UDQX R@SHRĆĽDC Ĺ&#x2122; CLHRRHNMR 1DFHRSQ@Q CUHRDLDMS "DMSDQ "@RGHDQR !TRHMDRR .Ć§BD Counseling, Financial Aid, Support 2DQUHBDR SGD 1DBQTHSLDMS .Ć§BD and a Testing Center are all now KNB@SDC HM !THKCHMF $*

The testing center was doubled in size with 100 testing stations now available to students. Allied health students can now complete all test requirements in SGD MDV ATHKCHMF @MC &$# SDRSR are also administered there. Placing the Advisement Center @MC SGD %HM@MBH@K HC .Ć§BD HM @ centralized location has been very ADMDĆĽBH@K SN MDV RSTCDMSR The refurbished building is located on the north end of campus and is distinctive by its dome-shaped roof. The building formerly housed advanced manufacturing studies, which was moved to the engineering center. TSTC broke ground on the renovations in late 2011. The extra room in the old Student Services Building would allow for expansion of the Allied Health Program in the future.

TSTC | 2013 Annual Report

“ !DENQD ( V@RMŗS RTQD ( VNTKC

succeed at this program but now I am inspired to continue to work SNV@QCR @ !@BGDKNQŗR #DFQDD HM $MFHMDDQHMF ” Jose Luis Deciga Jr., 23 ,DBG@SQNMHBR 3DBGMNKNFX /QNFQ@L ,3

HIGHLIGHTS The 9th Annual Noche de Gala brings in close to $100,000 in scholarship funds. Local entrepreneur )N 1@D 6@FMDQ HR SGHR XD@Qﾅ由 honoree.

The Harlingen community goes Italian for the Pizzeria Cares Campaign. Students ADMDﾆ･S EQNL OHYY@ R@KDR

H-E-B gives to the TSTC Scholarship Fund. (Sﾅ由 @KK O@QS of grand opening festivities for the Harlingen grocery store renovation.

TSTC supporters help make 2013 a record year for giving. $UDQX ODMMX BNTMSR and every donor makes @ CHﾆ､DQDMBD

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â&#x20AC;&#x153; This event gives the community a way to help our students.â&#x20AC;? - Amy Lynch, Director for Institutional Advancement

Noche de Gala The Ninth Annual Noche de Gala celebrated Harlingen honoree, businesswoman Jo Rae Wagner and three Lozano Long Scholars. Gala is the biggest scholarship fundraising event of the year and all funds raised are matched dollar-for-dollar by the Long Foundation, a loyal and longtime ĆĽM@MBH@K RTOONQSDQ NE 323" Director for Institutional Advancement Amy Lynch said Gala brings the donors and scholarship recipients together to celebrate education. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This event gives the community a way to help our students,â&#x20AC;? Lynch R@HC Ĺ&#x2122;(SĹ&#x2014;R @ ETM DUDMS SG@S @KKNVR TSTC the opportunity to recognize

our students and say thank you to our donors and supporters.â&#x20AC;?

and get her recognition for being a supporter of TSTC.

Jesse Saldana, Sandra Guerrero @MC +@TQ@ ,@QSHMDY VDQD SGD three scholars recognized at the DUDMS $@BG RSTCDMS RG@QDC SGDHQ personal story of triumph at TSTC with the help of the Lozano Long Promise Scholarship. They thanked donors for their support.

6@FMDQ NVMR "3. (MBNQONQ@SDC a commercial plumbing company A@RDC HM '@QKHMFDM "NKKDSSHĹ&#x2014;R Italian Restaurant and the Reese building, where the restaurant is housed. Wagner was honored for her years of service as an industry partner of TSTC and as an active advocate of both education and the workforce.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;TSTC has opened the door to my future career, and I am forever grateful for the opportunity that you have provided me. Saying SG@MJ XNT HRMĹ&#x2014;S DMNTFG ( @L KHUHMF OQNNE SG@S XNT CN L@JD @ CHĆ¤DQDMS to us and in this world,â&#x20AC;? said Jesse Saldana, a student in the Digital ,DCH@ #HFHS@K 3DBGMNKNFX /QNFQ@L

3GHR XD@QĹ&#x2014;R DUDMS Q@HRDC Ę&#x2122; for scholarships and in total, the college has raised $100,000 CTQHMF SGD ĆĽRB@K XD@Q

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â&#x20AC;&#x153; H-E-B has a long-standing commitment to education.â&#x20AC;? /LQGD 7RYDU + ( % %RUGHU 5HJLRQ 3XEOLF $ĆąDLUV 0DQDJHU

H-E-B Gives Back to the Community As part of its celebration of 85 years of serving the Harlingen @QD@ ' $ ! L@CD ENTQ CNM@SHNMR NE Ę&#x2122; SN KNB@K MNM OQNĆĽS groups, including Texas State Technical College, at the re-grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony NE SGD ' $ ! RSNQD NM $WOQDRRV@X 83 in November. Director for Institutional Advancement Amy Lynch was on hand to receive the generous donation from the Texas business giant. Lynch said the donation was a sign of the commitment SG@S ' $ ! G@R L@CD KNB@KKX SN SGD business and education sectors. Ĺ&#x2122;' $ ! G@R ADDM @ BNMSQHATSNQ SN TSTC Harlingen and our students in the past and continues each XD@Q SN RTOONQS SGD BNKKDFDĹ&#x2014;R mission,â&#x20AC;? Lynch said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are a shining example of how community businesses @QD L@JHMF DĆ¤NQSR SN BQD@SD educational opportunities and in turn economic growth.â&#x20AC;?

are honored to donate $8,500 to TSTC to further its mission and help our Rio Grande Valley BNLLTMHSX ETQSGDQ HSR DCTB@SHNM ' $ ! HR OQNTC SN G@UD RDQUDC SGHR community for the past 85 years and we look forward to serving this community for generations to come.â&#x20AC;? ' $ ! CNM@SDC @ SNS@K NE Ę&#x2122; SN SGD ENTQ MNM OQNĆĽS organizations. The other three MNM OQNĆĽSR SG@S @KRN QDBDHUDC @ donation for the same amount were the Harlingen Independent School District, the Harlingen Public Library and Loaves and %HRGDR @ KNB@K MNM OQNĆĽS

Eating Pizza for a Good Cause In August, Harlingen residents and TSTC supporters were all encouraged to eat pizza for dinner and help a TSTC student go to school. It was all part of â&#x20AC;&#x153;the Pizzeria Caresâ&#x20AC;? campaign.

323"Ĺ&#x2014;R LHRRHNM HR SN DCTB@SD @MC prepare students to meet the workforce needs of Texas.

The Pizzeria sponsored the scholarship fundraiser in which 100 percent of proceeds from the sale of large pepperoni pizzas between 4-8 p.m. priced at $6.95 would go back to TSTC for scholarship money.

Ĺ&#x2122;' $ ! G@R @ KNMF RS@MCHMF commitment to education,â&#x20AC;? said +HMC@ 3NU@Q ' $ ! !NQCDQ 1DFHNM /TAKHB Ć¤@HQR ,@M@FDQ Ĺ&#x2122;6D

The Pizzeria sold 383 pizzas for a total of $2,880.16. The total was later gifted to TSTC for scholarship money.

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323" /QDRHCDMS "DR@Q ,@KCNM@CN said the donation and outpouring of community support was humbling and appreciated. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to thank The Formacio family and all the Pizzeria employees for their hard work and giving TSTC and our students this opportunity,â&#x20AC;? ,@KCNM@CN R@HC Ĺ&#x2122;3GDRD SXODR NE partnerships are very important to TSTC and we look forward to how it can grow in the future.â&#x20AC;? 3GD /HYYDQH@ NVMDQ $LL@MTDK Formacio, who teaches biology, microbiology, anatomy and physiology at TSTC said his family wanted to help promote education in the area they call home now. Ĺ&#x2122;6DĹ&#x2014;QD HM '@QKHMFDM ADB@TRD NE TSTC,â&#x20AC;? Formacio said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We wanted to give back to a school because through education we can make this a better city. To be able to do something like this means the world to me and of course to my brothers too. TSTC is the reason why we live and have our families in Harlingen. We are proud to say that we are from Harlingen.â&#x20AC;? The Formacio brothers say they hope to host more TSTC pizza nights in 2014.

TSTC | 2013 Annual Report

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AEP Partners with Auto Technology $/ 3DW@R OQDRDMSDC RSTCDMSR from the Automotive Technology (AUT) Program at TSTC with a 2003 Ford F-550 6.0 Liter Diesel Turbo work truck and announced SG@S SGDX VNTKC NĆ¤DQ NMD RSTCDMS a paid internship starting in the Fall 2013. Automotive Technology Chairman Abel Castillo said both the truck and the internship were greatly appreciated by the students and faculty and would pay dividends down the road. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The market value of the truck is $7,500 but to us and the

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students, the value is greater,â&#x20AC;? "@RSHKKN R@HC Ĺ&#x2122;6DĹ&#x2014;KK AD @AKD SN FDS more hands-on training thanks to HS @MC VDĹ&#x2014;QD AKDRRDC SN G@UD SGHR donation and internship.â&#x20AC;? A new intern will be chosen every E@KK @BBNQCHMF SN $/ ,@M@FDQ NE "NLLTMHSX Ć¤@HQR %Q@MJ $ROHMNY@ $ROHMNY@ R@HC SGD FN@K HR SG@S SGD intern will return to TSTC and share with his fellow students VG@S GDĹ&#x2014;R KD@QMDC EQNL VNQJHMF ENQ $/ 3DW@R â&#x20AC;&#x153;We hope to impact a student and put them in a position where they can in turn do the same for RNLDNMD DKRD Ĺ&#x161; $ROHMNY@ R@HC

“ Our program has always been

known to be on the cutting edge of technology when it comes to training our students.” - Jose Vargas, Instructor

323" /QDRHCDMS "DR@Q ,@KCNM@CN R@HC SGD BNKKDFDŗR TSNLNSHUD Technology Program was “second to none” in Texas. He praised the instructors and students along VHSG $/ NƧBH@KR HM @SSDMC@MBD for the donation and internship announcement at TSTC. “Giving a student an opportunity to work with an organization like $/ 3DW@R @MC DWODQHDMBD SG@S environment and then come back and share that with the students and instructors is the best part of SGHR O@QSMDQRGHO Ś ,@KCNM@CN R@HC

, &DU *UDQW WR %HQHƩW $XWR Collision Program Representatives of the Collision 1DO@HQ $CTB@SHNM %NTMC@SHNM Board were recognized in December at Texas State Technical College by instructors and students of the Auto Collision Technology Program for a recent $50,000 grant gifted to the students of the program. The gathering was dubbed a celebration of the grant, which

will contribute to the success of the program and improve a RSTCDMSŗR KD@QMHMF DWODQHDMBD

industry and keep on track with 323"ŗR BNLLHSLDMS SN AD LNQD environmentally friendly.

Program Chair Jose Vargas, a 30-plus year veteran of TSTC, said the grant has enabled the program and the students to remain competitive in the rapidly changing industry.

.MBD SGD BG@MFDR VDQD L@CD to the painting booth, Dupont, an American chemical company, came in and donated another $30,000 in paint and equipment to the Auto Collision Program.

ř(E HS V@RMŗS ENQ SGHR FQ@MS VD VNTKCMŗS AD @AKD SN RS@X NM SGD leading edge of technology as VDŗQD JMNVM SN AD Ś 5@QF@R R@HC ř.TQ OQNFQ@L G@R @KV@XR ADDM regarded to be on the cutting edge of technology when it comes to training our students. MC VDŗQD NMKX @AKD SN CN RN VHSG help from grants like these.”

"NKKHRHNM 1DO@HQ $CTB@SHNM %NTMC@SHNM !N@QC $WDBTSHUD Director Clark Plucinski said the selection process for the grant was highly competitive.

Vargas had to apply for the grant and beat out several other programs to get the sizable and coveted gift. With the grant money, Vargas had an existing painting booth upgraded to @BBNLLNC@SD INAR TRHMF V@SDQ

based paint. The move was made in part to keep up with TSTC | 2013 Annual Report

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our college and contributed to our goals and to the success of our students.” - President Cesar Maldonado

ULA Helps Launch Challenger Learning Center

company has employed many TSTC graduates.

Long-time TSTC friend and partner

ř4+ G@R L@CD @ CHƤDQDMBD SN NTQ college and contributed to our goals and to the success of our students,” TSTC President Cesar ,@KCNM@CN R@HC

in education United Launch Alliance donated $1,500 in seed money to the Challenger Learning "DMSDQ 323"ŗR K@SDRS L@INQ OQNIDBS which will provide an interactive 23$, 2BHDMBD 3DBGMNKNFX $MFHMDDQHMF @MC ,@SG K@A SN students in the Rio Grande Valley. The seed money was donated to be used at the discretion of the college and the learning center. ,NRS KHJDKX SGD LNMDX VHKK GDKO ETMC ETSTQD OQNIDBSR @MC KD@QMHMF resources for the center. For years, ULA has made sizeable contributions to TSTC in the amount of more than $95,000 since 2003 including donations to the annual Noche De Gala scholarship fundraiser. This past year, ULA donated $10,000 at Noche de Gala. 4+ ŗR RTOONQS G@R BNLD HM NSGDQ ways too in the past 25 years as the spacecraft launch service 64

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Director for Institutional Advancement Amy Lynch said that as the company has grown in the community, so has its contributions to TSTC. “United Launch Alliance has continuously supported TSTC, our programs and students in various ways as the company evolves in the Harlingen area,” Lynch said. “We are very appreciative for their contributions over the last decade and we look forward to future collaborations.” ULA is expected to make more contributions to the Challenger Learning Center in the future.

TSTC | 2013 Annual Report

Giving

Thank You Donors

$100,000

The Long Foundation

Camacho Demolition, LLC

Southwest Airlines

"DMSTQX 3VDMSX .MD

The Foundation for Big Brothers Big Sisters

DanHill Containers II, LTD First Community Bank

Doctors Hospital At 1DM@HRR@MBD NE ,B@KKDM

&TQDBJX ,@MTE@BSTQHMF Services, Inc.

Coastal Bend Community Foundation

JB Industries, Inc. /@TK #@BGNS@ "%.

Regency Nursing and Rehabilitation Centers, Inc.

!@QC ,@MBTE@BSTQHMF Company, Inc.

,@M@FDLDMS 3Q@HMHMF Corporation

Rio Grande Valley Community

Scholarship America

,DSQN $KDBSQHB (MB

$50,000 - $99,999

,HBQNRNES #Q @MC ,QR 1NKE '@ADQDBGS $20,000 - $49,999

$10,000 - $19,999

$/ 3DW@R Chevron Products Company .WX 42 (MB &@K@ 323" '@QKHMFDM $LOKNXDDR Dynamic Drilling Systems United Launch Alliance Shermco Industries Ć¤NQC@AKD #DMSTQDR Lennox Industries, Inc $5,000 - $9,999

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Rotary Club of Harlingen Sunburst

-(-.2 'D@C 2S@QS $@QKX 'D@C Start Program

Sembradores Unidos

!NFFTR ,NSNQ "NLO@MX

Sokolosky Sullivan Wealth ,@M@FDLDMS

Byran & Dr. Linda Burke

The Lions Club of Harlingen /QNIDBS %TMC Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation Valley International Airport Valmond & Aileen Corbie

Help America Corporation International Scholarship and Tuition Services, Inc. ,@MMX LX 5DK@ 2DM $CCHD +TBHN "@LO@HFM Spawglass

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The University of Texas Health Science at San Antonio

' $ !

Dental Laboratory Association

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Steve Gillman

*! %NTMC@SHNM NE 3DW@R

Victoria Air Conditioning, LTD

*DOODK L%$+2

Gastroenterology Consultants of South Texas

Lone Star National Bank

#DK ,@Q "NKKDFD

Point Isabel Independent School District - Port Isabel High School

George Paterson

Harlingen Family Dentistry $1,000 - $4,999

Texas Gas Service

)NMDR ,NUHMF

#Q "DR@Q +HY ,@KCNM@CN

2@M !DMHSN $KJDSSDR Lodge No. 1661

Associated General Contactors

San Perlita ISD

American Association of University Women

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VTX Telecom, LLC

Rio Hondo ISD

Harlingen Cotton Committee

STARS - Scholarship Fund

2*% +HMBNKM (MCTRSQH@K

2NBHDSX NE /K@RSHBR $MFHMDDQR

3GD 1@TK 3HIDQHM@ )Q %NTMC@SHNM Christus Spohn Hospital *KDADQF

SpawGlass Contractors, Inc.

$CCHD +TBHN 2BGNK@QRGHO Fund, Inc.

Praxair, Inc.

$K "NXNSD 1@MBG +,!( + /

College Assistance Program La Paloma Ranch , $ %NTMC@SHNM Any Lab Test Now $KDBSQHB 3Q@MRLHRRHNM 3DW@R ++" $500 - $999 AWS Foundation Bill & Theresa Reagan "@QCDM@R ,DSQNOKDW Carrizo Furniture LTD. Co Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. "NLLDQBH@K ,DS@KR BNLO@MX 1DA@Q "," Craig Vittitoe #Q !HKK +HMC@ ,B*DMM@ Dr. Lawrence J. Dahm Ferriel & Susan Hamby Frost Bank Harlingen High School South James & Anne Denison +@V .Ć§BD NE 1NADQS &@QY@ ,B"TKKNTFG ,B"TKKNTFG Attorneys at Law -NQADQS 1TSGHD $VDQR

P.A.G.A. of Harlingen RGV Alliance Construction, LLC Technical Laboratory Systems 3GD $CTB@SHNM %NTMC@SHNM of the Brownsville Board of Realtors $KKHR , 2JHMMDQ Supco $101 - $499 Harlingen Amigas Lions Club Footworks Drury Hotels HunG-Rite Blas Cantu Brendan & Ann Hall #Q 2SDOGDM 1NAHMRNM ,# / )TCFD ,HFC@KH@ +NODY +@V .Ć§BD NE 1TADM /DM@ / " Blanca Denise Lopez Blanca Vela "GHBJ ĆĽK @S '@QKHMFDM #DMMHR ,HSBGDKK $@QKX "NKKDFD 'HFG 2BGNNK /32 H. William Card III

Rio Grande Valley Partnership

Harlingen Area Teachers Credit Union

San Benito CISD

Journeyman Construction, Inc.

3DW@R $KDBSQHB "NNO (MB

Juan & Connie Salas

Texas Regional Bank

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UTPA Foundation

Sons of the American Revolution

*KDHM 3NNKR ( "@Q TSN !NCX "NKKHRHNM Program Advisory Committee 9ND +HMBNKM #HYNK $CTB@SHNM & Training Program

Thank You Noche De Gala Donors

Uhlhorn Family Partnerships ,NM@G@MR "G@LADQ NE Commerce NALC Branch 2983

"8 %@HQ $CTB@SHNM@K %NTMC@SHNM

Hotel Indigo

$KH@Y@Q 1NCQHFTDY

William Taliancich

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“ Instructors at TSTC are more than

ITRS SD@BGDQR (M @UH@SHNM SGDX were often working with us after class hours and even when school V@RMŗS HM RDRRHNM ” James Heina, 32 UH@SHNM ,@HMSDM@MBD /QNFQ@L $1

HIGHLIGHTS Graduation numbers are up a record-breaking 70 percent. ,NQD SG@M students received degrees @MC BDQSHĆĽB@SDR HM

Enrollment goes up 5 percent in Spring 2013. Almost 6,000 students enrolled in programs at TSTC Harlingen.

TSTC boasts a more than 95 percent job placement rate. .MD SGHQC NE @KK 323" graduates transfer to fouryear universities to continue their studies.

Almost half of all TSTC VWXGHQWV DUH ĆŠUVW JHQHUDWLRQ in their families to go to college. $HFGSX MHMD ODQBDMS of TSTC students are Hispanic.

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Numbers

2013 Graduates

5.18%

By Industry Cluster Biotech and Life Sciences (MENQL@SHNM $KDBSQNMHBR

2.17%

13.63%

1.08%

Professional & Financial Services Aerospace & Aviation (MCTRSQH@K ,@MTE@BSTQHMF Petroleum & Chemical Products Logistics & Transportation Food and Beverage Processing "NQD "NLOKDSDQR %.2

900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100

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Fall 2013 $MQNKKLDMS 500

1,000

Biotech & Life Science

Academics

959 Dual Credit

619 (MCTRSQH@K ,@MTE@BSTQHMF

598 (MENQL@SHNM $KDBSQNMHBR

337 Professional & Financial

198 Logistics & Transportation

115 Food & Beverage

46 Aerospace & Aviation

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1500

52%

1,593

48%

89%

1,423

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90% of all TSTC Allied Health graduates stay and work in the Valley after graduation.

100%

323"ŗR "NKKDFD RRHRS@MBD ,HFQ@MS /QNFQ@L " ,/ HR the only such program that services a two-year technical school in Texas.

TSTC graduates of the Dental Assisting Program are at 100 percent pass rate for the Texas board exam.

Ninety-three percent of 3DW/1$/ RSTCDMSR FN NM SN attend Texas colleges.

The TSTC Registered Nursing Program has a 96 percent retention rate.

TSTC Harlingen was named to the Top 100 Associate Degree Producing Colleges and Universities in the -@SHNM AX #HUDQRD ,@F@YHMD

TSTC Harlingen has the only UH@SHNM ,@HMSDMBD OQNFQ@L in the Rio Grande Valley.

TSTC Harlingen is home to the University Center, one of only ten multi-institution teaching BDMSDQR ,(3" HM 3DW@R

3GD '$/ /QNFQ@L @S 323" HR ranked 10 nationally among colleges for productivity and DƤDBSHUDMDRR

100% TSTC is designated a 2013 ,HKHS@QX %QHDMCKX 2BGNNK

TSTC provides training for SGD L@INQHSX NE $,2 ONKHBD @MC ƥQDƥFGSDQR HM SGD Rio Grande Valley.

!TRHMDRR ,@M@FDLDMS Technology Program has a ODQEDBS INA OK@BDLDMS Q@SD

TOP 100

90% TSTC Harlingen has the only Surgical Technology Program in the Rio Grande Valley.

100% NE 4OV@QC !NTMCŗR GHFG school seniors graduate on time.

NE " ,/ RSTCDMSR BNMSHMTD on to their second year of college.

3GD /QDBHRHNM ,@MTE@BSTQHMF Program has one of the largest training facilities in the state of Texas.

Twenty-six of the 30 plus OQNFQ@LR NƤDQDC @S 323" @QD TSSB (Texas Skills Standards !N@QC "DQSHƥDC

Harlingen-area students have D@QMDC A@BGDKNQŗR @MC L@RSDQŗR CDFQDDR SGQNTFG SGD University Center.

TSTC | 2013 Annual Report

“ 3GD OQNEDRRHNM@K SQ@HMHMF (ŗL

getting has validated my decision SN FN HMSN BTKHM@QX @QSR (ŗL LNQD passionate than ever to pursue a career as a chef.” Sabrina Garza, 18 Culinary Arts (CA)

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Texas State Technical College System is a coeducational, two-year institution of higher education offering courses of study in technical education for which there is a demand within the state of Texas.

1902 N. Loop 499 Harlingen, Texas 78550 Tel: 800-852-8784 956-364-4000 www.tstc.edu

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