An agreement between Texas State Technical College Harlingen and The University of Texas at Dallas will streamline admission for TSTC students who plan to further their education at UT Dallas.

Officials will meet for separate signing ceremonies with the TSTC event scheduled for the Board Room of the Dr. J. Gilbert Leal Learning Resource Center at 11 a.m. July 29. Dr. Nathan Ivey, special assistant to the vice president for Enrollment Management at UT Dallas, will represent UT Dallas President Dr. David Daniel. In an interview, Dr. Ivey said that the pre-admissions understanding should attract TSTC students pursuing bachelor degrees.

Admissions & Records Office personnel expecting a normal staff meeting July 13 at TSTC got treated to a congratulatory celebration for passing an in-depth internal audit.

 College President Dr. Cesar Maldonado thanked each employee as he handed them certificates of excellence for the achievement. He said department’s performance will set a high standard for other colleges in the Texas State Technical College System to match because it is very rare that an audit occurs without finding a single recommendation.

TSTC President Dr. Cesar Maldonado and A&M-Kingsville President Dr. Steven H. Tallant signed the pact in the Orientation Room of the Dr. J. Gilbert Leal Learning Resource Center at TSTC on July 10. State District 43 Rep. Tara Rios Ybarra of South Padre Island joined about 100 educators, students and business officials at the event.

Agricultural Technology students reaped harvest lessons as they watched a 36-foot-wide John Deere 9750 STS combine crank in swaths of sorghum on a 38.7-acre test plot at Texas State Technical College Harlingen.

An Agricultural Technology program alumnus, Chris Sparks of C&J Farms, directed the harvest crew as about a dozen students observed from the side of the field July 7. AGT Chairman Armando Duarte, Instructor Matthew Mire and Lab Assistant Steve Chavez worked with Rick Alfaro, sales representative for Wilbur-Ellis Co., to measure yields for 11 varieties of sorghum. Some of the varieties provided by Wilber-Ellis Co. were planted as experimental hybrids to test yields for comparison purposes.

A new articulation agreement between Texas State Technical College Harlingen and Texas A&M University-Kingsville will allow more TSTC students easier access to teacher certification.

The Teacher Assistant program at TSTC will switch its title this coming fall semester to Education and Training to symbolize the progress. A ceremony to sign the articulation documents will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday, July 10, in the Orientation Room of the Learning Resource Center. The public is welcome to attend.

“There’s never a dull moment and there are no routines. Everyday it’s a whole new world filled with challenges and opportunities,” she said. She’s also chairwoman for the Computer Systems Management Technology, Computer Science Software Development and Gaming & Simulation Programming departments.

TA Club President Pauline Dymond said that students and employees donated nine boxes of clothes, toys, books and supplies for distribution to the Rainbow Room, Blue Sunday and Buckner’s Home for Children. The non-profit organizations offer counseling, housing, clothing, and numerous services to abused or neglected children. Officials from the three groups made presentations describing their missions to about 75 college students in the auditorium of the state Rep. Irma Rangel Science & Technology Building on April 7.

His vocal music talent at Harlingen High School brought honors, twice recognized as a member of the All-State Choir, before he graduated in 1992. “I wanted to pursue a college degree in music, but I did not see myself as college material because I was sick of school!” he recalled during an interview at the STEC/MEDCOM/AIRCARE headquarters on 77 Sunshine Strip. The EMT program at Texas State Technical College Harlingen selected him as key-note guest speaker for its graduation pinning ceremony May 15.

More than 100 students, employees, friends and relatives attended the unveiling of a new showcase in the LRC front lobby honoring Dr. Leal for 39 years of service at the Dr. J. Gilbert Leal Learning Resource Center on May 28. The two-story building – with more than 90 computer stations, study rooms, a meeting room for college and community events, the Board of Regents meeting room, and an Instructional Media Center – first opened in 2003, and offers numerous resources and services.

An extension of Elena Ramirez’s maternal instincts earned her the title of “most outstanding volunteer” with NINOS HeadStart for 2008-2009 in Cameron and Willacy counties.

Between classes at Texas State Technical College Harlingen, she devoted many hours of assistance to children and staff at TSTC Early HeadStart. Parent volunteers from more than 30 centers were considered for the annual award presented April 23. Her daughter, Elyse, recently graduated from Early HeadStart to the TSTC HeadStart program next door for children ages 3 to 5. While not volunteering, Ramirez completed an Associate of Applied Science degree in Business Office Technology.

Small U.S. flags that represent each U.S. soldier killed during the military actions in Iraq and Afghanistan dot the ground on a section of the mall at TSTC.

The 5,320 flags provide a somber reminder of the ultimate sacrifice made by military personnel (4,630 fatalities in Iraq and 690 in Afghanistan since 2001) to pedestrians and a group of Texas State Technical College Harlingen students and employees at the Memorial Day Tribute held May 26. The brief ceremony fit between dark clouds that brought intermittent showers.

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