PALO ALTO COLLEGE STUDENTS CELEBRATE THE END OF THE SEMESTER
Palo Alto College held their end of semester gathering from 11-1 on December 5 & 6. Both days were needed to accommodate class times. Students and faculty enjoyed tamales, chips/queso, hot chocolate, fruit, and pan dulce. Students also played card games.
CTN ASCENDER PROGRAM HELPS JULIAN MORALES GRADUATE EARLY
Julian Morales became a part of the Ascender program at STC thanks to advisor Matthew Martinez, who encouraged him to take Ascender classes which would help him graduate in December.
ASCENDER PROGRAM SHAPES DANIELLA GARCIA INTO MORE RESPONSIBLE STUDENT
Daniella is the Ascender club president. What Daniella loves about the program is all the great opportunities it has to offer and how she can volunteer and be as involved as she can. As president of the club, she says her duty is “to see what else she can help in to make the club better.”
CTN ASCENDER SCHOLARS EARN THEIR BACHELOR'S DEGREE
When CTN partnered with our three founding community colleges in 2012, we took on the challenge to help underserved students transition from community colleges to a four-year university with the end goal of earning a bachelor’s degree. Six graduates from UTRGV and one from UTSA achieved this goal this December.
ACC ASCENDER SCHOLARS GRADUATE ON DECEMBER 14TH
ACC Ascender scholars Cloe Llanos and Nathan Dickerson graduated at the Austin Community College Fall Commencement which took place on Friday, December 14th at the Frank Erwin Center.
ACC STUDENT FERNANDEZ-ORDUNA PUBLISHES POEM IN THE RIO REVIEW
ACC freshman, Sandra Fernandez-Orduna, a student of Dr. Lydia CdeBaca at the ACC Riverside campus, recently celebrated the publication of her poem, “The Alien,” in the rio review, The Literary and Arts Journal of Austin Community College.
THREE CTN JOHN SICELOFF JOURNALISM INTERNS GRADUATE
Three CTN John Siceloff journalism interns are December graduates.
THIRTY-ONE ASCENDER SCHOLARS GRADUATE FROM STC
A record number of thirty-one South Texas College CTN Ascender scholars received their associate’s degrees this December.
CTN INTRODUCES JOHN SICELOFF JOURNALISM 2ND TERM INTERN, AMANDA RODRIGUEZ
Amanda Rodriguez is 20 years old and finishing her third semester at South Texas College. She returns as a part of the Catch the Next internship program for the fall of 2018.
STC ASCENDER STUDENTS TOUR UTRGV
South Texas College Ascender program students visited the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley campus in Edinburg on November 16.
