Category Archives: Library Events

2018 Veterans Expo

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Please join us, Thursday, November 15, 2018, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at the South Texas College Pecan Campus Library for the 2018 Veteran’s Expo.  Come learn about the services provided by STC to help you succeed.  Some participating agencies will be:

  • Texas Veterans Commission
  • Employers seeking Veterans
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars
  • American Legion
  • Family Endeavors
  • VIDA
  • UTRGV TRANSITION
  • and much more……….

All Students, Staff, Faculty and Veterans Welcome!!!!

For more information please contact Mr. Jessie Luna at 956-872-2606

National Novel Writing Month Lecture Series Presents: Daniel Chacon

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Daniel Chacon

Please join us, Thursday, November 8 at 6:00 pm, as we welcome Mr. Daniel Chacón.

Mr. Chacón is the author of five books of fiction, including Hotel Juárez, Stories, Rooms and Loops andThe Cholo Tree. He is editor of A Jury of Trees, the posthumous poems of Andrés Montoya and The Last Supper of Chicano Heroes: The Selected Works of José Antonio Burciaga. 

He has won the Southwest Book Award, the American Book Award, the Pen-Oakland Prize for Fiction, and the Hudson Prize, among others. His work has been translated into Spanish, Italian, and Swedish. He is cohost of Words on a Wire, a radio show about books. https://soychacon.wordpress.com

Harvest of Health-Treasure Your Health

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Harvest of Health

Please come and enjoy the fun! South Texas College Nursing and Allied Health Division Invites you to the 11th Annual Harvest of Health “Treasure Your Health”

STC’s Nursing and Allied Health Community Outreach Committee will host the event. It is a great way to see what types of programs NAH offers and for students to educate the community with health-related activities. There will be door prizes, a scavenger hunt, puppet show, haunted house, 911 services (McAllen Fire Department Smoke Trailer, McAllen Police Department, Air-Evac Helicopter), face painting, dementia tour, karaoke, photo booth, massage bar, and food.

Date: Thursday, November 15, 2018

Where: Nursing and Allied Health Campus

Time: 4pm-7pm

Jose de la Luz Saenz Lecture Series Presents – Dr. Edward Westermann

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The Center for Mexican American Studies and Library Services presents “José de la Luz Saenz Veterans Lecture Series” an author talk followed by a book signing with Dr. Edward Westermann, his lecture entitled “Drunk on Genocide? Alcohol and Atrocity in the Holocaust“.  The event will take place, Wednesday, November 14 at 6:00 pm at the Pecan Campus Library Rainbow Room.

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month

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October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month which is an annual campaign to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity. The Internet touches almost all aspects of everyone’s daily life, whether we realize it or not. National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) is designed to engage and educate public and private sector partners through events and initiatives to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity, provide them with the tools and resources needed to stay safe online, and increase the resiliency of the Nation in the event of a cyber incident.

Please join us at our four of our South Texas College Libraries for a presentation about the resources you need to stay safe and secure online.

Wednesday, October 10th. Mid-Valley Campus Library, E1.106 at 10am. 

Thursday, October 11th. Technology Campus Auditorium at 10am. 

Tuesday, October 16th, Starr Campus Library, Event Room K1.200 at 10am.

Thursday, October 18th, Pecan Campus Library, F-102 at 10am.

 

Family Reading Night 2018

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Want to find some fun entertainment for the entire family? Your local library is a good place to start. And you can get to know your South Texas College Mid-Valley Campus Library at its annual “Family Reading Night” on Wednesday, Oct. 17 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The free event, which is open to the public, is held in conjunction with Reading Week.

“We want to help children develop a love of reading and to encourage Valley parents to read with their children,” said Lillian Carrillo, Mid-Valley Campus Librarian. “Our college’s libraries are a gateway to the community, and we hope that participants will not only take advantage of these fun activities, but also learn more about some of the great services that the college has to offer.”

The night’s festivities include book distribution by South Texas Literacy Coalition, entertainer Teensy Weensy the Clown, face painting and a variety of arts and crafts activities for the entire family offered by The Storybook Garden, and Mayor Joe V. Sánchez Public Library.  As an added bonus, fun opportunities will be featured by the college’s Architectural & Engineering Design Technology Program, Office Administration Program, Construction, Electrician & HVACR Program, Mid Valley Education Club, Jerry the Jaguar, and a special photo booth.

While on campus, attendees have the opportunity to use the library’s free services or anyone 18 years or older may sign up for a Community Library Card, which allows community members to check out books at any of STC’s libraries for free.

The library is located in Building E1.200 at 400 N. Border in Weslaco. For more information about the event contact Lillian Carrillo at 956-447-6663.

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Misconceptions of Recycling

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Have you ever wondered what the City of McAllen Recycling Center does, if so, here’s your chance to learn some new things or to refresh yourself with some of the “Misconceptions of Recycling”

Join us, Wednesday, April 25 at 10:00 am at the Pecan Campus Library Rainbow Room, Mr. Marco Ortiz from McAllen’s Recycling Center will come speak to us about:

  • Overview of what the facility does
  • Items that we recycle and the ones we don’t
  • The overall impact that not recycling can have on our environment
  • Examples of things students can do to minimize impact on our environment
  • How many recyclables come to our facility and why we need to increase the number
  • Recycling, and its meaning, and common misconceptions.

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Veterans Expo 2018

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Please join us, Wednesday, April 18, 2018, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at the South Texas College Pecan Campus Library for the 2018 Veteran’s Expo.  Come learn about the services provided by STC to help you succeed.  Some participating agencies will be:

  • Texas Veterans Commission
  • Employers seeking Veterans
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars
  • American Legion
  • Family Endeavors
  • VIDA
  • UTRGV TRANSITION
  • and much more……….

All Students, Staff, Faculty and Veterans Welcome!!!!

For more information please contact Mr. Jessie Luna at 956-872-2606

National Poetry Month Lecture Series Presents Jose Antonio Rodriguez

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April is National Poetry Month it is the largest literary celebration in the world, with tens of millions of readers, students, K-12 teachers, librarians, booksellers, literary events curators, publishers, bloggers, and, of course, poets marking poetry’s important place in our culture and our lives.

Please join us, April 19, 2018 at the Mid-Valley Campus Auditorium G-191 at 10 am, then at the Pecan Campus Library Rainbow Room at 6 pm as we welcome Jose Antonio Rodriguez, he will be talking to us about his book “House Built on Ashes: A Memoir”

José Antonio Rodríguez, born in Mexico and raised in south Texas, is the author of the memoir House Built on Ashes and the poetry collections The Shallow End of Sleep and Backlit Hour.  His awards and honors include the Bob Bush Memorial Award from the Texas Institute of Letters; a finalist citation for the 2014 Paterson Poetry Prize, a finalist citation for a 2017 International Latino Book Award, the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Award from the Paterson Literary Review, the Founders’ Prize from RHINO, multiple nominations for the Pushcart Prize, and the Clifford D. Clark Doctoral Fellowship from Binghamton University, where he earned a Ph.D. in English and Creative Writing. He is also a member of the Macondo Writers Workshop and CantoMundo. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, POETRY, The New Republic, The Texas Observer, Huizache, the Poetry Society of America online, and elsewhere. Currently, he is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley.

National Library Week, Open House 2018

South Texas College Libraries Open House 2018

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The South Texas College Library joins libraries nationwide in celebrating National Library Week, a time to highlight the value of libraries, librarians and library workers.

Libraries today are more than repositories for books and other resources. Often the heart of their communities, libraries are deeply committed to the places where their patrons live, work and study. Libraries are trusted places where everyone in the community can gather to reconnect and reengage with each other to enrich and shape the community and address local issues.

The South Texas College Library is celebrating National Library Week by hosting Open House events at each campus library. The events are free and open to the public.

Wonder Woman FlyerMonday, April  9 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at STC’s Technology Campus Library located at 3700 W. Military Highway in McAllen, attendees will enjoy a screening of the movie Wonder Woman, as well as a photo booth, raffle, snacks and drinks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wonder Woman FlyerTuesday, April 10 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at STC’s Pecan Campus Library located at 3201 W Pecan Blvd. in McAllen, attendees will enjoy a screening of the movie Wonder Woman,  as well as games, drawings, popcorn and snacks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thor Ragnarok FlyerTuesday, April 10 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at STC’s Nursing & Allied Health Campus Library located at 1101 E. Vermont Avenue in McAllen, attendees will enjoy a screening of the movie Thor Ragnarok, as well a photo booth, popcorn, drinks and snacks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thor Ragnarok FlyerTuesday, April 10 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at STC’s Starr County Campus Library located at 142 FM 3167 Rio Grande City,  attendees will enjoy a screening of the movie Thor Ragnarok, a photo booth, popcorn, drinks and snacks.

 

 

 

 

 

Despicable Me 3 Flyer

Wednesday, April 11 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at STC’s Mid-Valley Campus Library (CLE A-105) located at 400 N. Border Avenue, Weslaco, Texas,  attendees will enjoy a screening of the movie Despicable Me 3, a photo booth, contest, popcorn, drinks and snacks.