Category Archives: Previous Events

National Library Week 2023

April 4, 2023Library Events, Previous Eventshbobrowi

Libraries are full of stories in a variety of formats from picture books to large print, audiobooks to ebooks, and more. But there’s so much more to the story. Libraries of Things lend items like museum passes, games, musical instruments, and tools. Library programming brings communities together for entertainment, education, and connection through book clubs, storytimes, movie nights, crafting classes, and lectures. Library infrastructure advances communities, providing internet and technology access, literacy skills, and support for businesses, job seekers, and entrepreneurs. – American Library Association

Join us to celebrate at the following campuses:

Nursing & Allied Health Library
April 25th – 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
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Technology Campus Library
April 25th – 11:30 AM to 1 PM
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Pecan Campus Library
April 25th – 1 PM to 3 PM
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Mid-Valley Campus Library
April 26th – 10 AM to 12 PM
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Starr Campus Library
April 26th – 11 AM to 1 PM
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RCPSE Campus Library
April 26th – 11:30 AM to 1 PM

Conquering Fortune: The Macbeths’ Enterprise

March 28, 2023Library Events, Mid-Valley Campus, Previous Events, Virtual Eventshakespeare, will'n in weslacohbobrowi

Will’n in Weslaco is the Rio Grande Valley’s first and only annual Shakespeare festival. Every spring, Weslaco celebrates one play by the Immortal Bard. The STC Library will host a lecture by Professor Gish (University of Houston) on Shakespeare’s Macbeth on April 18 at 6PM. Join us either on Zoom Webinar or in room G288 on Mid-Valley Campus for this informative guest lecture.

Event Title: “Conquering Fortune: The Macbeths’ Enterprise”
Speaker: Dr. Dustin Gish
Date: Tuesday, April 18th, 2023
Time: 6PM CST
Register here: Link

Emotional Intelligence with Anat Samid

March 21, 2023Library Events, Previous Events, Virtual Eventhbobrowi

Emotional intelligence is the ability to perceive, interpret, demonstrate, control, evaluate, and use emotions to communicate with and relate to others effectively and constructively. Some experts suggest that emotional intelligence is more important than IQ for success in life. Join us to learn about this skill and how to cultivate it in your life and career with Licensed Psychotherapist and founder of the Central NJ Mental Health Professionals Network Anat Samid.

Event Title: “Emotional Intelligence with Anat Samid”
Speaker: Anat Samid
Date: Wednesday, April 19th, 2023
Time: 6PM CST
Register here: Link

DiSC Personality Training with Eyes on the Prize Leadership Coaching

February 2, 2023Library Events, Pecan Campus, Previous Eventshbobrowi

DiSC is widely regarded as the most efficient and effective personal assessment tool for improving individual and team performance in the workplace, with over 40 million users worldwide.

Join us for a training on the DiSC personality types from Lisa Jones, founder and CEO of Eyes on the Prize Leadership Coaching.

Speaker: Lisa Jones
Date: Monday, February 27th 2023
Time: 3PM CST
Location: Pecan Student Union Ballroom

This event is free and open to all.

Family Reading Night at Mid-Valley Campus

September 29, 2022Library Events, Mid-Valley Campus, Previous Eventshbobrowi

Join us at Mid-Valley Campus for Family Reading Night at the library. We’ll have food and fun, and it’s all free and open to the community. Come see Jerry the Jag, the Storybook Garden, Mayor Joe V Sánchez Public Library, STC Departments and more!

Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
5:30PM – 7:00PM

Mid-Valley Campus Library
Building E1.200

Colonel Lisa Carrington Firmin: Stories from the Front

September 22, 2022Library Events, Pecan Campus, Previous Announcements, Previous Events, Technology Campushbobrowi

Author Colonel Lisa Carrington Firmin

In her newest book, Bronze Star-decorated combat commander Colonel Lisa Carrington Firmin outlines her experiences and those of 13 other brave women and men affected by Military Sexual Trauma. Join us for a frank discussion about the invisible wounds left behind by assault, trauma, hardship, and combat. Copies of Stories from the Front: Pain, Betrayal, and Resilience on the MST Battlefield will be available for purchase and signing.

Event Title: “Colonel Lisa Carrington Firmin: Stories from the Front”
Speaker: Colonel Lisa Carrington Firmin
Date: Wednesday October 19th, 2022

1PM in the Technology Campus Auditorium

6PM in the Pecan Campus Student Union Building

After serving 30 years in the Air Force, and as its most senior-ranking Latina officer upon retirement, Colonel Carrington Firmin was horrified by the appalling murder of a fellow Latina, Army Specialist Vanessa Guillén, in April 2020. Vanessa’s horrific death became the catalyst for repressed memories of the colonel’s own sexual assault during initial training and the repeated sexual harassment she endured early in her career and catapulted her on a soul-searching journey to document others’ experiences and to advocate for change within the armed services. Her poem “Into the Light,” featured in Stories from the Front, captures her feelings and recounts how she came to end her silence on the negative aspects of her military career. The colonel is proud of her service and the strong bonds she had with so many military professionals, but acknowledges that now is the time to share the full reality of all that she experienced and endured.

Stories from the Front is published by Blue Ear Books on April 22, 2022, to commemorate the second anniversary of Vanessa Guillén’s murder.

— Blue Ear Books official website

Joshua Rivedal: From Impossible to I’m Possible

August 16, 2022Library Events, Previous Events, Virtual Eventhbobrowi

September is National Suicide Awareness month. STC Library invites our students, faculty, staff, and community to join us for a presentation on how mental wellness is attainable and suicide is preventable. Our presenter, Joshua Rivedal, is the founder and creative director of The i’Mpossible Project. As a public speaker and educator, his primary focus is on suicide prevention and mental health; speeches and seminars on his experiences as a survivor of suicide loss, an attempt survivor, an abuse survivor, and youth suicide prevention—often paired with standup comedy or his one-man show Kicking My Blue Genes in the Butt (based on his book The Gospel According to Josh).

Event Title: “From Impossible to I’m Possible: Suicide Prevention CPR”
Speaker: Joshua Rivedal
Date: Wednesday September 21st, 2022
Time: 6PM CST

Register here: Link

If you or someone you know are faced with a mental health crisis, please call the crisis hotline of the local mental health or local behavioral health authority for your county. You may find this number by using the online mental health services search form or by calling one of the numbers below.

2-1-1, option 8, or visit www.211texas.org
Crisis Text Line: Text 741741, free 24/7
Tropical Texas Behavioral Health: 877-289-7199
National Human Trafficking Hotline: 888-373-7888
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255 (TTY: 800-799-4889)
Veterans Crisis Line: 800-273-8255, press 1

Free APA Tutoring Workshop

May 18, 2022Previous Events, UncategorizedMegan Gonzalez

For those students who have come across APA style requirements and need a refresher or for those that have never used it, this is the workshop for you. It will introduce you to the style and the most often cited sources. You will learn how to in-text cite and build references for those most often used research sources.

For more information, contact the Bachelor of Applied Technology in Technology Management Program
(956) 872-6755
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Project Management with William Roper

March 10, 2022Library Events, Previous Announcements, Previous Events, Virtual Eventhbobrowi

IT project management involves planning, scheduling, execution, monitoring and reporting of IT projects. Learn from STC alumnus William Roper about this important part of the IT field.

Event Title: “Project Management”

Speaker: William Roper

Date: Thursday, March 24th 2022

Time: 6PM – 7PM CST

View the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNx2qHwPoeg

Love, Drugs, and Politics in Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

March 7, 2022Library Announcements, Library Events, Mid-Valley Campus, Previous Announcements, Previous Events, Virtual Eventromeo and juliet, shakespeare, virtual event, will'n in weslacohbobrowi

STC Library is thrilled to present Professor Emerita of Kenyon College, Pamela K. Jensen on this year’s Will’n in Weslaco featured play, Romeo and Juliet. Join us on April 5th at 6PM on Zoom Webinar or in-person at Mid-Valley Campus G288 for this conversation about Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy.