Category Archives: Pecan Campus

The South Texas College Library congratulates Aztlán: Journal of Chicano Studies on forty great years. To commemorate, the Pecan Campus library created the display shown below.

Library Journal says about Aztlán: “this esteemed journal of record is essential for virtually all academic libraries.”

To find out more about the Mexican-American Studies Program at South Texas College visit the website, or take a look at the classes offered.

Contributed by Esther Garcia, Library Specialist at the Pecan Campus.

Celebrate the 40th year of Earth Day with a showing of An Inconvenient Truth

April 19, 2010Library Events, Movies, Pecan Campus, Previous EventsElizabeth Hollenbeck

To mark the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, the STC Pecan Campus library will be having a showing of An Inconvenient Truth on April 22nd at 4pm on the first floor at F-102.

There will be an introduction to the movie by Biology instructor, Dr. Mehrad Mahmoudian-Geller, and Lillian Martinez, the Pecan Biology Club President.

To find out more about the Pecan Biology Club visit this site: http://news.southtexascollege.edu/?p=2075.

For more information about this event, please contact Esther Garcia at 956-872-6485 or egarcia10@southtexascollege.edu.

Author Harold Jaffe to speak on Wed. April 28th

April 19, 2010Author / Scholar Visit, Library Events, Pecan Campus, Previous EventsElizabeth Hollenbeck

The English Dept at STC is bringing acclaimed author Harold Jaffe to speak at the Pecan Campus Library in the Rainbow Room. Mr. Jaffe is the author of the books Beyond the Techno-Crave, Terror-Dot-Gov, and Anti-Twitter, a book of stories limited to 50 words.

Jaffe is the author of 17 books, translated into Spanish, German, Japanese, Italian French Turkish, Dutch, Czech, and Serbo-Croatian. Jaffe has won two NEA Grants in fiction, two Fulbright fellowships, a San Diego fellowship, three Pushcart prizes, and many other awards. His work has appeared in many journals and anthologies, including “Paris Review”, “Black Warrior Review”, “Pushcart Prize”, and “Best American Stories”. Jaffe is Editor of “Fiction International” and professor of English and comparative literature at San Diego State University.

American Book Review has said that Harold Jaffe “is like no one else writing today,” and the San Diego Union-Tribune says that his writing is “potent and prophetic.”

Harold Jaffe will be speaking on Wednesday April 28th start at 4:00 pm.

For more information please contact Dr. Raphael Bennett at 956-872-7266 or rbennett@southtexascollege.edu.

Contributed by Esther Garcia, Library Specialist at Pecan.

Library Open House at Your Campus!

April 7, 2010Library Events, Mid-Valley Campus, Movies, NAH Campus, Pecan Campus, Previous Events, Starr County Campus, Technology CampusElizabeth Hollenbeck

Library Week is that time of the year when we stop and appreciate what libraries and librarians have contributed to our schools and communities. And South Texas College will celebrate Library Week with a number of activities at all five of its campuses.

Celebrated nation wide, this year’s theme is “Communities Thrive @ Your Library.” In tough economic times, libraries give free access to books, DVDs, computers, and research assistance. Go by one of your campus libraries to enjoy what they have to offer. Please e-mail Esther Garcia for more details: egarcia10@southtexascollege.edu.

Library Open Houses 2010
Date	Campus Library	Details	Contact Person
4/12	NAHC Open House 10 am – 2 pm	Book Talk on Valley authors* Drafting demonstration Presentation by Rey Anzaldua on Hospital Security Art Gallery Tours Snacks, Drinks, Cake	James Phillips 872-3189
4/13	Starr Campus Open House 11 am – 2 pm	Kayak exhibit Zavotash dancers Talk given by Local Historian Possible trolley ride Door Prizes Food, Snacks, Drinks	Thelma Garza 488- 5820
4/14	MidValley Campus Open House10 am – 2 pm	Information Fair Music Art Gallery Tours Movie showing New Moon Snacks and Drinks	Jessica Cruz 447-6663
4/15	Pecan Campus Open House 11 am – 2 pm	Information Fair Scavenger Hunt Meet Miss RGV Music Movie showing New Moon Snacks, Popcorn, Drinks, Cake	Esther Garcia 872-6485
4/19	Tech Campus Open House 10 am – 2 pm	Folkloric Dancers Paramedic Visit with Ambulence, Stretcher, and Dummy Book Talk on Valley authors* Art Gallery Tours Snacks, Drinks, Cake	James Phillips 872-6120

*Book Talk on Valley authors will be given by librarian James Phillips, and he will discuss authors Americo Paredes, Rolando Hinojosa Smith, Gloria Anzaldua, and T.R. Fehrenbach.

Spring Book Display at Pecan

March 4, 2010Book Displays, Our Collections, Pecan CampusElizabeth Hollenbeck

Enjoy Spring with a book from our collection!

Contributed by Blanca Sanchez from the Pecan Campus Library.

Texas History Month

February 24, 2010Book Displays, Our Collections, Pecan CampusElizabeth Hollenbeck

Celebrate Texas History Month with these books at the STC Library

Contributed by Sylvia Barrientos from the Pecan Campus Library.

Books at the Movies

February 8, 2010Book Displays, Our Collections, Pecan CampusElizabeth Hollenbeck

Check out these books that have been made into movies very recently.

On PBS’s Masterpiece Theater you can watch Jane Austen’s Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion this Spring. They will also be showing a suspenseful adaptation of The Thirty-Nine Steps, previously adapted by Alfred Hitchcock as well as a new adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank in April.

At the movies you can watch the literary hero Sherlock Holmes, and rent Amelia partly based on S. Butler’s East to the Dawn: the life of Amelia Earhart as well as the epicurean hit Julie and Julia taken from such books as Julie Powell’s Julie and Julia as well as Julia Child’s My Life in France.

Contributed by Esther Garcia, Library Specialist at the Pecan Campus

Visions of the Rio Grande Valley

February 4, 2010Library Art Gallery, Pecan Campus, Previous Exhibitsgotvos

Gabriel Salazar is a self-taught artist who has been painting for 30 years. A Rio Grande Valley native, his inspiration is his home environment. Now he has an entire collection of Valley-inspired art and is sharing it with the students of South Texas College

“Visions of the Rio Grande Valley,” featuring oil on canvas paintings by Salazar will be on exhibit at the college’s Pecan Campus Library Art Gallery from Thursday, Feb. 4 through March 27. An opening reception will take place Thursday, Feb. 4 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the gallery located in Bldg. F at 3201 W. Pecan Blvd. in McAllen. Admission is free and open to the public.

“Once I have an idea, I place myself in it, as if I’m there,” said Salazar. “I imagine it, a landscape situation, and I live what I paint.”

Salazar knows and envisions what he wants in his paintings and changes things as he works along the way. He is inspired by the beauty of the Valley and paints what the Valley “used to be” and, in some areas, still is, including open fields and orchards with blue valley skies.

“Salazar’s mastery of depth and perspective within his paintings are amazingly displayed in this exhibition,” said Sofia K. Vestweber, STC’s Library Art Gallery Program associate. “His paintings are incredibly detailed and rich with nostalgia for rural valley landscapes.”

South Texas College’s Library Art Gallery Program exhibits regional, national and international artwork, explores new visions and theories of creativity, and introduces innovative artistic expressions to the South Texas region.

For more information contact 956- 872-3488 or visit http://library.southtexascollege.edu/libraryartgallery.

STC, UTPA feature ceramic artwork innovation at third annual conference

June 1, 2009Library Art Gallery, Pecan Campus, Previous ExhibitsCeramic Conference, South Texas Ceramic Showdowngotvos

Poster featuring ceramic artwork by Fulden Sara-Wissinger (left), Aaron Calvert (center), and Charles Wissinger (right).

South Texas College, together with The University of Texas Pan-American, is proud to present “A South Texas Ceramic Showdown: Beyond the Vessel,” which is the third annual Rio Grande Valley ceramics conference and exhibition. The event includes art lectures and ceramics demonstrations, as well as a full display of ceramics works by artists and professors from across Texas. The conference starts Friday, June 12 at The University of Texas-Pan American Ceramics Lab, concluding on Saturday, June 13 at STC’s Pecan Campus Art Bldg. B Ceramics Lab. Art Lectures will also take place Saturday at STC’s Pecan Campus Bldg. B Auditorium. All activities are free and open to the public.”This is the third conference STC and UTPA have put together and we look forward to being enlightened by an ever younger generation of ceramic artists, discovering their creative, inspired approaches of pushing the boundaries of innovation,” said David Freeman, curator and programs coordinator of STC’s Library Art Gallery Program. “The show explores the influences of our Southern continental United States and its individual, extensive point of view regarding contemporary issues in the devolvement, expression, concept, personal exploration and experimentation of different processes and unique aesthetics in contemporary ceramics today.”

“We are excited to roll out the South Texas Ceramic Showdown once again and witness its evolution over the last three years,” said Chris Leonard, UTPA ceramics lecturer and conference organizer. “The concept is the same with both student and faculty work exhibited together with a promise for great diversity. The event is also a fantastic opportunity for ceramic students, as it offers an opportunity for creative interaction, and communication with our three presenting artists. All three presenting artists are tremendously versatile, but I am anticipating an acceptance of the ceramic tradition: vessels that transcend and push beyond mere function into all sorts of narration and possibility.”

The conference includes lectures and ceramic demonstrations by Aaron Calvert of Henderson State University, Charles Wissinger of Texas A&M University-Kingsville, and Fulden Sara-Wissinger of Texas A&M University-Kingsville and Coastal Bend College.

Half of the ceramic works will be exhibited at STC’s Pecan Campus Library Art Gallery with the balance being exhibited at UTPA’s Vistor Center. Exhibit opening receptions are on Friday, June 12th from 6 to 8 p.m. at UTPA’s Visitor Center and Saturday, June 13th from 6 to 8 p.m. at STC’s Pecan Campus Library Art Gallery. Admission is free and open to the public. The exhibits will be on view from June 1 to July 3, 2009 at their respective locations.

The exhibit features works by faculty and students from 11 universities and community colleges including The University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College, South Texas College, The University of Texas Pan-American, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Texas Tech University, The University of North Texas, Henderson State University, Tyler Junior College, and Tarrant County College.

For more information call 872-3488.

Exhibition highlights endangered natural world at Pecan Campus Library

April 23, 2009Library Art Gallery, Pecan Campus, Previous Exhibitsgotvos

“Shark Series: Ancient Catch,” a digital photograph from the series “Vanishing Species” by Beth Thomas, which goes on display at STC’s Pecan Campus Library Art Gallery on April 23.

South Texas College’s Pecan Campus Library Art Gallery is proud to present “Vanishing Species,” featuring a collection of digital photographs by Beth Thomas. The exhibit opens Thursday, April 23 with an artist lecture at 6 p.m. in STC’s Pecan Campus Building D Auditorium, and a reception immediately following from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Pecan Campus Library Art Gallery. The exhibit runs through May 22, 2009. STC’s Pecan Campus Library Art Gallery is located at 3201 W. Pecan Blvd. in McAllen. Admission to the exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.Currently a professor of art at Galveston College, Thomas uses the practice of photography to visually explore the external world of living at the ocean’s edge and her internal world wrestling with issues such as global warming, inter-relationship and spirituality, which have impacted her own personal survival.

“‘Vanishing Species’ is from a series of digital images which became an impressionistic study intended to function poetically and literally as a visual metaphor for the fleeting of time, life and nature’s beauty in our world which we take for granted,” said Thomas. “The photographs are seductive illusions. They are physical fragments on paper of thrilling and fleeting close encounters with swift and unpredictable sea creatures moving through water at close range, bathed in a blur of color and light in an ambiguous world. An extended moment – then it is gone.”

“Thomas is not only an artist and educator, but also an activist and her art is a vehicle for her concerns,” said David Freeman, curator and programs coordinator for STC’s Library Art Gallery Program. “Photography allows her a medium for the expression of unease and alarm at the intense and immediate disappearance of species from our planet. Her exhibit it adeptly titled ‘Vanishing Species’–an exhibit dealing with problems facing our endangered natural world.”

“A great wonderment comes to each viewer of these works and it arrives in the photograph, the vision, of these species. We seldom ever view a shark in its natural habitat and so to be able to sight these wonders and see their majesty is educational and informative, and Thomas enlightens us as to the fantastic world we live in but are unaware of. Beth Thomas is a multi-tasking artist succeeding in her attempt to save the planet through art.”

For more information call 872-3488.