Rio Grande Guardian
TSC president speaks at Greater Chamber of Harlingen event
- Title
- TSC president speaks at Greater Chamber of Harlingen event
- Runtime
- 15:33
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- HARLINGEN, Texas - Dr. Jesús Roberto Rodríguez, president of Texas Southmost College, recently spoke at a Greater Chamber of Harlingen ‘Business Over Breakfast’ event.
Rodríguez made headlines when he announced talks were underway to bring TSC to Harlingen, with courses and programs potentially being offered in either the classrooms of Harlingen CISD campuses or at the mall.
But, Rodríguez discussed a whole lot more. In a power point presentation he showed how TSC was out performing the statewide average for community colleges in many categories. He also talked about being appointed to a statewide committee that is looking at future funding options for community colleges.
This podcast has highlights from the speech.
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- Title
- Ron Garza
- Runtime
- 8:48
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- UTRGV and Mission EDC have announced a new partnership that will bring UTRGV's Office of Workforce and Economic Development to Mission. Ron Garza, associate vice president of UTRV, explains.
- Title
- Edgar Garcia
- Runtime
- 8:21
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Edgar Garcia is director of planning for the City of McAllen. In this interview, Garcia discusses Envision McAllen, the city's 2040 comprehensive development plan.
- Title
- Ron Garza
- Runtime
- 13:07
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Ron Garza, associate vice president for workforce and economic development with UT-Rio Grande Valley, spoke recently at a Select USA-Greater Brownsville Incentives Program summit, held in Brownsville. Here is what he said.
- Title
- Ron Garza
- Runtime
- 2:17
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Ron Garza, associate vice president for workforce and economic development with UT-Rio Grande Valley, spoke recently at a Select USA-Greater Brownsville Incentives Program summit, held in Brownsville. One of the topics Garza discussed is UTRGV's popular Soft Landing Program. Here is what he said.
- Title
- Eduardo Campirano Part Three
- Runtime
- 19:22
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Recently, Eduardo Campirano, port director for the Brownsville Navigation District, gave a presentation at a 2023 SelectUSA Investment Summit Spinoff event held at the Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts. It was hosted by the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation.
- Title
- Eduardo Campirano Part Two
- Runtime
- 12:04
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Recently, Eduardo Campirano, port director for the Brownsville Navigation District, gave a presentation at a 2023 SelectUSA Investment Summit Spinoff event held at the Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts. It was hosted by the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation.
- Title
- Eduardo Campirano
- Runtime
- 15:28
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Recently, Eduardo Campirano, port director for the Brownsville Navigation District, gave a presentation at a 2023 SelectUSA Investment Summit Spinoff event held at the Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts. It was hosted by the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation.
- Title
- Vanguard Academy Family Day
- Runtime
- 9:53
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Vanguard Academy held a Family Day at the Museum of South Texas History in Edinburg. Here is a video about the festivities.
- Title
- Raudel Garza
- Runtime
- 10:44
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Raudel Garza is executive director of Edinburg Economic Development Corporation. In this interview, Garza talks about Edinburg's "explosive" growth and an upcoming conference retail development.
- Title
- Melissa Lopez
- Runtime
- 7:20
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Melissa Lopez is an administrator for Region One Education Service Center. In this interview, Lopez discusses the work of the Financial Literacy Alliance.
- Title
- DHR Brownsville Part Four
- Runtime
- 4:59
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- DHR Health has officially opened its new hospital in Brownsville. Among the speakers at a ribbon-cutting ceremony was CEO Dr. Manish Singh, MD. Here is his commentary.
- Title
- DHR Brownsville Part Three
- Runtime
- 6:53
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- DHR Health has officially opened its new hospital in Brownsville. Among the speakers at a ribbon-cutting ceremony was former state Sen. Eddie Luico, Jr., of Brownsville. Here is his commentary.
- Title
- DHR Brownsville Part Two
- Runtime
- 3:34
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- DHR Health has officially opened its new hospital in Brownsville. Among the speakers at a ribbon-cutting ceremony were Aida Coronado Garcia, DHR’s chief operating officer at the Brownsville hospital, and Dr. Cera Kroenke, who performed the first surgical operation at the new hospital. Here is their commentary.
- Title
- DHR Brownsville Part One
- Runtime
- 10:27
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- DHR Health has officially opened its new hospital in Brownsville. Among the speakers at a ribbon-cutting ceremony were DHR co-founder and chairman, Dr. Carlos Cardenas, MD, and Brownsville Mayor Trey Mendez. Here is their commentary.
- Title
- Five EDC leaders speak at STC event
- Runtime
- 36:43
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Five economic development leaders from the RGV leaders spoke at South Texas College's 2023 Workforce Summit. The five were Steve Valdez of Weslaco, Raudel Garza of Edinburg, Rose Benavidez of Starr County, Victor Perez of Pharr, and Teclo Garcia of Mission.
- Title
- Jayson T. Valero
- Runtime
- 5:05
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Jayson T. Valero, dean of nursing and allied health at South Texas College, discusses a new federal nursing apprenticeship program that STC should soon secure accreditation for.
- Title
- Texas Association of Business
- Runtime
- 48:36
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Two of the leaders of the Texas Association of Business were keynote speakers at a luncheon hosted by the RGV Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Glenn Hamer is president and CEO of TAB. Massey Villarreal is chairman of the board for TAB. Questions were posed by Richard Sanchez, vice chairman of governmental affairs for RGVHCC.
- Title
- Glenn Hamer
- Runtime
- 2:06
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Glenn Hamer, president & CEO of the Texas Association of Business, was a recent guest of the RGV Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Massey Villarreal, chairman of TAB, was another guest. During the Q&A, Hamer was asked about the soft landing program at the eBridge Center in Brownsville.
- Title
- Trey Mendez
- Runtime
- 35:16
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Trey Mendez says his proudest achievement as mayor of Brownsville is the city's BTX Fiber project. Once complete the whole city will be wired. Mendez points out that Brownsville used to be one of the least "wired" cities in the U.S. Now, the city and Mendez are winning accolades and awards. Here are two videos on the subject.
- Title
- Teclo Garcia
- Runtime
- 2:46
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- In this interview Teclo Garcia, CEO of Mission Economic Development Corporation, discusses an expansion project by Rodco, a steel distributor company, plus other industrial activity in his city.
- Title
- Chad Kinney
- Runtime
- 6:15
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Chad Kinney is chairman of Willacy County Navigation District. He argues that commercial activity at Port Mansfield can take place alongside recreational fishing.
- Title
- Jorge Torres
- Runtime
- 5:18
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Jorge Torres, president of Interlink Trade Services, discusses the importance of the inaugural Industrial Warehouse Summit and the impact near-shoring is having on the Rio Grande Valley.
- Title
- Victor Perez
- Runtime
- 9:07
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Victor Perez, president of Pharr Economic Development Corporation, discusses the importance of the Industrial Warehouse Summit and the projects his group is working on in south Pharr.
- Title
- Luis Bazan
- Runtime
- 9:13
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Luis Bazan, director of Pharr International Bridge, discusses the importance of the Industrial Warehouse Summit, as well as the latest developments at the Pharr International Bridge.
- Title
- Esmy Villarreal
- Runtime
- 12:25
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Esmy Villarreal is president of Brownsville Chamber of Commerce. In an exclusive video interview with the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service, Villarreal announced that the Brownsville Chamber has won 4 Star recognition from U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation.
- Title
- John Cowen
- Runtime
- 5:09
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- John Cowen is a Brownsville city commissioner and chairman of the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation. The Rio Grande Guardian International News Service recently interviewed Cowen about GBIC's work. Cowen mentioned Launch BTX, which in collaboration with UTRGV, provides funding for research and development and high tech companies looking to move to Brownsville.
- Title
- Shalanda H. Baker
- Runtime
- 7:01
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Shalanda H. Baker, director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Economic Impact and Diversity and the Secretarial Advisor on Equity, visited the Rio Grande Valley recently to discuss energy justice with community leaders, elected officials and students. While in the Valley, Baker gave an exclusive video interview to the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service.
- Title
- Vanguard Food Truck
- Runtime
- 5:13
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Vanguard Academy has purchased its first food truck. It will be based at Rembrandt High School but will be used on location also. Students will learn culinary skills and customer service as they man the truck.
- Title
- RGV Partnership
- Runtime
- 4:51
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Each month the Rio Grande Valley Partnership, the Valley's regional chamber of commerce, hosts its "Commercialization and Investment Tour." This consists of a visit to a different community each month to see what potential land development opportunities are available. The tours are popular with real estate developers in particular. The most recent tour was in San Benito. There, RGVP board member Marie Garcia unveiled the calendar for the coming year. Almost every month has a booking. The next one, in April, will be held in the city of Alamo.
- Title
- Juan Hinojosa
- Runtime
- 5:25
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp and Texas A&M University President M. Katherine Banks held a news conference at the Texas A&M University Higher Education Center at McAllen on April 10, 2023. There, they gave updates about the McAllen center, including details about a new nursing facility and the appointment of healthcare executive Manny Vela as the center’s new chief operating officer. Elected officials, community leaders, faculty and staff were present. Here are the remarks of state Sen. Juan Hinojosa from the podium.
- Title
- John Sharp (2nd)
- Runtime
- 5:07
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp and Texas A&M University President M. Katherine Banks held a news conference at the Texas A&M University Higher Education Center at McAllen on April 10, 2023. There, they gave updates about the McAllen center, including details about a new nursing facility and the appointment of healthcare executive Manny Vela as the center’s new chief operating officer. Elected officials, community leaders, faculty and staff were present. Here are the remarks of Chancellor Sharp from the podium.
- Title
- Mike Hernandez
- Runtime
- 4:29
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp and Texas A&M University President M. Katherine Banks held a news conference at the Texas A&M University Higher Education Center at McAllen on April 10, 2023. There, they gave updates about the McAllen center, including details about a new nursing facility and the appointment of healthcare executive Manny Vela as the center’s new chief operating officer. Elected officials, community leaders, faculty and staff were present. Here are the remarks of Texas A&M University System Regent Mike Hernandez from the podium.
- Title
- Manny Vela (new)
- Runtime
- 4:30
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp and Texas A&M University President M. Katherine Banks held a news conference at the Texas A&M University Higher Education Center at McAllen on April 10, 2023. There, they gave updates about the McAllen center, including details about a new nursing facility and the appointment of healthcare executive Manny Vela as the center’s new chief operating officer. Elected officials, community leaders, faculty and staff were present. Here are some of the remarks of Vela from the podium.
- Title
- Digital Divide
- Runtime
- 7:48
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Why have other Rio Grande Valley cities not joined Brownsville and Pharr to end the digital divide? Pharr Mayor Ambrosio Hernandez and Connect Humanity's Jordana Barton Garcia were asked this question by the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service at a recent news conference.
- Title
- Connect Humanity
- Runtime
- 16:36
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Connect Humanity, a non-profit fund for digital equity, and the City of Pharr have announced plans to launch a $10 million fund to invest in the digitalization of businesses in the Rio Grande Valley in a bid to drive economic growth. A news conference was held at Lone Star National Bank. LSNB Vice President Julian Alvarez introduced Jordana Barton-Garcia of Connect Humanity and Pharr Mayor Ambrosio Hernandez.
- Title
- Vanguard Academy
- Runtime
- 6:34
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- What feedback is Vanguard Academy getting from parents, community leaders and elected officials when they are told how the school system is performing. An interview with Superintendent Narciso Garcia.
- Title
- Vanguard Academy
- Runtime
- 9:01
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- How is Vanguard Academy doing with pre-K, Kinder, and 1st and 2nd Grade students? Superintendent Narciso Garcia looks at the numbers.
- Title
- Vanguard Academy
- Runtime
- 9:52
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- How is Vanguard Academy doing with its College, Career, and Military Readiness scores. Superintendent Narciso Garcia looks at the independently produced numbers.
- Title
- Manny Vela
- Runtime
- 5:31
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Manny Vela, who is retiring as CEO of Valley Baptist Health System at the end of this month, is to join Texas A&M University in mid-May as Chief Operating Officer of its McAllen Campus.
This interviews is with Manny Vela
- Title
- Texas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp
- Runtime
- 4:03
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Manny Vela, who is retiring as CEO of Valley Baptist Health System at the end of this month, is to join Texas A&M University in mid-May as Chief Operating Officer of its McAllen Campus.
This interviews is with Texas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp.
- Title
- Texas A&M University President Margaret Katherine Banks
- Runtime
- 2:44
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Manny Vela, who is retiring as CEO of Valley Baptist Health System at the end of this month, is to join Texas A&M University in mid-May as Chief Operating Officer of its McAllen Campus.
This interviews is with: Texas A&M University President Margaret Katherine Banks.
- Title
- San Benito EDC-RGV Partnership
- Runtime
- 25:01
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- San Benito Economic Development Corporation recently hosted a Commercialization and Investment Tour with the Rio Grande Valley Partnership. The event included presentations from three real estate brokers.
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- Vanguard golf tournament
- Runtime
- 14:34
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Vanguard Academy's top fundraiser of the year its annual Vanguard Family Golf Classic. This year's event was held April 1 at Los Lagos Golf Club in Edinburg. Here are some interviews from the event.
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- San Benito EDC-UTRGV partnership
- Runtime
- 20:17
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- UT-Rio Grande Valley will have a presence within the offices of San Benito Economic Development Corporation. There, the university will offer an array of services to assist small businesses. This video features the partnership announcement.
- Title
- STHS and Providence-Dr. Ashley Bose
- Runtime
- 5:07
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- South Texas Health System and Prominence Medicare Advantage co-hosted the "Prevent, Treat & Beat Diabetes Symposium" at South Texas College's nursing and allied health campus in McAllen on March 31. The focus was on children. Students from PSJA and Mission schools were in attendance.
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- STHS Prominence Diabetes-Veronica Galligan
- Runtime
- 8:42
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- South Texas Health System and Prominence Medicare Advantage co-hosted the "Prevent, Treat & Beat Diabetes Symposium" at South Texas College's nursing and allied health campus in McAllen on March 31. The focus was on children. Students from PSJA and Mission schools were in attendance.
Here is an interview with Veronica Galligan of Prominence Medicare Advantage.
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- STHS-Prominence Diabetes, STC President Ricardo Solis
- Runtime
- 2:03
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- South Texas Health System and Prominence Medicare Advantage co-hosted the "Prevent, Treat & Beat Diabetes Symposium" at South Texas College's nursing and allied health campus in McAllen on March 31. The focus was on children. Students from PSJA and Mission schools were in attendance.
- Title
- DHR-A&M partnership
- Runtime
- 5:36
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- DHR Health and Texas A&M University Health hosted a signing ceremony at the Edinburg Conference Center at Renaissance on March 29, 2023.
The event was titled "Together for the Future of Healthcare."
The two institutions have agreed to work together on medical residencies and research.
- Title
- DHR-A&M partnership
- Runtime
- 2:28
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- DHR Health and Texas A&M University Health hosted a signing ceremony at the Edinburg Conference Center at Renaissance on March 29, 2023.
The event was titled "Together for the Future of Healthcare."
The two institutions have agreed to work together on medical residencies and research.
