UTSA Graduates Get the Gift of Education
Susana Hernandez knows the challenges immigrants face and has become an advocate for the bilingual community. This first-generation student is from Monterrey, Mexico and migrated to the United States with her family when she was 9-years-old. When Susana arrived in San...
Alamo Colleges’ Mobile Go Center Celebrates 10 Years of Bringing College to the Community
Today at Brentwood Middle School (Edgewood ISD), the Alamo Colleges District joined Brentwood students and Edgewood ISD partners to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the district’s Mobile GO Cen-ter, an innovative one-stop enrollment center on wheels that brings...
2018 National Malcolm Baldrige Award
The Alamo Colleges’ receipt of the prestigious, 2018 National Malcolm Baldrige Award, affirms the District is among the most effective and efficient organizations in the United States. It is one of only five organizations recognized this year by the Department of...
Rebeca Martinez
Last month, I had the honor of speaking at a “Su Voto Es Su Voz” event hosted by the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project as part of Hispanic Heritage Month. Today, nearly 58 million people, or 18% of Americans, are of Hispanic or Latino descent. Generations...
Alamo Colleges Names New Vice Chancellor
The Alamo Colleges District Board of Trustees has approved the selection of Robert McKinley as the district’s new vice chancellor of economic and workforce development. McKinley, who is currently the senior associate vice president for economic...
How to Prepare for Natural Disaster
It’s human nature to not worry about things until they happen. After all, none of us want to imagine our city in a state of disaster or a tornado barreling through our own neighborhood. But these things do happen, and the best thing we can do is to prepare...
Lorena Roa De La Cruz Trailblazing in Male Reproductive Health
From the mother of marine conservation in the Caribbean, Idelisa Bonnely de Calventi to the first latina astronaut Ellen Ochoa, Latinas have made waves in the field of science for decades. Now one of those latinas is Lorena Roa de la Cruz. She...
Alamo Colleges Celebrates Tricentennial at St.Philips College
Students and staff, past and present, gathered with community members at the Watson Fine Arts Center on the campus of St. Philips college to celebrate the development and impact of the Alamo Colleges since the 20th century. The story begins...
New West Side Education and Training Center Facility Announced for Construction in Spring 2019
Alamo colleges announced last week that a new WETC facility will replace the existing one with a celebration at its current location near highway 151 and Enrique M. Barrera Pkwy. Students enjoyed tacos and refreshments as the district unveiled...
Alamo Colleges District Board of Trustees Names Due As Executive Director for the Alamo Colleges Foundation
Sheila Marlow Due, Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE), has assumed her duties as the new executive director of the Alamo Colleges Foundation. Due replaces Jim Eskin, who retired earlier this year. “Sheila Marlow Due is a definite asset to the Alamo...
