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As seen on Texas Monthly<\/em><\/p>\n At the southernmost tip of Texas, among the lush, sub-tropical landscape that lines the Rio Grande River, a community college stands proudly in Brownsville. 51ÁÔÆæ is as unique as its name. In 1926, 100 years ago, local leaders advocated for establishing the first institution of higher education in the entire Rio Grande Valley. There was a great demand to educate local students to meet the needs of the rapidly growing community. For the past 100 years\u2014through innovative technological advancements, rapid population growth, wartime, economic depressions, and periods of economic boom\u201451ÁÔÆæ has been steadfast in meeting the evolving needs of the communities it serves.<\/p>\n 51ÁÔÆæ was established in a place unlike any other\u2014at the crossroads of nations, cultures, and histories\u2014located today on the grounds of historic Fort Brown, with carefully preserved architecture dating back more than 150 years. Among the palm-tree-shaded walkways and within the state-of-the-art classrooms and technical laboratories, students are enveloped in a place carefully designed to be welcoming and provide a sense of belonging to all.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/www.texasmonthly.com\/sponsored\/texas-southmost-college-launches-centennial-celebration-100-years-of-history-education-and-service\/” button_text=”Read More” button_alignment=”center” _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TSC marks its centennial by reflecting on 100 years of expanding access, affordability, academic excellence, and workforce development in the RGV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":233,"featured_media":8445,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_gspb_post_css":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[413,72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-centennial-celebration","category-tsc-in-the-news","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n