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Texas Southmost College was established in 1926 under the name of The Junior College of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, as a subsidiary of the local school district in Brownsville. On September 21, 1926, 84 students began classes, meeting in the old Brownsville High School. [ 3 ]
Monica Rodriguez is an American politician in California. She currently serves as a Los Angeles City Council member, and represents the 7th district.The district is located in the San Fernando Valley, and includes the neighborhoods of Pacoima, Sunland-Tujunga, Sylmar, Shadow Hills, Sun Valley, Lake View Terrace, and Mission Hills.
The institution was formed from a 1991 partnership between the two-year Texas Southmost College and University of Texas-Pan American at Brownsville. The partnership ended in 2011 as UTB became a standalone University of Texas institution, and Texas Southmost College returned to being an independent community college.
The district was created in 1925 after a new city charter was passed, which replaced the former "at large" voting system for a nine-member council with a district system with a 15-member council. At its creation, the 7th district was situated south of Downtown Los Angeles. It was moved to the San Fernando Valley in 1956. [1]
In late 1966, a city planning report described the central business district of Pacoima along Van Nuys Boulevard as "a rambling, shallow strip pattern of commercial uses... varying from banks to hamburger stands, including an unusual number of small business and service shops." [7] A Los Angeles Times article stated that the physical image of ...
This led to the creation of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The new institution was planned to include a medical school and have access to the Texas Permanent University Fund (PUF). [11] Texas Governor Rick Perry signed SB 24 [12] into law, approving the creation of the new university in June 2013. In December 2013, the UT System ...
Texas Southmost College is a community college located near the southern border of Brownsville. As of 2018, it had a total enrollment of 7,132. [165] Students usually transfer to the neighboring University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. [166] The city operates three vocational schools.
Texas A&M University Higher Education Center at McAllen [119] University of Texas Rio Grande Valley - entered into full operation in 2015 with the merger of the University of Texas at Brownsville and the University of Texas–Pan American; University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine; Texas Southmost College; Texas State Technical ...