Everyone knows that the medical field can be both financially and personally rewarding. What most people may not know is how many great medical careers require a two-year degree or less. Funding for this Program Promotion Resource has been provided through the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board with Perkins Basic Grant funds received from the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical...

Hard work and sacrifice comprised Deremy Tijerina’s college career. Often commuting the roughly 50 miles every day from his hometown in Raymondville to South Texas College’s Pecan Campus, Deremy said he quickly learned the value of a college degree. Inspired by his family and their own sacrifice, now Deremy is a South Texas College graduate. Despite the difficulties, Deremy immersed himself...