President's Newsletters

2021

Winter

  • Percentage of SPC Male Graduates Climb Ahead of National Average
  • Dr. Loston Delivers Keynote for Visit SA
  • SPC Partners with Strada Education Network to Connect Students' Education and Aspirations
  • Community of Automotive Professionals Donates to Automotive Technology and Diesel Technology Programs
  • Director of Student Success Named a 2022 Outstanding First-Year Student Adovcate
  • SPC Debuts New Community Garden
  • 2021 Homecoming Court
  • New Health & Wellness Building Named in Honor of William Allen Hudgins
  • First-Generation College Celebration
  • Child Development Center Earned 4-Star Rating

Fall

  • Dr. Loston Recognized for Decades of Leadership
  • Welding & Autobody Collision Building Topping Out
  • HBCU Week: SPC Student Participates in White House Roundtable
  • Students Present Research at 2021 Virtual STEM Symposium
  • Best Value Schools Names SPC Among 10 Best Culinary Schools in Texas
  • Dr. Loston Inducted into Hall of Fame 2021 Class of HBCU Alumni
  • SPC VA Recognized by the Texas Veterans Commission
  • Feast Day: "Celebrating a Saint"
  • Students Participate in NASA Summer Internship Program
  • Vocational Nursing Program at CTTC New Braunfels Ranks #1 in Texas
  • Student Selected for the White House Initiative on HBCU
  • Center of Excellence for Science Receives Grant to Support Summer Programs
  • Fall 2021 Presidential Scholars
  • SPC Receives $1.25M Grant to Enrich Education Quality Through Experiential Learning Opportunities
  • Saint Artemisia Bowden Building

Spring

  • St. Philip's College Celebrates 123 Years
  • Faculty Member Receives Award for Outstanding Efforts in International Education
  • VP for Student Success Selected to Attend Prestigious Executive Leadership Institute
  • Dr. Loston Named to San Antonio Economic Development Foundation Executive Committee
  • Dr. Loston Named One of the Ten Most Dominant HBCU Leaders of 2021
  • Respiratory Care Technology Program Celebrates 50 Years of Excellence

Summer

  • Retool Your School 2021
  • Dr. Loston Earns Excellence in Education Award
  • Music Major Performs with 105 Voices in History
  • 2021 NISOD Excellence Award Recipients
  • SPC Hosts Living in My Skin Panel Discussion
  • SPC's Phi Theta Kappa Chapter Earns REACH Rewards Membership Recognition
  • Four SPC Students Named to 2021 All-Texas Academic Team
  • Student Financial Wellness Survey Results
  • St. Philip's College Spring Commencement 2021
  • SPC Named One of 2021 Most Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges
2020

Winter

  • Top 100 2020 Colleges and Universities for Hispanics
  • Ongoing, Upcoming and Completed CIPs
  • Radiography Students Earn 100% Pass Rate on National Certification Exam
  • SPC Receives Donation from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
  • Dr. William C. Davis, Hailed as a “Genius” by the Liberty Science Center
  • Collision & Refinishing Technology Students Refurbish Donated Nissan Cube for Veteran in Need
  • Transportation & Manufacturing Technologies Department Chair Speaks During TWC Forum
  • NSF Donates $1.5 Million for Underrepresented STEM Students
  • Fall 2020 Presidential Scholars
  • SPC Participates in First-Ever National HBCU Virtual Homecoming Celebration
  • Respiratory Student Awarded Scholarship by Prestigious Honor Society

Fall

  • 2020 HBCU Competitiveness Scholar
  • SPC Student Joins the ACD Board of Trustees as New Student Trustee
  • SPC Distributes $1.7 Million to Students Through CARES Act
  • BHFSA Donates to Fund Scholarships for Students in Allied Health Programs
  • Real Work Matters Ranks SPC's Radiography Technology Program 10th in the US
  • SPC Ranked No. 10 Best Community College in Texas for Affordable Online Degree
  • Automotive Technology Program Introduces New Software Designed for Distance Learning
  • Spring 2020 Graduates Recognition Celebration
  • SPC Employees Named NISOD Excellence Award Recipients
  • SPC President Joins Mayor's Commission on the Status of Women
  • SPC Breaks Ground on New Health & Wellness Building

Summer

  • SPC Receives Texas Award-Next for Performance Excellence Award
  • Students Attend Investiture Ceremony and Meet Tuskegee Airmen
  • Presidents Day at SPC's Child Development Center
  • SPC 4DX Spring Summit
  • Dr. Vanessa Anderson Named Interim Vice President for College Services
  • Ministry Donates to Student Scholarships Fund
  • Student Selected to Present at National Undergraduate Literature Conference
  • SPC to Rename Building in Honor of Dr. Clarence W. Norris Sr.
  • Annual Red Dress Luncheon for Healthy Heart
  • Palo Alto's EDUCATE Features Dr. Loston

Spring

  • St. Philip's College Celebrates Topping Out of Norris Technical Building
  • Three Selected for All-Texas Academic Team

  • SPC Earns Online Learner Support Certification

  • 142nd Commencement Ceremony

  • 33rd Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. March

  • NAHB National Outstanding Student Chapter Award

  • 42nd Annual Cowboy Breakfast

2019

Winter

  • Loston lauded as ‘Pillar of Knowledge and Character’
  • Presidential Scholar Receives NAHBCU Scholarship
  • Dr. Loston Receives Heart of Care Award
  • Turbon Student Center earns ‘Star of Distinction’
  • SPC Student Earns Scholarship from the United States Department of Agriculture
  • SPC Hosts Texas Veterans Service Fair and Veterans Day Ceremonies
  • Homecoming Week 2019
  • FULLC Provides Over 2,500 Meals to the Community
  • HEB Helps Fights Hunger on Campus
  • SAYWE Celebrates 10th Anniversary
  • SPC Attends San Antonio Area Tourism Councils’ Gala

Fall

  • President's Lecture Series Welcomed "The Three Doctors"
  • St. Philip's College Receives INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine's 2019 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award
  • St. Philip's Early College High School Earns 'A' Rating from the Texas Education Agency (TEA)
  • Safe SPaCe - Supporting People Through Advocacy, Care and Equity
  • St. Philip's College Participates in HBCU Week in Washington, D.C.
  • Dr. Roman Gomez of Southwest Research Institute inspires student to explore STEM careers during STEM Lecture Series titled "A Life in Physics."
  • St. Philip's College Celebrates Topping Out of New Tourism, Hospitality and Culinary Arts Building

Summer

  • SPC Celebrates Remarkable Birthday
  • Hudspeth Named Piper Professor
  • Graduation 2019
  • Surgical Technology Celebrates 50 Year Anniversary
  • The Alamo Colleges District wins 2018 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
  • St. Philip's College wins 2018 Texas Award for Performance Excellence
  • 2019 Competitiveness Scholar announced
  • Dr. Loston Thanks Masonic Lodges for $21,000 in Scholarships

Spring

  • 10th Annual Red Dress Luncheon
  • Alamo City Chamber of Commerce Euretta K. Fairchild Community Leadership Award
  • Love Deeper Than a River Book Signing Ceremony
  • Rosa Parks Honored by VIA Metropolitan Transit at SPC
  • San Antonio Symphony Performs at SPC
  • 2019 IMPACT Honoree
  • Corazon Award
  • 2019 Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament
2018

Winter

  • Alamo Colleges District Earns Baldrige Award
  • SPC Tourism, Culinary Arts Groundbreaking Ceremony
  • International Gastronomy Educators
  • White House Scholar
  • Homecoming 2018
  • President's Lecture Series
  • Presidential Scholars

Summer

  • Spring Graduation
  • National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Awardees
  • CultureFest
  • Annual Golf Tournament
  • Phi Theta Kappa Award
  • SPC Hosts Founder’s Day

Spring

  • Professor Allen Lee Hamilton
  • Hispanic Heritage Month 2017
  • Monster Tech
  • Homecoming 2017
  • MLK March 2018
  • HBCU All-Star
2017

Winter

  • Homecoming
  • Unsung Hero
  • 'Best Tasting Salsa' Results
  • HBCU grant exceeds $4 Million

Fall

  • Remembering Dr. Stephen R. Mitchell
  • Dr. Erick Akins named HBCU leader
  • College earns Quality Texas Foundation award
  • Student orgs earn honors for community service

Spring

  • Tricentennial Activities planned
  • Student named "All-Texas"
  • Scholarship tourney yields $150,000
  • Student assist SA Maennerchor
2016

Fall

  • White House acknowledgement
  • Solar Ready Vets
  • Whataburger Scholarship
  • Hotel Partnership

Spring

  • PLS: Lavar Burton
  • VITA
  • EMBODI
  • Spring Commencement
2015

Fall

  • Celebrating a Saint
  • Jessica's Project
  • Students Giving Back
  • Monster Tech Day

Summer

  • Employee Recognitions
  • SPC on TV
  • Title III Conference
  • Promise Zone to Work

Spring

  • Commencement
  • Golf Tournament Reaches Million-dollar Mark
  • Workforce Development Summit
  • Black History Month
  • National Women's History Month
  • Community Improvements
2014

Fall

  • SPC Summer Camp Session
  • Hispanic Heritage Month
  • Education Super Heroes
  • $4,938,961 Strengthening HBCU Grant

Summer

  • Students Give Back
  • Donor Appreciation
  • Early College High School
  • National Leaders

Spring

  • Cesar Chavez March
  • Women’s History Month
  • Biotechnology Career Day
  • MLK March
  • WINTO
  • Daymond John
  • Mayors Tour
  • GED Program
  • Promise Zones
  • ACA at SPC
2013

Winter

  • Student Volunteers
  • Automotive Open House
  • Brazilian Delegation
  • MicroSociety
  • Hispanic Heritage Month
  • Recognition Roundup
  • Homecoming
  • Monster Tech Day
  • Wil Haygood
  • Food Donation

Fall

  • Faculty Give Back
  • Silver Stars Partnership
  • Record Enrollment for SAYWE
  • Spring 2013 Commencement
  • President's Lecture Series: Azure Antoinette
  • Presidential Scholarships

Summer

  • Cowboy Breakfast
  • Green Energy and Engineering Day
  • USA Funds® Grant
  • Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
  • Black History Month
  • Herman Boone President’s Lecture Series
  • Bowden Family Literacy Night
  • International Women’s Day
  • Golf Tournament
  • Poetry Slam Fundraiser

Spring

  • STEM Lecture
  • Honor Society Inductions
  • A GED Success Story
  • Transfer Fairs
  • $150,000 Foundation Grant
  • Nursing Pining Ceremony
  • Hunger Banquet
  • SPC Director Appointed to Pre-K 4 SA Board
  • Parent Camp for Bowden Elementary
  • Faculty Member Award
  • Faculty Receive Artistic Grant
  • Students Recognized
  • Students Published in Tiger PAWS
2012

Winter

  • Presidential Scholars
  • Students Artwork Benefit Nonprofit
  • Employee Ideas Net $10K
  • New Associate Degrees
  • SPC Designated Military Friendly School
  • ‘College Credit For Heroes’
  • Minority Enterprise Development Award
  • President’s Lecture Series
  • Students Earn National Recognition
  • H-E-B Commits $250K In Grants
  • Scholarship Roundup
  • Best-In-Nation Choir Student
  • Silver Stars Etiquette Dinner

Fall

  • Hospitality Graduate Students
  • Early Childhood/Family Studies Accreditation
  • Open House Season
  • Summer Programs
  • Network Security in Austin
  • Professor Emeritus
  • Dr. Loston Recognized in Blackbook
  • James Wright and Marye Gilford
  • Who’s Who in San Antonio
  • SPC Student Recognition at NISOD
  • SPC Adopts Bowden Elementary
  • Partnership with Silver Stars
  • Upcoming Events

Summer

  • Culinary Arts Hosts SAHLA Luncheon
  • 2012 Spring Commencement
  • Stem Career Exploration
  • Science & Math Summer Season Underway
  • Viva CultureFest
  • Cyber Tigers Participate at National Competition
  • SPC Celebrates Women’s History Month
  • SPC Culinary Students shine PGA Texas Open
  • SPC Host Nafta-Preneur Students
  • Green Energy Conference

Spring

  • Alamo Excellence Awardees
  • Free Income Tax Preparation Services
  • President Lecture Series
  • National Black History Month
  • Financial Aid Saturdays Program Site
  • Interfaith Challenge
  • Hunger Banquet
  • STEM Symposium
  • Best-in-Nation Choir Member Sings
  • Cowboy Breakfast
  • Emeritus Recipient
  • Piper Professor Award
  • Teaching Excellence Award Recipient
  • Spring Theatre Production
2011

Winter

  • Campus Observes 9/11
  • Botello receives ATHENA® Award
  • SPC Students Named to Best in Nation Choir
  • SPC Offers Online GED
  • Hispanic Heritage Month in Photos
  • SPC Celebrates Homecoming
  • SPC Named Military Friendly for 3rd Year
  • 45 SPC Employees Retire
  • Cowboy Breakfast Donates for Scholarships
  • Performance Excellence Quest Continues
  • Conyers Named Professor Emeritus
  • Theatre Presents Arthur Miller’s
  • Resurrection Blues

Fall

  • Freedom Riders Visit SPC
  • Centers of Excellence Celebration
  • Gates Foundation Grant
  • Welding Certifications
  • Phi Theta Kappa Shines
  • Quality Texas Foundation Honor
  • Silver Stars, S.A. Missions
  • New Network Security Programs
  • Income Tax Assistance Program
  • SPC Strategic Planning
  • Massage Therapy Graduate
  • Two Win SkillsUSA Honors
  • Empowering Males Conference
  • Math, Science Camps Flourishing

Summer

  • Anniversary Celebration, AT&T Art Donation
  • President's Lecture Series— Naomi Tutu
  • Third Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament
  • EPA Administrator Visits SW Campus
  • San Antonio Symphony-in-Residence
  • Black History Month Celebrated
  • Phi Theta Kappa Shines at Convention
  • Culture Fest Best Ever
  • Hybrid Car New Learning Tool
  • Dr. Loston Lauded for Achievements

Spring

  • Online Early Childhood Degree Plan
  • Schedule of Spring Fine Arts Events
  • SPC Diesel Technology Students
  • Alternative Energy Program
  • Third Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament
  • LVN Program is STAR Award Finalist
  • Cardiovascular Invasive Program
2010

Fall

  • Two Cessnas Enhance Aviation Technology Instruction
  • SPC Conducts Exchange Project with Brazil Educators
  • Women in Technology Program Awards Eleven $1000 Scholarships
  • SPC Respiratory Therapy Students are Undefeated Champions
  • SPC Officially Designated "Military Friendly School"
  • SPC Participates in Society of Educators and Scholars Conference
  • SPC Announces First Mechanical Engineering Degree

Summer

  • Governor Perry Makes Announcement at SPC
  • SPC Receives Recognition from Quality Texas Foundation
  • More Than 400 Students Walk Stage in May
  • Camp 98.6 Brings Health Professions to Life for High School Students
  • SPC Recognizes Cowboy Breakfast Foundation
  • SPC Honored with Juneteenth Legacy Award
  • Fredrick Douglass Comes Alive in Performance

Spring

  • St. Philip’s Receives $2 million solar energy grant
  • AT&T Donates $100,000 to support scholarship programs
  • SPC President receives CPS Award
  • SPC 2nd Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament
  • SPC celebrates Black History Month
  • SPC partners with the Army on driving simulator
  • Campus hosts Women Breaking Through Conference
2009

Fall

  • Tribute to Dr. Davis
  • Book Signing Event
  • Tech Prep Agreements
  • CAMT Training at SWC
  • Faculty Achievement
  • SPC Military Friendly
  • Grants Update
  • SPC Homecoming
  • Presidential Scholars

Spring

  • Accolades
  • Student Engagement Grants
  • 111th Anniversary
  • Serving Our Students
  • New Employee
  • Good to Great
2007

Fall

  • Celebration
  • Good to Great
  • Leadership Goals and Three Big Ideas
  • A Call to Conversation
  • President's Task List