McALLEN — Nearly 30 years ago, Gary Gurwitz said he looked at the small cluster of buildings located near the heart of McAllen and considered all the limitless possibilities of a budding campus.In those days, unemployment hovered around 24% in surrounding communities and became even higher as you traveled further west into Starr County.It was 1993, and then Gov. Ann Richards had just signed legislation creating South Texas Community College, which established the 50th community college in Texas and the first ever campus in the upper Valley. Gurwitz was among those founding members she appointed to improve access to higher ...