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(ABILENE, Texas) – Four Texas State Technical College employees, representing two West Texas campuses, were presented with the Chancellor’s Cornerstone Award on Wednesday, Oct. 14. Recipients from Sweetwater were Joni Coons, the senior coordinator of residence life, Ty Liedtke, an Automotive instructor, and Monica Wagner, executive director of facilities. Alana Hefner, vice president of career...

(WACO, Texas) – Kiewit Corp. supported Texas State Technical College’s Diesel Equipment program by donating 14 tool kits to The TSTC Foundation. The kits benefitted students who began the program this semester. “We’ve found it’s more valuable to donate to the programs than to donate to a fund,” said Marcus Bray, an equipment director for...

(WACO, Texas) –  For some companies represented at Texas State Technical College’s fall Industry Job Fair at the Waco campus, it was a first-time experience meeting students and alumni. The event held Tuesday, Oct. 13, and Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the Murray Watson Jr. Student Recreation Center, attracted more than 1,630 students and alumni and...

Blueprints and Breakthroughs: How Jeffrey Cutts Found His Focus at TSTC The moment Jeffrey Cutts walked into the machine shop, the scent of shaved metal and cutting oil hit him. To most, a working lab is a chaotic symphony of whirring gears and flying debris. To Jeffrey, it was the first place that truly calmed...

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas — As instructor William Ogburn called each student’s name, the certificate and handshake came with a personal nickname: Big Unc, Captain America, Big Red. “This is a lively group. They’re very passionate, but they’re also very hardworking,” Ogburn said of the class’s collective character. “Their personalities are great. They work well together,...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – As collision-repair technology continues to change, Hacienda Ford Collision is searching for technicians willing to keep learning with it.  Hacienda company representatives brought that message straight to Texas State Technical College’s Auto Collision and Management students on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at the Harlingen campus. “What we look for is having technicians with...