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(WACO, Texas) – Five of Texas State Technical College’s campuses commemorated the nationwide Manufacturing Day on Friday, Oct. 3. “It gives national manufacturing companies the chance to explore those programs such as Mechatronics, Precision Machining and Welding and how they are aligning with industry needs,” said Isaac Gonzalez, a Precision Machining instructor at the Harlingen...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – With the renewable energy industry growing, Ava Boisjoli and Karla Garcia recognized the opportunity to pursue a high-demand job that offered purpose and career growth. That is why they chose the Wind Energy program at Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus. Boisjoli was facing family and personal issues when she began school....

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Students in the Automotive program at Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus are getting a close-up look at the future of diagnostics thanks to new training equipment that was incorporated into its curriculum. A state-of-the-art all-wheel drive dynamometer was unveiled to students, giving them a preview of the hands-on training they will...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s Building Construction program made its Marshall campus debut on Sept. 22, welcoming 32 new students. All of them are working toward certificates of completion. Among the students are Elijah Murray, Anniver Tengeg and Robert Williams. Murray, of Longview, left odd jobs behind for the TSTC program and has...

(WACO, Texas) – It was a whirlwind week for representatives of Kiewit Corp. Representatives from the engineering and construction organization recently visited Texas State Technical College campuses in Abilene, Fort Bend County, Marshall, Sweetwater and Waco to discuss with Diesel Equipment students the company’s job benefits and opportunities across the globe. “The big thing for...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Applause and excitement filled the air Thursday, Sept. 25, as Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus marked the grand opening of its new Electrical Lineworker Technology building and new Transportation Technologies Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Mike Reeser, TSTC’s chancellor and CEO, said the college offered its first classes 60 years ago...

(SWEETWATER, Texas) – After an absence of several years, Culinary Arts has returned to Texas State Technical College’s Sweetwater campus. And regional restaurant watchers are excited about the possibilities. “It opens yet another window to build and grow career opportunities for local and nonlocal students alike,” said Karen Hunt, executive director of the Sweetwater and...

(ROSENBERG, Texas) – Tearing down barriers is Larissa Moreno’s goal for the students at Texas State Technical College. The Advocacy and Resource Center lead for the Fort Bend County campus, she has worked over the past few years to set up a food market in collaboration with the Houston Food Bank. Now that the food...

(SWEETWATER, Texas) – Many overnight hospital stays require patients to have IV therapy. It takes time to earn an IV therapy certification, but Texas State Technical College’s Vocational Nursing program has found a way to help its students earn it as part of the curriculum. Students in Breckenridge, Harlingen and Sweetwater now have the opportunity...

(RED OAK, Texas) – Former stay-at-home mom Alexia Baca set her sights on building a career after her kids graduated from high school. So she enrolled in Texas State Technical College’s Electrical Power and Controls program at the North Texas campus and graduated with her Associate of Applied Science degree last May.  During her fourth...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Arianna Flores, a mother of two and a Diesel Equipment student at Texas State Technical College’s Marshall campus, recently received an internship with truck manufacturer Kenworth of Louisiana at the company’s Shreveport dealership. “Once I graduate, I’ll be full time there,” she said. Flores said she has been interested in studying diesel...

(WACO, Texas) – More than 15 first-semester students in Texas State Technical College’s Mopar Career Automotive Program (CAP) at the Waco campus are starting this semester to immerse themselves in the world of the Chrysler automotive family. The end goals are for the students to gain experience in dealerships, setting them up for success after...

(HUTTO, Texas) – Some welding students at Granger High School are working on a bathroom stall project for one of their campus buildings. The students are working with new Miller-brand equipment made possible with a Jobs and Education for Texans grant in excess of $340,000 from the Texas Workforce Commission. The equipment includes automatic darkening...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – On Sept. 17, Texas State Technical College invited a representative from Ledwell, a family-owned manufacturer of custom truck bodies and trailers based in Texarkana, to speak with Welding students at the college’s Marshall campus about employment opportunities at the company. Amado Azua, Ledwell’s human resources director, held a Q&A-style employer spotlight for...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – It is not every day that a company invests directly in an employee’s college education. But that is exactly what TIA Aeronautics did for Rigoberto Almaraz, an engineer at the company who scans and inspects aviation parts. The Harlingen-based aviation maintenance company needed a skilled machinist to manufacture parts for its airplanes....

(SWEETWATER, Texas) – It was a morning of celebration as Texas State Technical College officially opened the Building Construction and Culinary Arts programs at the Sweetwater campus on Thursday, Sept. 18. The Sweetwater and Nolan County Chamber of Commerce hosted the ribbon-cutting event, which was attended by guests enjoying hors d’oeuvres prepared by the Culinary...

(WACO, Texas) – For Kelby Rogers, collision repair work has a family connection. “I grew up around my grandfather and watched him in the shop, and it interested me,” said Rogers, of Mount Vernon, Texas. Rogers is in his last semester in Texas State Technical College’s Auto Collision and Management program at the Waco campus....

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – For Andrea Grant, earning her Associate of Applied Science degree in Business Management from Texas State Technical College last spring marked an important milestone on her path to a fulfilling career in the financial industry. “I started as a teller at Rio Grande Valley Credit Union and was promoted to a member...

(RED OAK, Texas) – Aiden Ochoa was already a skilled diesel mechanic in high school. He won several competitions and secured an internship with Kirby-Smith Machinery, a heavy equipment and crane distributor, at its Dallas location. “I worked there for two years in high school, then following that they wanted to keep me on as...

(WACO, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s Waco campus recently recognized 11 distinguished alumni with TSTC Trailblazer Awards. A lengthy nomination and interview process was held to select TSTC graduates who exemplify the college’s core values of excellence, accountability, service and integrity. The awards are being given this year as part of the college’s 60th...

(ROSENBERG, Texas) – Brandon Foster is the newest associate provost at Texas State Technical College’s Fort Bend County campus, joining John Kennedy in the position. Once an instructor for TSTC’s Diesel Equipment program, he has a deep understanding of both the challenges and opportunities that the college’s faculty and students face on a daily basis....

(ABILENE, Texas) – Texas State Technical College lit up the Abilene night on Thursday, Sept. 11, during the grand opening celebration of its Power and Mechanical Center. Mike Reeser, TSTC’s chancellor and CEO, said the college’s mission has not changed over its 60-year history and the new Abilene facility will continue the legacy of placing...

(ROSENBERG, Texas) – For the history of Texas State Technical College’s Fort Bend County campus, there is nobody better to ask than Judy Cox. Cox has worked at the campus since its inception all the way back to 2001, when it shared a building with Wharton County Junior College in Richmond. She started her career...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – After fathering his first child at 16, Steven Moore thought that college seemed out of the question. Almost 20 years later, he received his associate degree in Cybersecurity from Texas State Technical College. “I couldn’t have said five years ago that I would’ve had an associate degree,” Moore said. Moore said TSTC’s...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Plumbing and Pipefitting, a program new to Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus, recently welcomed its first cohort of students as the fall semester got underway. Among those students are Ricardo Cantu, David Martinez and Fernando Ochoa. Cantu, of Lyford, is pursuing a Plumbing and Pipefitting – Tradesman certificate of completion. He...

(RED OAK, Texas) – Despite having worked in maintenance for over 20 years, Darius Holmes had never earned a degree in his field. That changed when he received his Associate of Applied Science degree in Electrical Power and Controls at TSTC’s recent Summer 2025 Commencement at the North Texas campus.  “I really wanted to get...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Raymundo Pina has an ambitious goal to carry on the family legacy as an electrical lineworker by following in the career footsteps of his father, grandfather and uncle. But he aims to forge his own path through the Electrical Lineworker and Management program at Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus. “Many of...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s Diesel Equipment program in Harlingen buzzed with excitement Tuesday, Sept. 2, as the campus’s first cohort of students entered the Transportation Technologies Center to kick off the fall semester. Anticipation ran high as 31 Diesel Equipment students met their new instructors and stepped into the diesel lab for...

(ABILENE, Texas) – Students returned to Texas State Technical College’s West Texas campuses this week to find some new facilities and programs waiting for them. At the Abilene campus, the Power and Mechanical Center opened its doors to four programs: Diesel Equipment, Electrical Lineworker and Management, HVAC, and Plumbing and Pipefitting. Students toured the nearly...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Owen Shreve enrolled in Texas State Technical College’s Diesel Equipment program at the Marshall campus after moving to Elysian Fields from Bremerton, Washington. He now balances his education with a full-time job as a field service technician. “When I moved to Texas, I discovered the school,” he said. “I’ve always enjoyed fixing...