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(WACO, Texas) – The historic San Antonio Missions, the state Capitol in Austin and the ALICO Building in Waco are all architectural wonders in Texas. And, there was someone who had the pioneering vision to take a concept and make it into something built to last decades. But with history comes a sense of the...

Brothers inspired to master plumbing at TSTC When winter storm Uri swept across Texas in February 2021, Daniel and Fernando Ochoa were alarmed when the pipes in their parent’s home froze and burst. With no plumbing knowledge to solve the problem themselves – and after a contractor failed to do the job correctly – the...

(ABILENE, Texas) – Representatives from Tower Extrusions say Texas State Technical College is producing the kind of skilled employees the company needs. “You have the basic knowledge, which gives you a leg up in the industry. That is what we need,” said Trampas Patton, packing department manager at the company’s Olney plant. “We want to...

(RED OAK, Texas) – Despite already having a bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Industrial Management, U.S. Navy veteran and father Kristofeur Eldridge enrolled in Texas State Technical College’s Industrial Maintenance program at the North Texas campus. “I’m a lifetime learner, so I just wanted to come to school and utilize my benefits to come learn something...

It was another day of stacking boxes for Natalie Albert—another day surrounded by cardboard and concrete, far from the living landscapes she once hoped to work in. With a forestry degree and dreams of working under open skies, she had taken a warehouse job just to pay the bills. She was ready to get her...

(RED OAK, Texas) – Several Electrical Power and Controls students at Texas State Technical College’s North Texas campus have paid internships with Texas Instruments (TI), a major semiconductor design and manufacturing company. “Texas Instruments internships are especially important to TSTC students because they provide direct, hands-on experience in the high-demand semiconductor and electronics manufacturing industries,...