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(WACO, Texas) – Drivers looking to stretch their fuel dollars can boost efficiency through simple habits and routine maintenance, according to instructors at Texas State Technical College. According to AAA Texas, the state average price for a gallon of unleaded gasoline is $3.90, while diesel sits at $5.84 per gallon. Ty Liedtke, an automotive instructor...

(WACO, Texas) – For Samantha Higham, of League City, her days consist of metals and her weekends are for mammoths. Higham is a fourth-semester student working toward an associate degree in Texas State Technical College’s Precision Machining program at the Waco campus. Higham had some experience with machining when she was a student at Clear...

(WACO, Texas) – Eight employees at Texas State Technical College’s Waco campus were recognized with the college’s Chancellor’s Cornerstone Award during a luncheon on Tuesday, Sept. 22. The honorees were James Blosser, David Garvin, Gabby Guerrero, Camryn Herman, Luther Johnson, Isabel King, Kali Oliver and Melissa Williams. The Chancellor’s Cornerstone Award honors TSTC employees who...

(WACO, Texas) – As the sun sets, the work will just be getting started. Texas State Technical College’s Waco campus will expand HVAC classes into the evenings starting this fall at the Construction Technologies Center. Classes will start with a first-semester cohort and progress together through the program. Jamie Brannen, program team lead of the...

(WACO, Texas) – For this rodeo, the competitiveness was as intense as the Texas summer heat. Texas State Technical College’s Electrical Lineworker and Management program hosted its annual Lineworker Rodeo on Thursday, July 23, at the Waco campus. Students in the first, second and third semester of the program competed on 17 teams in the...

    TSTC Cybersecurity graduate using past skills to keep people connected   Sonny Bever, of China Spring, has had quite a summer. Bever graduated in May from Texas State Technical College’s Cybersecurity program with a certificate of completion. In early June, he represented the Waco campus and Texas at the 2026 SkillsUSA National Leadership...