(ROSENBERG, Texas) – Four students from Texas State Technical College’s Fort Bend County campus won gold medals at the recent 2026 SkillsUSA Texas Postsecondary Leadership and Skills Conference in Corpus Christi. The medalists were: – Mechatronics – Muhammad Yasin Adbelwahab, of Richmond, and Farid Amirbakhsh, of Rosenberg. – Robotics and Automation Technology – Eduardo Gonzalez,...
(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Nineteen students representing Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus won gold medals at the recent 2026 SkillsUSA Texas Postsecondary Leadership and Skills Conference in Corpus Christi. The medalists were: – Aviation Maintenance Technology – Victor Garza, of Weslaco, Ariadna Lona, of Alton, and Roberto Soto-Medellin, of Harlingen. – Cabinetmaking – Humberto Martinez,...
(RED OAK, Texas) – Former stay-at-home mother Shawna Long is now the only female Welding instructor at Texas State Technical College’s North Texas campus. “Once my kids started school, I started looking into going back to college,” she said. “I stepped through the doors of TSTC and was just welcomed here. It just kind of...
(RED OAK, Texas) – Doug Vidler, of Cleburne, enrolled in Texas State Technical College’s Industrial Systems Technology program to further his career while working for steel producer Gerdau in Midlothian. Now, he is an Industrial Maintenance instructor at TSTC, passing on his knowledge not only to TSTC students, but also to some Gerdau employees through...
(ROSENBERG, Texas) – For five years, Eduardo Gonzalez watched the automated systems on the Amazon production floor with a sense of wonder. That fascination led Gonzalez to a promotion as a mechanical and robotics maintenance engineer with the same company. “It was the simplicity of how efficient the robots were, and the safety aspect,” Gonzalez...
(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus will launch Advanced Manufacturing and Electrical Construction programs this fall. The Advanced Manufacturing program will offer an Associate of Applied Science degree in Industrial Maintenance, along with certificates of completion in Industrial Maintenance and Advanced Manufacturing. The Electrical Construction program will offer an Electrical Construction certificate...