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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...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Dependability, punctuality and independence are values Cynthia Esquivel embraced long before she entered a Texas State Technical College lab. The lessons she learned from working alongside her father and brothers at different construction jobs inspired her decision to study for an associate’s degree in Building Construction at TSTC’s Harlingen campus. “The construction...

(ABILENE, Texas) – Students in Texas State Technical College’s Plumbing and Pipefitting program are working toward a shared goal — earning their journeyman plumber’s license and advancing their careers. When students complete TSTC’s associate degree in Plumbing and Pipefitting – Journeyman, they become eligible to take the journeyman’s license exam. According to Nathan Loflin, the...

(NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas) – To the untrained eye, a blueprint can look like a lot of lines that make no sense. To those trained to seek the symbols for doors and electrical fixtures and interpret room dimensions, a blueprint can be a fun puzzle to decipher. Blueprint reading is one of the first skills students...