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TSTC partners with TDLR to allow Electrical Construction graduates to sit for state exams   Students in Texas State Technical College’s Electrical Construction program will be eligible to sit for the state journeyman electrician examination as early as 2027. The electrical training program is the first in the country to align with journeyman licensing requirements,...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Five years after graduating from Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus, Elizabeth Garza walked into an interview at Garver with a determination to learn a new field. Today, she helps lead Garver’s computer-aided drafting production (CAD) resources division and mentors its drafting professionals. Garza joined Garver, an engineering, planning and environmental services...

Every Building Starts Here: Inside TSTC’s Blueprint-to-Building Process Long before digital design, architects relied on drawings to communicate how a building should come together. Renaissance architect and theorist Leon Battista Alberti helped formalize the connection between design and construction, establishing a principle that still guides the industry today: a building begins with a plan. Before...

(BROWNWOOD, Texas) – For eight students at Texas State Technical College’s Brownwood campus, earning a certificate in welding was only the first step. They are already back in the lab adding a second credential to their resumes: a certificate in pipe welding. The pipe welding program requires an additional semester of hands-on lab work covering...

(RED OAK, Texas) – Bill Taylor, of Dallas, is helping open doors for himself and other deaf students in Texas State Technical College’s HVAC program. “TSTC has given me the hope and knowledge that I can do it,” he said. “It’s very important for people to know that deaf people can do the job, they...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s Electrical Construction program has officially debuted in Marshall, and staff were blown away by the results. “It became pretty obvious that there was interest in the program when the first classes filled up in just about a week,” said Bart Day, provost of TSTC’s Marshall campus. “Rather than just getting...