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(ROSENBERG, Texas) – Mario Torres has always chased an adrenaline rush.  Now, the Rosenberg native is channeling that into a career through the Electrical Lineworker and Management program at Texas State Technical College’s Fort Bend County campus. He first realized his need to look into a career as a lineworker came during a commute home...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – From troubleshooting commercial truck fleets, responding to mobile roadside service calls to repairing heavy marine vessels at the Port of Brownsville, three Texas State Technical College Diesel Equipment students are demonstrating how lab training translates directly to real-world experiences. Rogelio Cerda works part-time as a mobile technician at Mobile Transportation Group in...

(RED OAK, Texas) – U.S. Army veteran David Eastep, of Crandall, was hesitant to get his college degree, until he took a fellow veteran’s advice and enrolled at Texas State Technical College. “He started going to school here and was telling me about it,” Eastep said. “I came up and talked to an enrollment coach...

(ROSENBERG, Texas) – Following a five and a half-year tenure as an educator and department lead, Brookshire native Melody Jenkins realized that the leadership skills she honed are just as valuable in her new career direction. Jenkins, a student at Texas State Technical College’s Fort Bend County campus, is working towards an Associate of Applied...

John Green’s muscles relaxed as dust fell from the chalk he’d just applied. Despite his 6-foot-1-inch, 340‑pound frame, the Texas State Technical College HVAC graduate never imagined he’d earn a shot at the Arnold Strongman stage. He gripped the Viking press machine, cold metal against his palms and drove more than 300 pounds through rep...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – What began as a fascination with flying sparks at La Joya High School has evolved into a pursuit of technical mastery for Texas State Technical College Welding student Isaias Pena, of La Joya. “I thought welding looked interesting when I was in high school,” he said. For Pena, a second-semester student at...