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(MARSHALL, Texas) – Evryn Smith, of Shreveport, Louisiana, needed a way to provide for his daughter after he finished serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. His father suggested he check out the Electrical Lineworker and Management program at Texas State Technical College’s Marshall campus. “I was like, ‘I don’t know what a lineman is, but...

Marching to Metadata: Zosia France’s Steps Toward Digital Forensics Former Army signal support systems specialist turns military precision into a future in digital forensics at TSTC. Zosia France’s back gave out before her resolve did. After years as an Army signal support systems specialist, the 70-pound rucksack marches finally caught up with her. Now she’s...

(BROWNWOOD, Texas) – “Every mile is worth it.” That is how Morayma “Ray” Mireles sums up her experience in the paramedic program at Texas State Technical College’s Brownwood campus. Each Wednesday, the third-semester student travels 268 total miles from Springtown to attend class. Those miles do not even include her travel to clinical rotations. On...

(ATLANTA, Georgia) –  Jesus Padron Jr. is making history. Padron, of Mission, Texas, is a member of the first cohort of students in the Plumbing and Pipefitting program at Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus. “Jesus is very committed to plumbing and he is very focused in everything he does,” said Alan Raith, an instructor...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Jhailin Gomez, of Hallsville, is a Process Operations student at Texas State Technical College, but her journey into the field began in the eighth grade. “I was always familiar with process operations because I have multiple relatives that are in the field,” she said. “It wasn’t until I was about 12 or...

(ROSENBERG, Texas) – After spending more than a decade diagnosing patients as a primary care physician, Austin Marshall is now learning to diagnose HVAC systems. Marshall, owner of the remote telemedicine company Enbold, developed an interest in HVAC while researching how to replace a mini-split system in his garage. He is now studying the trade...