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(WACO, Texas) – Texas State Technical College has earned the 2025-26 Military Friendly® School designation. TSTC earned the silver designation among the large community colleges. Mike Reeser, chancellor and CEO of TSTC, said he is proud of the college’s commitment to helping military veterans and its Military Friendly® designation. “Our U.S. veterans of the armed...

(HUTTO, Texas) – Sa’eed Hudson is always looking for new challenges. Hudson joined the Air Force after high school and has one technical degree already. His new objective is to complete an Associate of Applied Science degree in Computer Networking and Systems Administration at Texas State Technical College’s East Williamson County campus.  “I went to...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – When Navy veteran Kyle Axe started working as a property manager for his aunt and uncle at their real estate company, they encouraged him to pursue a college degree. “I’ve always been interested in art, and I wanted to make that a career of some kind,” Axe said. “And all the while...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Jason Clark chose to remain in East Texas after leaving the U.S. Army, where he served as both a medic and a health care recruiter for 12 years. He decided to get back into welding, which he had done for several years prior to enlisting. “I actually started looking at welding jobs,...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Jaylin Grant served four years of his five-year commitment in the U.S. Navy before receiving a medical discharge due to an injury. He still needed to provide for his family, and his experience working in the Navy led him to Texas State Technical College’s Marshall campus. “I was initially going to join...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – U.S. military veteran and Texas State Technical College alumnus Victor Stacy recently returned to TSTC’s Marshall campus to pursue an Associate of Applied Science degree in Cybersecurity. “I wanted to do a career change,” the Texarkana native said. “I’ve got 25 good years as a DOD (Department of Defense) civilian, so I...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Long before he was an Industrial Systems instructor at Texas State Technical College, Clifton Woodgate was a Marine Corps aviation maintenance technician with Marine Helicopter Squadron One during the Reagan administration. Woodgate’s high score on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test had resulted in an offer for him to work on...

(ABILENE, Texas) – Texas State Technical College has been recognized as a Military Friendly School by militaryfriendly.com, and veterans of the United States Air Force have found, or are currently studying for, second careers in West Texas. From students to instructors and staff members at TSTC, veterans take pride in their service in the Air...

(ROSENBERG, Texas) – Many veterans find transitioning back to civilian life to be difficult, a feeling that James Norman knows all too well. Having served in the U.S. Army for 20 years, Norman is no stranger to the physical and mental challenges that can come with military service. Still, he has found ways to keep...

(ABILENE, Texas) – For many people, June 14 is observed as Flag Day. For three Texas State Technical College Paramedic students, the date has added meaning. U.S. Army veterans David Aman, Sarah Franklin and Shawn James take a few minutes every year to celebrate June 14 as the birthday of their military branch. On June...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – After serving in Iraq left him disabled in 2008, U.S. Army veteran Robert DeWare, of Jefferson, had a hard time adjusting to civilian life. “I had nothing; I was struggling to survive and didn’t know which way to go,” DeWare recently said. “I can remember losing my house, getting my truck repossessed....

(WACO, Texas) – Zackery Mitchell, of Mesquite, took automotive collision classes in high school before spending four years in the U.S. Marines driving military vehicles.  After he left the service, Mitchell found his way to Texas State Technical College’s Auto Collision and Management Technology program because of the college’s work with veterans.  Mitchell said adjusting...

(BROWNWOOD, Texas) – Mat Kirkwood likes the learning environment at Texas State Technical College’s Brownwood campus. “It is big-time learning with a small-town feel,” the Welding Technology student said of his first semester in college. After serving 14 years in the U.S. Army, Kirkwood knew that his military benefits would be used to study in...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Growing up in a military family, Texas State Technical College Counseling and Mental Health Services counselor Angela Bross once dreamed of flying helicopters for the U.S. Coast Guard.  Unable to enlist due to health reasons, Bross discovered another way to serve: military counseling. “I found that I was interested in how the...

(WACO, Texas) – Texas State Technical College held a Veterans Day ceremony on Friday, Nov. 10, at the Col. James T. Connally Aerospace Center on the Waco campus. The event began with the posting of the colors by the La Vega High School Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps, and the reading of a White...

(ROSENBERG, Texas) – Texas State Technical College honored military veteran students and staff at TSTC’s Fort Bend County campus with an event hosted on Wednesday, November 8. The event included gifts for attending veterans, as well as grilled burgers and hot dogs for all participating students, staff and visitors. While this was the second year...

(SWEETWATER, Texas) – Gabby Moya is no stranger to a diesel engine. The Knox City native was a heavy-equipment mechanic for four years in the U.S. Marine Corps, which included a deployment to Oman. Moya decided that being a diesel mechanic would be a good career when she left the Corps, which led her to...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – The website militaryfriendly.com ranks Texas State Technical College as a Top 10 school for military veterans in its 2023-24 Large Community College category. Many members of the college’s staff are United States military veterans themselves, and helping other veterans transfer into the workforce is especially important to them. TSTC’s Marshall campus provost...

(BROWNWOOD, Texas) – Guy Watts juggles life, work and attending Texas State Technical College with the goal of opening his own welding business. Watts, a U.S. Navy veteran studying Welding Technology, said that after leaving the military he had to decide the next step in his career. After touring TSTC’s Brownwood campus, the path became...

(ABILENE, Texas) – Texas State Technical College will showcase six of its programs during the inaugural TechFest from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 8, at the Taylor County Expo Center. The free event will provide residents of Abilene and surrounding areas with the opportunity to try some of the equipment that TSTC...

(ROSENBERG, Texas) – May is Military Appreciation Month, a fact that Sandrine Casimir is well aware of. Casimir works as a veteran recruitment representative for Texas State Technical College’s Fort Bend County campus. She aims to help veterans and their families remove any barriers toward gaining education in their chosen technical fields. As a spouse...

(WACO, Texas) – Edgar Marvin Dearbonne Jr., of Paige, Texas, served for four years in the U.S. Army as an infantryman and later had a career of more than 30 years as a registered land surveyor.  But he also grew up working with his father on heavy equipment and even owned heavy-duty trucks as an...

(ROSENBERG, Texas) – Texas State Technical College offers a chance for military veterans to utilize their benefits to grow their passion. Such is the case for Davis Rios. Rios is a first-semester student at TSTC. He served in the military and is now looking to expand his education through the college’s Diesel Equipment Technology program....

(ROSENBERG, Texas) – For Matthew Young, Texas State Technical College provided not only education, but also a place of direction for his career after the military. When he got out of the army in 2011, he struggled in finding a direction to move forward. He ended up getting a job in the oil field and...

(ABILENE, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s faculty and staff pride themselves on helping military veterans transition to the civilian workforce. Annette Collins, TSTC’s Veteran Services program officer in Abilene, strives to make sure that veterans have everything they need to begin their college journey. She knows about the paperwork that veterans face while enrolling...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – The women and men who served in the U.S. armed forces are honored each year on Veterans Day, and their transition back to civilian life can be an adjustment — especially when they head for college. That is where Texas State Technical College Veteran Services steps in. U.S. Air Force veteran Damaris...