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December 3, 2023
TSTC’s Discovery Day highlights technical career pathways for high school students
(HARLINGEN, Texas) – More than 900 high school students and visitors, including some from as far away as San Antonio, toured Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus during Discovery Day on Thursday, Nov. 30, to learn more about the career pathways and state-of-the-art technologies that are available at the college. Stephanie Garcia, TSTC’s student recruitment...
November 30, 2023
High school students get a sampling of what TSTC has to offer during Discovery Day event
(SWEETWATER, Texas) – High school students from throughout West Texas learned that Texas State Technical College may have a program they could study close to home. TSTC’s Sweetwater campus hosted a Discovery Day on Thursday, Nov. 30, to showcase programs available in West Texas. Students, counselors and parents also were able to tour lab facilities...
November 16, 2023
TSTC hosts Discovery Day for high school students
(HUTTO, Texas) – Hundreds of high school students from throughout the area attended Texas State Technical College’s Discovery Day held Thursday, Nov. 16, at the East Williamson County campus. “We get to introduce a brand-new group of students to the opportunities in skilled trades,” said Sam Flener, lead instructor in TSTC’s Welding Technology program. Visitors...
November 9, 2023
TSTC hosts Discovery Day for high school students
(WACO, Texas) – Hundreds of high school students from throughout Central Texas braved the rain to attend Texas State Technical College’s Discovery Day held Thursday, Nov. 9, at the Waco campus. “It’s a day when students get to come out and look at what we have to offer,” said Curt Wade, lead instructor in the...
November 9, 2023
High school students discover career options at TSTC
(ABILENE, Texas) – High school students from the Texas Panhandle to Abilene’s Wylie High School, and everywhere in between, discovered the technologies and career possibilities available at Texas State Technical College during a Discovery Day on Thursday, Nov. 9. The event was held at TSTC’s Industrial Technology Center in Abilene, and it featured hands-on activities...
November 3, 2023
TSTC’s Marshall campus hosts fall open house
(MARSHALL, Texas) – Texas State Technical College welcomed roughly 500 high school students and visitors to the Marshall campus on Thursday, Nov. 2, for Discovery Day — its biannual open house. Every visitor was allowed an extensive self-guided tour of the campus and given program overviews from the campus’s instructors. In the three years since...
October 5, 2023
Abilene ISD students become TSTC students for one day
(ABILENE, Texas) – For one day, Abilene Independent School District seniors had the opportunity to see what it was like being a college student. “We wanted to expose our students to the postsecondary experience, and show them that TSTC (Texas State Technical College) is a fantastic option to get an education and into the workforce,”...
October 4, 2023
TSTC receives $3 million grant from the US Department of Education
(WACO, Texas) – Texas State Technical College has been awarded the Title V Developing Hispanic Serving Institutions (DHSI) grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The grant assists low-income and Hispanic students, ensuring they will have access to an equal opportunity in higher education. “To become a Hispanic serving institution, you have to have at...
September 21, 2023
Jefferson High School seniors visit TSTC
(MARSHALL, Texas) – Texas State Technical College recently welcomed 11 visiting seniors from Jefferson High School in Jefferson, Texas, to the Marshall campus. The students were divided into two groups and given an extensive tour of the campus and all of the programs it has to offer. Students from Jefferson High School have been taking...
August 15, 2023
TSTC welcomes new Marshall campus students at orientation session
(MARSHALL, Texas) – On Aug. 11, a total of 74 new students arrived at Texas State Technical College’s Marshall campus for new student orientation. The army of recruits was met by an army of instructors and staff, who were eager to welcome and assist them in the next step of their lives. After receiving their...
July 15, 2023
TSTC hosts Operation Reclass event in Killeen
(KILLEEN, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s Waco campus hosted the Operation Reclass recruitment event on Saturday, July 15, at the Killeen Special Events Center. Faculty members representing more than 10 of TSTC’s technical programs had information tables that attendees visited to learn more information. Some of the programs highlighted were Automotive Technology, Biomedical Equipment...
June 30, 2023
TSTC’s TechFest to showcase hands-on opportunities for Abilene community
(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...
May 15, 2023
TSTC honors Belton High School seniors at signing day
(BELTON, Texas) – Representatives of Texas State Technical College’s Waco campus and the Belton Independent School District’s Career and Technical Education department honored a group of Belton High School seniors on Monday, May 15. The seniors signed letters of intent to attend TSTC to study in a range of programs. Tony Montoya, an instructor in...
May 14, 2023
TSTC tour leads to hands-on learning experience at Allied Health Day
(BROWNWOOD, Texas) – What started out as a normal tour of the Texas State Technical College campus in Brownwood quickly became a hands-on learning experience for area high school students. During Allied Health Day earlier this month, students from the Bangs, Brownwood, Comanche and Richland Springs school districts were immersed into the health care field....
April 24, 2023
TSTC’s North Texas campus celebrates National CTE Letter of Intent Signing Day
(RED OAK, Texas) – Some high school seniors who are planning to attend Texas State Technical College’s North Texas campus beginning in the fall signed letters of intent on April 20, which was National CTE (career and technical education) Letter of Intent Signing Day. In all, 13 future TSTC students visited the campus to affirm...
April 24, 2023
Future students sign letters of intent to attend TSTC
(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Texas State Technical College welcomed around 300 high school seniors at a National CTE (career and technical education) Letter of Intent Signing Day event on Thursday, April 20, at the Harlingen campus. School representatives from Brownsville, Donna, Edcouch-Elsa, Edinburg, Harlingen, IDEA Public Schools, La Feria, Los Fresnos, Lyford, Mercedes, Monte Alto, Palmview,...
April 21, 2023
TSTC student recruitment representative shares his love for guiding people to their dream career
(ROSENBERG, Texas) – Recruitment representatives are, for many people, the first face people see in connection with Texas State Technical College. Leaving a good first impression can go a long way toward helping prospective students head to their dream career. For Jesus Ramirez, it is a scary but exciting thought. Ramirez began working as a...
April 20, 2023
TSTC hosts National CTE Letter of Intent Signing Day for area students
(HUTTO, Texas) – Several area high school students took part on Thursday, April 20, in Texas State Technical College’s National CTE Letter of Intent Signing Day at the East Williamson County campus. “It is an amazing day celebrating the students’ success,” said Stuart Van Orden, TSTC’s regional director of student recruitment. The students, many of...
April 20, 2023
High school seniors commit to TSTC during National CTE Letter of Intent Signing Day
(ABILENE, Texas) – Texas State Technical College welcomed 27 high school seniors who committed to a technical education during National CTE (career and technical education) Letter of Intent Signing Day on Thursday, April 20. TSTC joined colleges from across the country to honor seniors who pledged to receive a technical education. At TSTC’s Industrial Technology...
April 4, 2023
High school students discover career opportunities during TSTC open houses
(ABILENE, Texas) – High school students from throughout West Texas learned about career opportunities available to Texas State Technical College graduates during the spring open house events in March. The four TSTC campuses in West Texas — Abilene, Breckenridge, Brownwood and Sweetwater — hosted open house events to showcase the programs available at each location,...
April 3, 2023
Community event to spotlight TSTC Allied Health programs
(HARLINGEN, Texas) – The Allied Health division at Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus will host a community event from 3 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 6, at the Cultural Arts Center at the corner of North Loop 499 and Jasmine Street. Prospective TSTC students who are interested in beginning a specialized health care...
March 26, 2023
TSTC holds open house in Rosenberg for high school students
(ROSENBERG, Texas) – Despite the rain, high school students were able to attend an open house at Texas State Technical College’s Fort Bend County campus on Friday, March 24. Over 600 students, mainly high school seniors, visited the campus and toured the various programs offered. It was the largest attendance of any open house so...
March 13, 2023
TSTC open house provides tour of programs for prospective students
(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Some 540 students from 26 high schools in the Rio Grande Valley and Eagle Pass visited Texas State Technical College during an open house at the Harlingen campus on Thursday, March 10. The participating schools included Brownsville Adult Continuing Education, Donna, Eagle Pass, Harlingen, Harlingen South, Keys Academy, La Feria, La Villa,...
March 3, 2023
TSTC hosts open house at East Williamson County campus
(HUTTO, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s East Williamson County campus hosted more than 200 area high school students during its open house on Friday, March 3, at the East Williamson County Higher Education Center in Hutto. The event’s goal was to show students some career options that they might not have considered and the...
March 1, 2023
TSTC participates in Trades Day Career Fair in Taylor
(HUTTO, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s East Williamson County campus participated in the Taylor Chamber of Commerce’s Trades Day Career Fair on Wednesday, March 1, at the Williamson County Expo Center. Tia Rae Stone, the chamber’s president and chief executive officer, said the event’s purpose was to have area students think about their career...
February 17, 2023
TSTC’s high school welding competitions grow in popularity
(BRECKENRIDGE, Texas) – More than 200 students representing 40 high schools competed in welding competitions at three Texas State Technical College campuses earlier this month. The popularity of the competitions has grown since they began in 2020. The top seniors at the competitions, which have been held at TSTC campuses in Breckenridge, Brownwood and Sweetwater,...
January 25, 2023
TSTC hosts Taylor Middle School for tour of programs
(HUTTO, Texas) - Texas State Technical College’s East Williamson County campus hosted more than 30 eighth-grade students from Taylor Middle School for a tour on Wednesday, Jan. 25. The students visited the Industrial Systems – Mechanical Specialization and Precision Machining Technology programs. These programs are what the Taylor Independent School District has chosen for its...
January 10, 2023
Students return to TSTC campuses for spring semester
(SWEETWATER, Texas) – More than 70 students who live on Texas State Technical College’s Sweetwater campus were welcomed back over the weekend. For many other students, Monday. Jan. 9, was the day they were introduced to the curriculum for the spring semester at TSTC in West Texas. Jan. 9 was the first day of classes...
December 7, 2022
TSTC showcases programs for high school students at Fall Preview Day
(SWEETWATER, Texas) – High school students from throughout West Texas learned about the different programs that Texas State Technical College has available during its Fall Preview Day earlier this month. Around 250 students toured the labs of TSTC’s Sweetwater campus and met with instructors from programs available at campuses in Abilene, Breckenridge and Waco. The...
December 4, 2022
Building relationships key for TSTC community liaison
(ROSENBERG, Texas) – People who want high-paying jobs and careers, to learn a trade and make generational changes come to Texas State Technical College. For Jalon Debbs, community liaison of TSTC’s Recruitment department at the Fort Bend County campus, it is that simple. Debbs was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, where his dad...
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