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March 6, 2023
TSTC Electrical Lineworker alum gives back as instructor
(MARSHALL, Texas) – A Texas State Technical College Electrical Lineworker and Management Technology alumnus recently returned to the college to give back as an instructor in the program. Brandon Dickerson graduated from TSTC’s Marshall campus and in September 2022 returned to become an instructor. He said one of the main reasons he wanted to teach...
February 27, 2023
TSTC Diesel Equipment Technology alumnus finds success
(RED OAK, Texas) – Texas State Technical College alumnus Matt Delong recently discussed his path to TSTC and to his current success. Before enrolling in TSTC’s Diesel Equipment Technology program, Delong had been living in Pennsylvania and working in a job that he said he had come to dread. Due to an injury and to...
February 27, 2023
TSTC grad and firefighter credits success to Emergency Medical Services program
(HARLINGEN, Texas) – A paramedic often works side by side with firefighters to provide advanced medical support when helping a patient in a medical crisis. Texas State Technical College Emergency Medical Services alumnus Richard McLaughlin, who is a firefighter himself, has utilized his medical training to save people’s lives. “I used to live in Dallas...
February 25, 2023
TSTC alumnus knows importance of Electrical Power and Controls program
(ABILENE, Texas) – Jose Canales knows the importance of Texas State Technical College’s Electrical Power and Controls program. Canales, a member of the work management team for American Electric Power (AEP) Texas, graduated from the program and has moved his way up the company’s ladder during his 14-year career. Recently he spoke to current TSTC...
February 25, 2023
Marquez returns to TSTC to train future welders
(BRECKENRIDGE, Texas) – Salvador Marquez has great memories of studying Welding Technology at Texas State Technical College in Waco. He wants future welders to have those same memories at the Breckenridge and Brownwood campuses. Since November, the 2016 TSTC graduate has been a Welding Technology instructor, splitting his time between teaching students at both campuses....
February 16, 2023
Recent graduate returns to TSTC’s North Texas campus to teach
(RED OAK, Texas) – An alumnus of Texas State Technical College’s North Texas campus recently returned to become an instructor following his graduation. Jarrod Tawney graduated from TSTC’s North Texas’ HVAC program in September 2022 and returned to become an instructor the following semester. “I enjoy helping someone that is actually trying to better themselves...
February 13, 2023
TSTC grad climbs to new heights with job at area utility company
(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Restoring power caused by weather variables and other factors is a high-risk challenge, and it is a job that Texas State Technical College Electrical Lineworker and Management Technology alumnus Luis Polanco is committed to. The service that he provides as a lineman apprentice with the Brownsville Public Utilities Board gives him satisfaction....
February 3, 2023
TSTI alumnus shares how the college now known as TSTC helped kick-start his career
(ROSENBERG, Texas) – Texas State Technical College has been around a long time. Prior to 1991, TSTC was known as Texas State Technical Institute. During the college’s entire lifetime, no matter its name, graduates have been shaping the workforce of Texas and helping to lead industries into the future. Steve Abernathy is one such graduate....
January 30, 2023
TSTC Workforce Training alum finds success in welding
(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Since the inception of Texas State Technical College’s Maritime Welding Workforce Training program in 2021, many alumni have found great success. One such graduate is Ezra Stieglitz, who now works as a welding instructor at an area educational institution in Harlingen. “I’ve always wanted to teach in higher education and help others...
January 23, 2023
TSTC graduate stays close to home to work in solar industry
(WACO, Texas) – Juvencio Perez, of Waco, is glad to be working in a growing field without leaving Central Texas. Perez graduated in 2022 from Texas State Technical College with an Associate of Applied Science degree in Solar Energy Technology. Within a few weeks after graduating, he began work early last fall as a solar...
January 16, 2023
TSTC HVAC alumnus eyes next step as independent contractor
(HARLINGEN, Texas) – The bond between a father and son is a connection that can transform a child’s ability to learn life lessons. Texas State Technical College HVAC Technology alumnus Marco Silva treasures the relationship he has with his father because it led him to a valuable trade and the possibility of becoming an independent...
January 16, 2023
TSTC alumna on track to be nurse practitioner
(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s Nursing program has a reputation for producing top-quality nurses like Cassandra Borjas. Borjas has worked hard both academically and professionally to get where she is today, and now she is studying for a Doctor of Nursing Practice Family Nurse Practitioner degree at Baylor University. “As a person, I...
January 16, 2023
TSTC instructor inspires area youth throughout 10 years of coaching and mentoring
(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Texas State Technical College Auto Collision and Management Technology instructor and program director Jose Vasquez has made a profound impact not only on his students, but also as a coach and mentor outside of his job at TSTC. Vasquez has coached area youth in the nonprofit Los Fresnos Falcons Little League, where...
January 12, 2023
TSTC alumna returns to teach in Avionics Technology program in Waco
(WACO, Texas) – After working throughout the country in the space industry, Clara Salazar has come back to the place where it all started. Salazar graduated in 2020 from Texas State Technical College’s Waco campus with an Associate of Applied Science degree in Avionics Technology. Now she is teaching with some of her former instructors....
January 10, 2023
TSTC graduate comes back to teach in Auto Collision and Management Technology program
(WACO, Texas) – William Graham, of Teague, began teaching in October 2022 in Texas State Technical College’s Auto Collision and Management Technology program at the Waco campus. Graham is a graduate of Teague High School and TSTC’s Auto Collision and Management Technology program. Recently Graham talked about his new role and what he hopes students...
January 2, 2023
TSTC grad gains valuable work experience with area utility company
(HARLINGEN, Texas) – When people make their daily commutes, they sometimes see electrical lineworkers working on power lines to help restore power. Texas State Technical College Electrical Lineworker and Management Technology alumnus Dustin Sanchez finds it rewarding to provide that service as a lineman apprentice with the Brownsville Public Utilities Board. “My neighbor is an...
January 2, 2023
TSTC alumnus and Emergency Medical Services instructor guides future EMTs
(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Texas State Technical College alumnus Luis Martinez recently completed his first semester of teaching in TSTC’s Emergency Medical Services program. When he was a child, the U.S. Navy veteran could hear the sirens of ambulances as they sped through the expressway in his hometown — a memory that would spur his initial...
December 26, 2022
TSTC alumna finds success with major engineering, planning and environmental services firm
(HARLINGEN, Texas) – It is captivating to marvel at what inspires a child’s creative curiosity and observe them draw that in a sketchbook. For Texas State Technical College Drafting and Design alumna Mariela Ramirez, that talent for drawing began at an early age. “I found a connection to architecture when I watched the TV show...
January 2, 2022
TSTC alumnus and Emergency Medical Services instructor guides future EMTs
(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Texas State Technical College alumnus Luis Martinez recently completed his first semester of teaching in TSTC’s Emergency Medical Services program. When he was a child, the U.S. Navy veteran could hear the sirens of ambulances as they sped through the expressway in his hometown — a memory that would spur his initial...
January 2, 2022
TSTC grad gains valuable work experience with area utility company
(HARLINGEN, Texas) – When people make their daily commutes, they sometimes see electrical lineworkers working on power lines to help restore power. Texas State Technical College Electrical Lineworker and Management Technology alumnus Dustin Sanchez finds it rewarding to provide that service as a lineman apprentice with the Brownsville Public Utilities Board. “My neighbor is an...
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