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(ABILENE, Texas) – Texas State Technical College honored its first cohort of 12 Big Country residents Thursday during a graduation ceremony for the newly established Mechanical, Electrical and Information (MEI) Data Center Operator program. The ceremony was held at TSTC’s Industrial Technology Center, where the students recently completed an intensive 15-week training curriculum designed to...

Meet Mark Bayliss. One of TSTC’s amazing and knowledgable instructors in TSTC’s Electrical Lineworker Program. Join us as we take a moment to listen to his insight and amazing journey from the Lineworker Industry to his arrival at Texas State Technical College, in order to pass along his knowledge to the next generation of Lineworkers.

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Within just 60 days of entering the workforce, Luis Alvarado proved that a technical education in Auto Collision and Management at Texas State Technical College can prepare graduates to become successful in the industry. “I have a passion for this trade,” the Harlingen native said. Alvarado was hired last October as a...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – It took less than two semesters at Texas State Technical College for Karson Shoemaker, of Jacksonville, Texas, to be hired by Vermeer Texas-Louisiana’s Kilgore location. It took him only a year to win the location’s Employee of the Award. “I’m very proud of him,” said Craig Morgan, a service manager for the...

(ROSENBERG, Texas) – What began as a 13-year-old’s curiosity for fixing his siblings’ smart devices recently culminated in an associate degree in Cybersecurity. Chinonso Ojimba, who moved to Richmond from Houston during his senior year of high school, recalled spending his early teenage years watching tutorials on how to troubleshoot technology. “I enjoy finding a...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Four Electrical Lineworker and Management students from Texas State Technical College’s Marshall campus formed a team to participate in the Fat Boy Foundation’s third annual Jonathan Holland Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament on Saturday, April 18 at the Henderson Country Club. The Fat Boy Foundation is dedicated to raising money for technical college...