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(RED OAK, Texas) – Former stay-at-home mother Shawna Long is now the only female Welding instructor at Texas State Technical College’s North Texas campus. “Once my kids started school, I started looking into going back to college,” she said. “I stepped through the doors of TSTC and was just welcomed here. It just kind of...

(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) – Amid the hammering and sawing taking place under a large tent at the recent 2026 SkillsUSA Texas Postsecondary Leadership and Skills Conference in Corpus Christi were Texas State Technical College graduates watching the future in action. Three teams from TSTC’s Harlingen and Waco campuses competed in the college-level TeamWorks contest, while...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Jaime Davila’s passion for the medical field began with a high school interest in anatomy, but today he is shaping oral health as one of the three newest Dental Hygiene instructors at Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus. “I’m an alumnus of the program and have been an instructor for eight months.”...

(WACO, Texas) – Texas State Technical College has been awarded a $675,000 grant through the Lowe’s Foundation’s Gable Grants program which is transforming the lives of students. “The TSTC Foundation appreciates the Lowe’s Foundation’s selection of TSTC as a Gable Grant recipient,” said Karen K. Martin, president of The TSTC Foundation. “This will impact the...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Andrea Gladden never would have guessed that enrolling at Texas State Technical College would pave the way to owning a business along with her husband. “I achieved my goal and it led to this,” Gladden said about graduating from TSTC with a degree in Computer-Aided Drafting, which is now the college’s Drafting...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Aaron Norman, of Big Sandy, was eight years old when he decided he wanted to work for mining equipment manufacturer Komatsu like his father. “They had a family day, and I said, ‘One day I want to work here,’” he said. “I wanted to build the loaders.” After graduating from high school,...