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(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...

(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...