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(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Fueled by skill, determination and pride, a student representing Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus proved her talent and earned a silver medal at the 2025 SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference held last month in Atlanta, Georgia. Jillian Contreras, an LVN to RN Transition Nursing student at TSTC, medaled in the...

(WACO, Texas) – Students and recent graduates representing Texas State Technical College’s Waco campus received medals in four events at the 2025 SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference held June 23-27 in Atlanta, Georgia. SkillsUSA is a professional organization focused on employability, leadership and technical skills that help college students pursue successful careers and be...

(TEMPLE, Texas) – Eight students from Belton High School, along with two members of Texas State Technical College’s 2025 SkillsUSA Texas delegation, were honored on SkillsUSA National Signing Day on Tuesday, May 6, at Lowe’s home improvement store in Temple. The day’s purpose was to bring attention to students who are committing to pursue a...

(HUTTO, Texas) – Precision Machining Technology students from Texas State Technical College’s Williamson County campus brought home medals in every event they competed in at the SkillsUSA Texas Postsecondary Leadership and Skills Conference held April 2-5. Eight students from the campus’s Precision Machining Technology program attended SkillsUSA Texas to compete in five events. The group...

(WACO, Texas) – Students from Texas State Technical College’s Waco campus won more than 25 medals at the recent 2025 SkillsUSA Texas Leadership and Skills Conference in Corpus Christi. Students won gold medals in eight events, which qualifies them to participate in the 2025 SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference taking place June 23-27 in...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – An all-female team of students from Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus earned silver medals in a building construction skills competition at the SkillsUSA Texas Postsecondary Leadership and Skills Conference held April 2-5.  TSTC students Michelle Martinez, Pamela Perez, Esmeralda Reyes and Diana Zuniga competed in the TeamWorks event at SkillsUSA Texas...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Eleven students from Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus received gold medals at the recent 2025 SkillsUSA Texas Postsecondary Leadership and Skills Conference in Corpus Christi. The students are Jillian Contreras, of Harlingen, in Practical Nursing; Mohamed Deyab, of Harlingen, in Sheet Metal; Robyn Dunkin, of Laguna Vista, in Medical Terminology; Adriana...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Jorge Martinez and Autumn Sereno, two Drafting and Design students from Texas State Technical College’s Marshall campus, returned from the 2025 SkillsUSA Texas Postsecondary Leadership and Skills Conference with gold medals in Additive Manufacturing. “I originally went to SkillsUSA on recommendation from a couple of people — one being Jorge, but I...

(ABILENE, Texas) – Four Texas State Technical College students representing the West Texas campuses recently qualified for the upcoming 2025 SkillsUSA National Postsecondary Leadership and Skills Conference. One two-member team and two individuals won gold medals in their respective events at the SkillsUSA Texas Postsecondary Leadership and Skills Conference held in Corpus Christi earlier this...

(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) – Apolinar and Joshua Ruiz share more than family ties in the Texas city of Donna. Apolinar Ruiz, now of Hutto, is the program team lead in the Precision Machining Technology program at Texas State Technical College’s Williamson County campus. He is a graduate of the same program at the college’s Harlingen...

(ROSENBERG, Texas) – The state competition for the SkillsUSA Leadership and Skills Conference concluded Saturday, April 5, in Corpus Christi, and four students from Texas State Technical College’s Fort Bend County campus brought home gold medals. Two of the four, Gilbert Delgado and Eduardo Gonzalez, competed in the Robotics: Urban Search and Rescue category as...

(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) – Two Breckenridge High School seniors gained valuable welding experience at the recent 2025 SkillsUSA Texas Leadership and Skills Conference in Corpus Christi. Elijah Chisholm and Alex Franco are dual credit students in Texas State Technical College’s Welding Technology program at the Breckenridge campus. The high school students joined TSTC Welding Technology...

(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) – Texas State Technical College is painting Corpus Christi red, white and blue. More than 240 students from 10 of TSTC’s campuses have gathered in the Coastal Bend for this week’s 2025 SkillsUSA Texas Leadership and Skills Conference. Students and faculty members traveled in charter buses and arrived on Tuesday, April 1....

(ROSENBERG, Texas) – Twenty-eight students from Texas State Technical College’s Fort Bend County campus headed off Tuesday, April 1, to compete at the SkillsUSA Texas Leadership and Skills Conference in Corpus Christi. The competition is being held on both the high school and college levels, with students from other TSTC campuses joining the 28 to...

(HUTTO, Texas) – Several students from Texas State Technical College’s Williamson County campus are ready to show their mettle at the statewide SkillsUSA competition in Corpus Christi from April 2 to 5.  Several students from the campus’s Precision Machining Technology and Welding Technology programs are set to compete and have been conducting final preparations as...

  (BROWNWOOD, Texas) – Texas State Technical College students Josh Diaz and Stevie Ramirez will have one goal when they compete as a team at the 2025 SkillsUSA Texas Postsecondary Leadership and Skills Conference April 2-5 in Corpus Christi. “We are going for the gold,” Ramirez, a Welding Technology student in Brownwood, said. “We are...

(BRECKENRIDGE, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s Breckenridge campus will be represented by eight students at the 2025 SkillsUSA Texas Postsecondary Leadership and Skills Conference April 2-5 in Corpus Christi. SkillsUSA is a professional organization focused on employability, leadership and technical skills that help college students pursue successful careers and be part of a skilled...

(RED OAK, Texas) – Eight students from the Welding Technology program at Texas State Technical College’s North Texas campus are preparing to compete at the SkillsUSA Texas Leadership and Skills Conference scheduled for April 2-5 in Corpus Christi. The campus will have two three-member teams competing in the Welding Fabrication contest and two students competing...

(WACO, Texas) – More than 60 students at Texas State Technical College’s Waco campus are getting ready to compete at the SkillsUSA Texas Leadership and Skills Conference scheduled for April 2-5 in Corpus Christi. “SkillsUSA is a great way for our students to showcase their talent, education and professionalism,” said Abby Ford, a SkillsUSA coordinator...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Much like young athletes playing for the chance to earn bragging rights as new champions, five Auto Collision and Management Technology students from Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus will compete for the first time at the 2025 SkillsUSA Texas Postsecondary Leadership and Skills Conference in Corpus Christi next month. Luis Alvarado,...

(SWEETWATER, Texas) – Four students at Texas State Technical College’s Sweetwater campus will be among the competitors at the 2025 SkillsUSA Texas Postsecondary Leadership and Skills Conference April 2-5 in Corpus Christi. SkillsUSA is a professional organization focused on employability, leadership and technical skills that help college students pursue successful careers and be part of...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Ten students at Texas State Technical College’s Marshall campus are preparing to compete at the SkillsUSA Postsecondary Leadership and Skills Conference this April in Corpus Christi. SkillsUSA is a professional organization focused on employability, leadership and technical skills that help college students pursue successful careers and be part of a skilled workforce....

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Tarren Harvey enrolled in the Drafting and Design program at Texas State Technical College’s Marshall campus when his career in hospitality left him dissatisfied. “I decided to go back to my first love, which is architecture,” he said. In 2024 Harvey competed in Architectural Drafting at the SkillsUSA Postsecondary Leadership and Skills...

(BRECKENRIDGE, Texas) – Luke Holtman said he likes to build things. After visiting his cousin in Snyder who was making knives, Holtman decided to enroll in a welding class at Springtown High School. He is now expanding his knowledge by studying for a certificate of completion in Welding Technology at Texas State Technical College. “I...

(WACO, Texas) – February brings its share of cold weather to Texas, but for high school students taking part in SkillsUSA, things are about to heat up. Four of Texas State Technical College’s campuses will host secondary district SkillsUSA Texas contests during the month. “We have been doing this (hosting) for a while and have...

(WACO, Texas) – Carlos Anaya enjoys the small-town life. “I like being home,” the La Grange resident said. “It’s pretty calm. Being from a small town, you grow up with peace and not much traffic.” Anaya made his way to Waco to attend Texas State Technical College. He received a certificate of completion in Electrical...

(FORT WORTH, Texas) – The Building Officials Association of Texas (BOAT) hosted a group of students from Texas State Technical College’s Waco campus for a session on SkillsUSA at the organization’s annual conference on Thursday, Aug. 8, in Fort Worth. The association’s gathering was held at the Dallas/Fort Worth Marriott Hotel & Golf Club at...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Texas State Technical College graduate Juan Cerda left the recent 2024 SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, with a silver medal around his neck. The Longview resident had already competed in the conference’s CNC (computer numerical control) 2-Axis Turning Programmer category in 2023, coming in fourth. This year he...

(WACO, Texas) – A recent graduate of Texas State Technical College’s Plumbing and Pipefitting Technology program at the Waco campus received a silver medal at last week’s 2024 SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Miguel Reyes, of Waco, placed second in the Plumbing contest. Reyes, while still a student at TSTC, qualified...

(SWEETWATER, Texas) – Three Texas State Technical College students from West Texas made history at the 2024 SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. David Aman and Hunter Spohn teamed up to win the Emergency Medical Technician competition, while Toby Styron won the Facilithon event. The three students are the first to win...