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(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Recent Texas State Technical College graduate Ashton Turner’s fascination with mechanical and electrical systems began during his childhood, where it was sparked by the inner workings of simple toys like motorized race car tracks. Turner, of Lovelady, saw his early interest grow into a deeper pursuit for robotics in high school. He...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Robotic arms hum and sparks fly in Texas State Technical College’s welding labs, where students are learning the skills in welding automation that manufacturing and energy industries across the state depend on. TSTC’s curriculum is designed to keep pace with those evolving needs. Isaac Rivas, the lead instructor in TSTC’s Welding program...

(SWEETWATER, Texas) – College graduates often carry memories of their time in school long after they leave the classroom. For Toby Styron, an Electromechanical Technology instructor at Texas State Technical College’s Sweetwater campus, those memories deserved a place on the wall. Wanting his first graduating class to have a meaningful keepsake, he created personalized 3D...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Dependability, punctuality and independence are values Cynthia Esquivel embraced long before she entered a Texas State Technical College lab. The lessons she learned from working alongside her father and brothers at different construction jobs inspired her decision to study for an associate’s degree in Building Construction at TSTC’s Harlingen campus. “The construction...

(RED OAK Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s North Texas campus celebrated its first graduates from the MEI (Mechanical, Electrical and Information) Technology Data Center Pathway program on Monday, Nov. 17. Eleven graduates received their certificates of completion from Compass Datacenters, a data center management company that partnered with TSTC to create the 12-week training...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Since Nestor De Leon began his internship at South Texas Health System (STHS) in September, he has immersed himself in the daily work of troubleshooting and maintaining medical equipment by using the skills he learned in the Biomedical Equipment program at Texas State Technical College. “I stay proactive as I continue to...