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(MARSHALL, Texas) – A financial barrier is a common reason why someone might not choose to attend college. To help overcome that barrier, and with help from generous donors, The TSTC Foundation offers over 350 scholarships to new and current Texas State Technical College students.  Several of the scholarships are exclusive to those attending TSTC’s...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – As East Texas experiences population growth, the construction industry seeks skilled workers to meet increasing demand for new housing.   Texas accounted for 15% of the nation’s new-home construction permits and 9% of the United States population in 2024, according to National Mortgage Professional, and local and regional building construction employers are feeling...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s Marshall campus recently expanded its Diesel Equipment Technology program by opening the 21,720-square-foot Diesel Power Technologies Center, which has a capacity of 130 students each semester. “I believe with the new building and having more space come resources, more technology and more training aids,” Joe Razza, a regional...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Some of Texas State Technical College’s industry partners flocked to the Marshall campus to witness the ribbon-cutting for the new Diesel Power Technologies Center on Tuesday, May 13.  “There’s still more need for what we produce than what we can hold,” Bart Day, provost of TSTC’s Marshall campus, said. “The answer is...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Thunderous applause erupted as 32 Texas State Technical College students became graduates at the Spring 2025 Commencement on Friday, May 9, in Marshall. Automation and Controls Technology and Process Operations are two programs offered exclusively at TSTC’s Marshall campus. The majority of the graduates who attended Friday’s ceremony were from those programs....

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Texas State Technical College accepted 29 new students to the Marshall campus at the NC3 National CTE (career and technical education) Letter of Intent Signing Day event on Thursday, April 10.  The event was dedicated to high school students who committed to a technical education at TSTC. The students will begin attending...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Construction equipment supplier HOLT CAT recently sent six representatives from several of its Texas locations to tour the new Diesel Power Technologies Center at Texas State Technical College’s Marshall campus. The campus’s Diesel Equipment Technology instructors led the representatives through the new facility, showcasing its classrooms and training equipment. HOLT CAT was...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s Marshall campus offered its annual spring preview event, known as TechXperience Day, on Thursday, March 6. Local high schools, organizations and families received in-depth tours of the Marshall campus’s programs to find out how TSTC places more Texans in great-paying jobs. The city of Longview’s Aspire Mentoring Program,...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Patrick Johnson, founder of the nonprofit organization J-STAR Ministries, regularly contributes to the food pantry at Texas State Technical College’s Marshall campus. “He is by far the biggest donor to our food pantry; I usually leave with the back of my truck full of food,” Lee Killingsworth, Advocacy and Resource Center coach...

(ROSENBERG, Texas) – Despite Halloween being right around the corner, Texas State Technical College was working to make the holidays as stress-free as possible through a community resource fair. And, for the first time ever, the event was open to the general public in addition to TSTC students. Past fairs, all organized by the TSTC...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s Marshall campus hosted the annual Texas High School Welding Series (TXHSWS) regional welding competition on Friday, Oct. 4. A total of 181 high school students signed up to compete, nearly doubling last year’s entries. Jim Baxter, the TXHSWS state/regional event coordinator and a TSTC graduate, said the organization’s...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Texas State Technical College hosted a Women in Technology event on Friday, Aug. 2, at the Marshall campus.  Some 14 women attended the event, which was sponsored by electric cable manufacturer Prysmian Group’s Marshall plant.  Megan Hanson, a Perkins nontraditional program specialist at TSTC, said the annual event is designed to encourage...

(BROWNWOOD, Texas) – The testing center at Texas State Technical College’s Brownwood campus recently received a national certification. The National College Testing Association (NCTA) certified the Brownwood campus as an NCTA testing center. The criteria are based on NCTA professional standards and guidelines developed to guide postsecondary testing centers in the delivery of quality testing...

(WACO, Texas) –  Several women from Texas State Technical College’s Waco campus donned hard hats and pink T-shirts to participate in the Waco Habitat for Humanity Women Build 2024 on Friday, June 21. The volunteers worked at a home under construction at 2807 Flint Ave. in Waco. The project began on June 8 and is...

(ROSENBERG, Texas) – Some 40 scouts could be seen at Texas State Technical College’s Fort Bend County location Saturday, April 27, for a Merit Badge Day. The event was a collaboration between the college and the Boy Scouts of America’s Coastal Plains District, a part of the Sam Houston Area Council. Andrew Van Chau, the...