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Texas State Technical College is a vibrant community of ten campuses in ten different communities. Our Dept. of Communications team works to write news stories about the activities on our campuses, the students who attend TSTC, the graduates who have moved on to their careers, and the businesses or industries that hire TSTC graduates.

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June 12, 2025
The TSTC Foundation offers scholarships to help eliminate financial barriers for students
(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...
May 16, 2025
TSTC’s new Building Construction Technology program draws attention of area industry leaders
(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...
May 16, 2025
Job opportunities await TSTC’s Diesel Equipment Technology graduates
(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...
May 13, 2025
TSTC’s Marshall campus hosts ribbon-cutting for its new Diesel Power Technologies Center
(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...
May 12, 2025
TSTC’s Spring 2025 Commencement graduates take a step toward the future
(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....
April 10, 2025
TSTC’s Marshall campus welcomes 29 new students during NC3 National Letter of Intent Signing Day event
(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...
March 19, 2025
HOLT CAT representatives visit TSTC’s new Diesel Power Technologies Center
(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...
March 6, 2025
TechXperience Day offers tours of TSTC’s Marshall campus to locals
(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,...
November 13, 2024
Nonprofit regularly donates to TSTC’s food pantry in Marshall
(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...
October 23, 2024
TSTC’s community resource fair open to public for first time
(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...
October 10, 2024
Texas High School Welding Series holds competition at TSTC’s Marshall campus
(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...
August 8, 2024
TSTC holds Women in Technology event to showcase its programs to women
(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...
July 18, 2024
Testing center at TSTC’s Brownwood campus receives national certification
(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...
June 21, 2024
TSTC staff members participate in Waco Habitat for Humanity Women Build 2024
(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...
May 2, 2024
TSTC partners with Boy Scouts of America to host Merit Badge Day
(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...