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(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s Professional Driving Academy is shifting into high gear with a $486,023 grant from the Southwest Border Regional Commission (SBRC) that will expand Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) training at the Harlingen campus. “This initiative stands out to the commission as it addresses the critical shortage of certified commercial drivers...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Two Cessna 172 aircraft will give Texas State Technical College’s aviation maintenance students at the Harlingen campus new opportunities to train on actual aircraft through a partnership between TSTC and Harlingen-based Gulf Aviation. The aircraft were donated by TSTC’s Aircraft Pilot Training program in Waco and flown to Harlingen by program instructors...

Texas State Technical College’s expanding partnership with Peterbilt Motor Co. has granted the school’s Diesel Equipment program access to its extensive library of interactive course modules known as Peterbilt Academy.  “We’ve gone from just having Waco as a partner to all of the TSTC Diesel Equipment locations as partners, and that’s just happened in the...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – A strong connection between Texas State Technical College’s Drafting and Design program at the Harlingen campus and Garver, an engineering, planning and environmental services firm, has helped shape the next generation of drafting professionals. Twenty TSTC students and alumni are currently employed or interning with the company. . “When graduates thrive in...

Cummins, a global leader in power solutions, is expanding their partnership with Texas State Technical College’s statewide Diesel Equipment program, offering educational resources to students and instructors that will be incorporated into course modules.  “Cummins is one of the leading engine manufacturers in the world,” said Richard Ferrell, the director of alignment for TSTC’s Diesel...

(ATLANTA, Georgia) – Industry is huge – spreading a total footprint of roughly 70 football fields, in fact. Representatives of more than 200 companies converged at the 2026 SkillsUSA TECHSPO held June 2-4 during the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference at the sprawling Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The full conference ran June...