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(HARLINGEN, Texas) – High School students tested their welding skills at the Texas High School Welding Series regional welding event on Friday, Jan. 30, at Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus. The event drew some 80 high school students representing seven schools in the Rio Grande Valley and two from outside the region. This was...

(HUTTO, Texas) – Kelly L. Coke, Ed.D., provost at Texas State Technical College’s Williamson County campus, has been named a Women of Wilco Awards finalist. The Women of Wilco Awards are a collaboration among Williamson County area chambers to recognize women who are making a positive impact across the county through leadership, dedication, and service....

(ABILENE, Texas) – Fred Hawkins was searching for a second career when he enrolled at Texas State Technical College. Unsure of what to expect, Hawkins toured TSTC’s Power and Mechanical Center in Abilene and discovered an interest in the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) program. “I didn’t have a burning desire to work on...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Though Jacob Galvan is known as a hard worker, his time at United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) made him realize he did not want a job that required so much physical labor.  Thanks to Texas State Technical College, he is now channeling that same work ethic as a field service technician at...

(RED OAK, Texas) – Texas State Technical College often educates multiple generations at once. At the North Texas campus, Ethan Forner and his father, Brent Ross, are learning HVAC side by side. “I never thought that I’d be going to class with my dad. It’s pretty cool,” Forner said. One of Forner’s former high school...

Hands-On to Hired: How TSTC Prepared Connor Crane Connor Crane was ready to make his first repair after graduating. The unit hummed in the background as he connected his laptop to the system. Nervousness and excitement mixed inside him, much like the refrigerant and compressor oil circulating through the equipment he was servicing. Two words...