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(MARSHALL, Texas) – Cooper Blair is a recent Process Operations graduate from Texas State Technical College’s Marshall campus. Throughout his education, his primary motivation has been his three-year-old daughter, Emerson. “She makes me proud every day,” Blair said. “I want to give her a good life.” Before he enrolled at TSTC, Blair, of Beckville, struggled...

In today’s digital health care landscape, protecting patient information is as essential as providing quality medical care. Health care no longer exists solely in examination and operating rooms — it lives in servers, networks and databases that require constant protection. At Texas State Technical College, students in the Health Information Technology program gain skills that...

(WACO, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s Aircraft Pilot Training program debuted five new single-engine Piper Pilot 100i airplanes used for student instruction on Thursday, Dec. 11, at the TSTC Airport. The airplanes arrived earlier this week from Piper Aircraft Co.’s headquarters in Vero Beach, Florida. While the new planes still need to go through...

(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...

(WACO, Texas) – Danny Vega, of Waco, worked in various jobs across the manufacturing spectrum before enrolling at Texas State Technical College. He was working at a glass manufacturer where he hoped to advance in his training, but the company closed and laid him off. “I decided to get skilled and not leave my career...

(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...