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(ROSENBERG, Texas) – Following a five and a half-year tenure as an educator and department lead, Brookshire native Melody Jenkins realized that the leadership skills she honed are just as valuable in her new career direction. Jenkins, a student at Texas State Technical College’s Fort Bend County campus, is working towards an Associate of Applied...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s accelerated training solutions department at the Harlingen campus recently launched a weeklong America’s Cutting-Edge (ACE) computer numerical control (CNC) machining boot camp, an initiative designed to sharpen the skills of the regional workforce through a continued partnership with the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES). The program served...

John Green’s muscles relaxed as dust fell from the chalk he’d just applied. Despite his 6-foot-1-inch, 340‑pound frame, the Texas State Technical College HVAC graduate never imagined he’d earn a shot at the Arnold Strongman stage. He gripped the Viking press machine, cold metal against his palms and drove more than 300 pounds through rep...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Within just 60 days of entering the workforce, Luis Alvarado proved that a technical education in Auto Collision and Management at Texas State Technical College can prepare graduates to become successful in the industry. “I have a passion for this trade,” the Harlingen native said. Alvarado was hired last October as a...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – It took less than two semesters at Texas State Technical College for Karson Shoemaker, of Jacksonville, Texas, to be hired by Vermeer Texas-Louisiana’s Kilgore location. It took him only a year to win the location’s Employee of the Award. “I’m very proud of him,” said Craig Morgan, a service manager for the...

Nurturing Success: How a Mother and Daughter Shape Students’ Futures   It is often believed that working alongside family or friends can put strain on relationships. But for Griselda Marion and her daughter, Mea Cedillo, that assumption has not held true. Instead, their shared workplace has strengthened their bond. “It’s actually been pretty nice; I...