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(HUTTO, Texas) – Graduates from Texas State Technical College’s East Williamson County campus crossed the stage with cheer and high hopes for the new year.  Students graduated with associate degrees or certificates of completion during TSTC’s Fall 2024 Commencement held Wednesday, Dec. 18, at the Williamson County Expo Center in Taylor. The ceremony was attended...

(NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s New Braunfels campus hosted state Rep.-elect Alan Schoolcraft, R-McQueeney, for a tour on Monday, Dec. 16.   “I’m excited about the expansion,” Schoolcraft said of the college’s announcement of building a campus on the Texas Highway 46 corridor. “I trust TSTC to choose programs that are best for...

(ROSENBERG, Texas) – Graduates from Texas State Technical College’s Fort Bend County campus and their families and friends attended TSTC’s Fall 2024 Commencement held Tuesday, Dec. 17, at the Stafford Centre in Stafford. Each of the 130 graduates received either an Associate of Applied Science degree or a certificate of completion in their respective programs....

(ABILENE, Texas) – Caleb Mitchell was exploring possible programs of study at Texas State Technical College when a co-worker provided some guidance. Mitchell said a fellow AEP Texas employee told him about the college’s Electrical Power and Controls program and how it could help Mitchell further his career. “My meter electrician (at AEP Texas) has...

(RED OAK, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s North Texas campus had more than 190 online and in-person graduates receive certificates of completion and associate degrees at the Fall 2024 Commencement held Monday, Dec. 16, at the Waxahachie Civic Center. Several graduates of the Diesel Equipment Technology program are already employed. “This year’s graduating class...

(HUTTO, Texas) – Billy Tischler is a Texan who is loyal to brands he trusts and likes to stick to things that are tried and true.   Tischler is pursuing an Associate of Applied Science degree in HVAC Technology at Texas State Technical College’s East Williamson County campus. He commutes from Bastrop in a 20-year-old truck...

(HUTTO, Texas) – Like grandfather, like grandson is how things are working out for Kyler Smith as he begins a career in precision machining.  Smith is in the final stages of earning his Associate of Applied Science degree in Precision Machining Technology at Texas State Technical College’s East Williamson County campus.  He credits his grandfather...

(ABILENE, Texas) – William Miley took advantage of every opportunity he had at Texas State Technical College. He had to. “I am a 50-year-old disabled veteran, and I couldn’t work,” he said. “I sat around depressed for months before I decided I wanted to follow a dream I have had my entire life, and that...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Anthony Luna is getting some on-the-job training at Hacienda Collision Center in Edinburg while studying for an Associate of Applied Science degree in Auto Collision and Management Technology – Refinishing Specialization at TSTC’s Harlingen campus. “I’ve worked as a teardown technician for a year and five months,” the Lasara resident said. “I...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Texas State Technical College alumnus Armando Ortiz Jr. has fond memories of when he and his father walked the stage at TSTC’s spring commencement in 2013 and received associate degrees in Biomedical Equipment Technology from TSTC’s Harlingen campus. Ortiz’s father recently retired from Toyota, where he performed maintenance on an assembly line....

(WACO, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s Workforce Training and Continuing Education department is preparing newly hired manufacturing technicians to work at a company now under construction in Waco. Georgia-based Graphic Packaging International (GPI) is building a 640,000-square-foot production and warehouse facility on Gateway Boulevard in Texas Central Park, an industrial park in Waco. The...

(ROSENBERG, Texas) – A key to a successful workplace is to ensure that it is a safe one. Students in the Occupational Safety and Environmental Compliance program at Texas State Technical College are training to do just that. From industrial hygiene — the practice of recognizing and controlling hazardous work conditions — to environmental regulation,...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s Fall 2024 Commencement was a culmination of dedication and perseverance for more than 370 graduates who walked the stage to receive certificates of completion or associate degrees at the Harlingen Convention Center on Thursday, Dec. 12. The celebration had special significance for some TSTC graduates who have already...

(WACO, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s Robotics and Industrial Controls Technology program had four graduates receiving associate degrees at the Fall 2024 Commencement held Wednesday, Dec. 11, at the BASE at Extraco Events Center in Waco. “This group is unique because they are all over 21,” said Corey Mayo, an instructor in TSTC’s Robotics...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Jaylin Grant served four years of his five-year commitment in the U.S. Navy before receiving a medical discharge due to an injury. He still needed to provide for his family, and his experience working in the Navy led him to Texas State Technical College’s Marshall campus. “I was initially going to join...

(HUTTO, Texas) – Raya Rabold is a welder by day and a Texas State Technical College student by night, honing her skills to fast-track her future.  The first-semester Welding Technology student began working full time at Bloomer Trailers, a custom horse trailer manufacturing company located in Salado and featured on the TV series “Yellowstone,” shortly...

(COMAL AND GUADALUPE COUNTIES, Texas) – Texas State Technical College is advancing workforce development along the Texas Highway 46 corridor, with plans to establish a new campus in Seguin while expanding offerings at its New Braunfels location. This strategic move strengthens the college’s commitment to addressing regional workforce needs and supporting the area’s rapid economic...

(SWEETWATER, Texas) – Omar Chavez wants to leave his past behind while he moves forward with his second chance in life. Chavez, who is originally from Mineral Wells, is starting the next chapter of his life by studying for an Associate of Applied Science degree in Wind Energy Technology at Texas State Technical College. It...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – If there is one thing that motivates Amy Rubio while she pursues an Associate of Applied Science degree in Dental Hygiene at Texas State Technical College, it is the satisfaction of seeing her patients smile after they have had their teeth cleaned in the program’s on-site clinic. “When I was 12 years...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Eduardo Garcia, a Mechatronics Technology student at Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus, recently began an internship with HGG Profiling Equipment Inc. in Houston. According to HGG Profiling Equipment’s website, hgg-group.com, the company designs and builds 3D profiling machines for a manufacturing process that uses advanced technology to cut three-dimensional forms on...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Jesus A. Reyes is thankful that his welding education at Texas State Technical College led him to a teaching position at the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District. Reyes, who earned an Associate of Applied Science degree in Welding Technology at TSTC in 2016, has worked as a welding educator at PSJA North...

(ABILENE, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s Fall Commencement ceremony featured several students who have already been hired across the state. Companies including Koenig & Bauer, NextEra Energy, Rentech Boiler Systems and Warren CAT have hired fall graduates.  Nearly a third of the students who walked across the Abilene Convention Center stage on Thursday, Dec....

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Nicholas Fuller had trouble finding his footing after receiving a degree in corrosive technology. “I moved down to Houston for a job, and it was pipeline-related work,” he said. “Through working that, I realized that wasn’t my preferred kind of thing to do. But through that job, I realized I like electrical...

(HUTTO, Texas) – Black Friday and holiday sales are upon us, and many people will buy high-tech electronics. Stuart McLennan, the Cybersecurity program instructor at Texas State Technical College’s East Williamson County campus, recently offered some pro tips for those new devices. McLennan said usernames and passwords are the first things to change. “Default names...

(WACO, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s Biomedical Equipment Technology program is undergoing a renaissance at the Waco campus. Boxes are slowly being unpacked and labs organized in new, larger renovated learning spaces in the Electrical Electronics Center. A new addition to the program is the “hospital room” with electrocardiograms, incubators, infant warmers, operating room...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Before Michael Cooley considered pursuing a college degree at Texas State Technical College, he developed skills as a writer, followed by learning how to program computers, being a graphic designer and studying audio engineering. “One day I thought about applying my tech-savvy skills to studying cybersecurity,” he said. Now Cooley is studying...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Zoe Betancourt, a Surgical Technology student at Texas State Technical College, recently began an internship at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen, where she has been offered a full-time job as a surgical technician pending completion of her internship there and passing the required certifying examination. “As an intern, some of my...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – When Texas State Technical College student Michael Diaz was young, he was curious about what his father’s job was at a manufacturing company. “I remember going to my dad’s work with some family when I was six years old,” Diaz said. “I saw the production floor area and found it interesting. I...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Tanner Elliott was forced to quit playing college football after injuring his back. Uncertain about his future path, he was introduced to the world of automation. “Honestly, I didn’t have a plan; I was playing football and that was it,” Elliott said. “Knowing I’ll always be able to find a job (in...

(WACO, Texas) – The WorkSITE (Skills, Innovation, Training and Education), Texas State Technical College’s workforce training facility under construction on Wycon Drive in Waco, is made of more than steel and glass. The $17 million building, a partnership between TSTC, the city of Waco and McLennan County, is also made with the hands of alumni...