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(MARSHALL, Texas) – Avry Conley and Carter Scraver, two Diesel Equipment Technology students at Texas State Technical College’s Marshall campus, both started working on cars as children with their families.  Now they balance their time between classes at TSTC and jobs at Mavis Tires and Brakes in Marshall. Conley, of Hallsville, was motivated to attend...

(ROSENBERG, Texas) – The halls of Texas State Technical College’s Fort Bend County campus have been filled with high school students throughout the month of March. The reason? TechXperience. TechXperience is the college’s initiative to help high school students learn more about the career options and opportunities available to them through technical education. While it...

(WACO, Texas) – Learning about topics from bloodborne pathogens to power tools, several members of the Texas State Technical College community gathered for the 2025 Safety Fair held Wednesday, March 19, and Thursday, March 20, at the Waco campus. The event was hosted by TSTC’s Environmental Health and Safety department. Guillermo De Leon, TSTC’s executive...

(ROSENBERG, Texas) – The day draws ever nearer that the newest building on Texas State Technical College’s Fort Bend County campus, the Transportation Technologies Center, opens its doors to the next generation of automotive technicians. Two programs new to the campus, Auto Collision and Management Technology and Automotive Technology, will be housed in the building....

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Construction equipment supplier HOLT CAT recently sent six representatives from several of its Texas locations to tour the new Diesel Power Technologies Center at Texas State Technical College’s Marshall campus. The campus’s Diesel Equipment Technology instructors led the representatives through the new facility, showcasing its classrooms and training equipment. HOLT CAT was...

(ABILENE, Texas) – They picked up notepads, pens and stress relievers. But for more than 260 Texas State Technical College students, they left with something more important: industry contact information. Representatives from more than 60 industries, including digital transformation, health care, manufacturing, power and construction, technical services and transportation, attended the spring Industry Job Fair...

(WACO, Texas) – More than 60 students at Texas State Technical College’s Waco campus are getting ready to compete at the SkillsUSA Texas Leadership and Skills Conference scheduled for April 2-5 in Corpus Christi. “SkillsUSA is a great way for our students to showcase their talent, education and professionalism,” said Abby Ford, a SkillsUSA coordinator...

(HUTTO, Texas) – Alfonso Juarez was surprised to learn that his father had attended Texas State Technical College, and now he plans to surprise his father in return.  Juarez, a Brownsville native, first went to TSTC in Harlingen for Welding Technology.  “My dad is a tool and die worker,” Juarez said. “When I told him...

(NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s New Braunfels campus will add Building Construction Technology to its program list this fall. Mike Anderson, the campus’s provost, said offering a certificate of completion in Building Construction – Craftsman fills an industry gap for the region. “Our local partners, the economic development committees, chambers of commerce...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Much like young athletes playing for the chance to earn bragging rights as new champions, five Auto Collision and Management Technology students from Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus will compete for the first time at the 2025 SkillsUSA Texas Postsecondary Leadership and Skills Conference in Corpus Christi next month. Luis Alvarado,...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Six La Feria Early College High School seniors are getting a real-world perspective on what it takes to become a truck driver through their school’s partnership with Texas State Technical College’s Professional Driving Academy at the Harlingen campus. The collaboration includes the students’ participation in the TSTC CDL (commercial driver’s license) training,...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Life after graduation for Texas State Technical College alumni can mean securing their dream job with a company that aligns with their values and goals. For recent TSTC Building Construction Technology graduate Simon Alcala, his job with Vaughn Construction is providing him with a plethora of hands-on experience as part of the...

(ROSENBERG, Texas) – For those who live through the hot summer months of Texas, there is one saving grace that they become very familiar with: air conditioning. Having it break down during July or August can be a nightmare, one that needs quick remedying. That is where HVAC technicians come in. The HVAC industry touches...

(BROWNWOOD, Texas) – Rudy Velasquez keeps his first welding project close by. The Texas State Technical College Welding Technology student uses that project to motivate himself. Before beginning the program in August, the Brownwood native had never picked up a welding torch. “The first couple of weeks were tough,” he said. “I dove in full...

(SWEETWATER, Texas) – Did you know that Texas State Technical College educates students in both time zones of the state? Socorro Independent School District, the second-largest school district in El Paso, offers dual credit courses through TSTC’s Sweetwater campus. Several of the district’s automotive students recently toured the campus, and many applied to continue their...

(WACO, Texas) – Colton Barksdale has been working at HOLT CAT in Georgetown for about a year and already has an idea about what qualities a good co-worker needs. “In this industry, you have to be humble and have a positive attitude and an open mindset,” he said. “You have to be willing to learn....

(HUTTO, Texas) – Ethan Williams was an engineer until he decided he wanted to be more hands-on. “My father passed, and it got me thinking about how much time people really have,” Williams said. “I got into engineering because I wanted to do hands-on things.” Williams was a programmer at a pressure vessel software company...

(WACO, Texas) – Texas produces more than six billion eggs annually, according to the Texas Poultry Federation. As hens are producing, the average Texan eats more than 280 eggs yearly. Mark Diamond, an instructor in Texas State Technical College’s Culinary Arts program at the Waco campus, cares for 11 chickens in his personal time. He...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Sometimes it takes time for a person to realize that a career change is necessary to revitalize their happiness. For 16 years Jose R. Garcia worked as a respiratory therapist, but eventually he wanted a new job that focused on creativity and innovation. He found that career pathway in the Precision Machining...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Texas State Technical College student Joshua Viera is getting closer to possibly turning his childhood dream of becoming a surgeon into reality. Having worked for DHR Health as a sterile processing technician since 2017, Viera made the decision to join the Associate of Applied Science degree program in Surgical Technology at TSTC’s...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – The Electrical Lineworker and Management Technology program at Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus is empowering students with the skills and hands-on training to succeed in the high-demand field of electrical utility, maintenance and installation. This fall, the program will introduce an expanded curriculum and new resources designed to enhance training and...

(HUTTO, Texas) – Some Texas State Technical College students were offered internships and jobs on the spot this week at a job fair hosting potential employers from around the state.  TSTC’s Williamson County campus participated in the job fair at the Waco campus from March 4 to 6. The event was organized each day according...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s Marshall campus offered its annual spring preview event, known as TechXperience Day, on Thursday, March 6. Local high schools, organizations and families received in-depth tours of the Marshall campus’s programs to find out how TSTC places more Texans in great-paying jobs. The city of Longview’s Aspire Mentoring Program,...

(SWEETWATER, Texas) – Four students at Texas State Technical College’s Sweetwater campus will be among the competitors at the 2025 SkillsUSA Texas Postsecondary Leadership and Skills Conference April 2-5 in Corpus Christi. SkillsUSA is a professional organization focused on employability, leadership and technical skills that help college students pursue successful careers and be part of...

(MARSHALL, Texas) – Intrigued by his brother’s achievements at Texas State Technical College’s Marshall campus, Taylor Nealy enrolled in the Automation and Controls Technology program there. “I wanted to learn everything about (the program),” Nealy said. Nealy said his enthusiasm was matched by a variety of in-depth, hands-on lessons, taught by TSTC instructors who loved...

(WACO, Texas) – A group of students recently spent part of a morning flying a small drone within a coned-off boundary inside the terminal at Texas State Technical College’s Col. James. T. Connally Aerospace Center at the Waco campus. The students are taking classes to earn a certificate of completion in Aircraft Pilot Training Technology...

(RED OAK, Texas) –  Of the 48 Electrical Power and Controls program graduates at Texas State Technical College’s North Texas campus from summer 2017 to summer 2024, only one was a woman. Maggie Ramirez, the program’s newest instructor at the North Texas campus, hopes to change that statistic in the future. “What excites me most...

(HUTTO, Texas) – Robert Ortiz’s life changed from night to day when he graduated from Texas State Technical College’s HVAC Technology program. Ortiz graduated from TSTC’s Williamson County campus with an Associate of Applied Science degree in HVAC Technology in December 2023. In only 15 months he has found a career with industrial automation company...

(HUTTO, Texas) – Caleb Tatum had planned to follow in his father’s footsteps until he realized that his own passions were on another path.  Initially Tatum went to college to study cybersecurity because that is his father’s career field.  “I went to college, and it felt like I was just doing a lot of busy...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Texas State Technical College student Keion Orr’s childhood dream was to be an architect. As Orr grew older, he found the hands-on aspect of building construction more to his liking. He got a job working for a friend at his stucco and home repair business in Florida. “I worked as a general...