(HARLINGEN, Texas) – For U.S. Navy veteran Axel Iracheta, his former job as an aviation boatswain’s mate on an aircraft carrier docked in California — and a brief handshake with a movie star — led him to pursue an education in aviation…
(HARLINGEN, Texas) – A group of Texas State Technical College Surgical Technology students recently engaged with one of the latest technological medical advancements, the da Vinci Xi robotic surgical system, in a one-day hands-on training…
(HUTTO, Texas) – Sugar, spice and everything nice happen at Texas State Technical College’s East Williamson County campus restaurant, Level 3. TSTC Culinary Arts program students Francisco Delatorre, Jacob Johnson and Arcadia Montez…
(ATLANTA, Georgia) – Students representing six of Texas State Technical College’s 11 campuses have taken part this week in the 2024 SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. More than 40 students from the…
(ROSENBERG, Texas) – After weeks of training, students could recently be seen inspecting the truck that will carry them over the finish line of the Professional Driving Academy program at Texas State Technical College. Each student must…
(ABILENE, Texas) – Texas State Technical College is offering financial assistance to students from four West Texas school districts. The Hometown High School Opportunity Scholarship focuses on 2024 graduates of the Abilene, Breckenridge,…
(MARSHALL, Texas) – Wayne Bradley, a commercial driver’s license (CDL) trainer for Texas State Technical College’s Professional Driving Academy at the Marshall campus, works hard to instill safe driving habits in his students. “When they…
(ABILENE, Texas) – Some Texas State Technical College students learned during a recent employer spotlight that they may find a successful career with NexTier Completion Solutions, an oil field service provider. NexTier representatives Jim…
(MARSHALL, Texas) – The Career Services department at Texas State Technical College recently estimated that Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) has hired about 90 of the college’s Electrical Lineworker and Management Technology…
(HARLINGEN, Texas) – International Women in Engineering Day, observed annually on June 23, not only honors the achievements of women in engineering-related fields, but also celebrates the young women who will follow in their footsteps or…
(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Safety is a top priority in many of the programs taught at Texas State Technical College not only during National Safety Month in June, but also throughout the rest of the year. Hector Rosa is TSTC’s Building…
(WACO, Texas) – Several women from Texas State Technical College’s Waco campus donned hard hats and pink T-shirts to participate in the Waco Habitat for Humanity Women Build 2024 on Friday, June 21. The volunteers worked at a home under…
(ROSENBERG, Texas) – Connie Schaaf, statewide department chair for the Chemical Dependency Counseling program at Texas State Technical College, has found that nearly everyone she has ever met has been or knows someone who has been affected…
(MARSHALL, Texas) – Texas State Technical College graduate Nathan Cleveland seemed destined to be a machinist from an early age. No one could have predicted that someday he would become associate provost at the college’s Marshall campus.…
(BROWNWOOD, Texas) – Dakota Jones hopes to break barriers in the welding industry. Studying for a certificate of completion in Welding Technology at Texas State Technical College, the Wyoming native and Bangs High School graduate has her…
(ABILENE, Texas) – When college students begin competing at the 2024 SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference on Monday, June 24, Texas State Technical College’s West Texas locations will be well represented. Five students,…
(MARSHALL, Texas) – When restaurant customers are handed to-go boxes for their leftovers, most do not know where the boxes come from. But Texas State Technical College Industrial Systems graduates Hunter Burney and Matthew Ham know all…
(WACO, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s Culinary Arts program in Waco opens its student-operated restaurant for the summer semester on Wednesday, July 3. The restaurant is at the Greta W. Watson Culinary Arts Center on Campus Drive…
(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Representatives from Clean Energy Services visited with some students and graduates of Texas State Technical College’s Electrical Lineworker and Management Technology program during a recent employer spotlight at…
(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Texas State Technical College recently welcomed more than two dozen high school counselors and career and technical education (CTE) teachers to experience the college’s technologies and hands-on labs during its second…
(HARLINGEN, Texas) – When he was a teenager, Texas State Technical College student Seth Cancino’s love for video games sparked his interest in video game design — until he became the victim of a dastardly deed. “I used to have a Microsoft…
(WACO, Texas) – Bill Martin and his son, Zander, see a lot of each other. The Martins live in Killeen and commute together to the Welding Technology program at Texas State Technical College’s Waco campus. They are both pursuing…
(WACO, Texas) – Several career and technical education counselors and teachers from throughout Texas learned about technical programs at Texas State Technical College’s second annual TECHcelerate conference held June 10-11 and 13-14. The…
(MARSHALL, Texas) – Three Texas State Technical College graduates, Ivy Delong, Amy Gonzales and Jamie Thompson, proved that the path to success can be found even in the hardest of times and now are instructors for the college’s Chemical…
(ABILENE, Texas) – For many people, June 14 is observed as Flag Day. For three Texas State Technical College Paramedic students, the date has added meaning. U.S. Army veterans David Aman, Sarah Franklin and Shawn James take a few minutes…
(ROSENBERG, Texas) – Almost any industry, from retail and medical to construction and manufacturing, needs to comply with safety and environmental standards. These standards help protect people as well as the earth from dangerous…
(WACO, Texas) – Some students at Texas State Technical College get to learn about forklifts through inspections and hands-on experience. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration sets standards for the…
(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Ruben Lopez and Reyna Cardenas-Lopez are not a typical married couple. Not only did they recently graduate together from Texas State Technical College with associate degrees in Wind Energy Technology, but they also…
(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Juan Dominguez knew he would find his niche in the Texas workforce after serving for 22 years in the U.S. Air Force, but first he had to figure out what he wanted to do. Dominguez said he became interested in the field…
(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Some students in the Auto Collision and Management Technology program at Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen location are sharpening their skills by learning how to do a suspension overhaul on a 1993 Chevrolet…