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News Archives for January 2021
  • TSTC Advocacy and Resource Center to host open house monthly through April
    January 29, 2021
    (HARLINGEN, Texas) – Students may struggle with many different situations while attending college. Those attending Texas State Technical College can feel at ease knowing that they have guidance and support through the services of the Advocacy and Resource Center (ARC). Formerly called Student Services, the Advocacy and Resource Center offers an inclusive environment that embraces […]
  • TSTC hosts digital event to educate students about abusive relationships
    January 29, 2021
    (HARLINGEN, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s Office of Counseling and Student Rights and Responsibilities will host a digital event called “Love Is Not Abuse” on Thursday, Feb. 11, at noon in an effort to give students advice and statistics about abusive relationships. TSTC student counselor Angela Dunn discussed what she hopes students will learn […]
  • TSTC’s RISE program sees success with first cohorts
    January 29, 2021
    (HARLINGEN, Texas) – Last year, Texas State Technical College deployed the Rapid Industry Skills and Employability (RISE) program to allow students to quickly learn the skills needed to help get them started on the path to a new career. The courses were introduced to help combat the impact that the coronavirus has had on employment […]
  • Students travel different paths to TSTC’s Welding Technology program
    January 28, 2021
    (ABILENE, Texas) – Welding Technology at Texas State Technical College is one of the more popular programs offered statewide. Students enter the program for different reasons, from seeking a career change to learning more about a craft they dabbled in during a weekend project. TSTC instructors will teach students how to hone the craft in […]
  • TSTC student triumphs over adversity
    January 25, 2021
    (ROSENBERG, Texas) – The encouragement of a friend and a charismatic instructor helped Shyann Kocurek make the decision to enroll at Texas State Technical College. The El Campo native recently earned her Associate of Applied Science degree in Environmental Technology – Compliance while experiencing one of the greatest hardships in life. Now she is eager […]
  • Granger student builds on new welding skills at TSTC
    January 25, 2021
    (HUTTO, Texas) – Among the drywalling and framing tasks she was doing with her father for a barn project last spring at the family home in Granger, Mikayla Larremore picked up an affinity for welding she did not know she had. “I got into it because everything I had done in my life before, I […]
  • TSTC Diesel Equipment Technology program adapts to teaching during pandemic
    January 25, 2021
    (WACO, Texas) – Erik Trujillo worked with two other students on a recent morning assembling an engine in Texas State Technical College’s Diesel Engine Testing and Repair II class. Trujillo, of Elgin, is in his second semester working on a certificate in the Diesel Equipment Technology program at the Waco campus. He is optimistic about […]
  • TSTC Aircraft Pilot Training Technology program maintains health, safety during pandemic
    January 24, 2021
    (WACO, Texas) – Dylan Durst said he was glad to be back in the cockpit as he took off for his first flight late last spring at Texas State Technical College’s airport in Waco after a two-month break due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “It was about picking up where you left off,” he said. Durst, […]
  • Carthage resident secures job before TSTC graduation
    January 24, 2021
    (MARSHALL, Texas) – Micah Johnson, of Carthage, looks forward not only to graduating this semester from Texas State Technical College, but also to starting work shortly thereafter as an instrumentation technician at Phillips 66’s Sweeny Refinery in Brazoria County. “I’m excited for sure,” Johnson said. “It is something new. It is going to take me […]
  • TSTC Automotive Technology students cherish time in shop with instructors
    January 24, 2021
    (SWEETWATER, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s Automotive Technology program provides students with something they cannot find in textbooks: first-hand knowledge. Students Tanner Tankersley and Brady Kennemur said instructors Mike Myers and Gerod Strother bring their knowledge to the lab sessions in a way that helps them prepare for the workforce. “The best aspect of […]
  • TSTC awarded grant to assist former students returning to college
    January 22, 2021
    (HARLINGEN, Texas) – Texas State Technical College was recently awarded a Texas Reskilling Support Fund Grant in the amount of $300,000 by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB). Reskilling grants allow Texas higher education institutions to provide financial assistance to students who are experiencing adversities and have had to drop out of college because […]
  • TSTC instructor receives Chancellor’s Award for Excellence
    January 22, 2021
    (HARLINGEN, Texas) – Alan Sulak has been quietly imparting his vast knowledge of cybersecurity to Texas State Technical College students for a little over four years. His efforts have not gone unnoticed. Recently he was named a recipient of the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence, a recognition given to TSTC staff and faculty who have shown […]
  • TSTC’s Cybersecurity program prepares students for rapidly growing career
    January 22, 2021
    (HARLINGEN, Texas) – The world’s shift to all things digital means that cybersecurity will play an even bigger role in how we spend our time online. Texas State Technical College’s Cybersecurity program is dedicated to teaching students what they need to know in order to thrive in their careers as cybersecurity analysts. TSTC Cybersecurity instructor […]
  • TSTC Diesel Equipment Technology student working toward career
    January 22, 2021
    (SWEETWATER, Texas) – Andres Garza, of Ballinger, knows the key to finding a good-paying job is working on his education. Garza began his second semester in Texas State Technical College’s Diesel Equipment Technology program with a goal of graduating and getting a job. He knows it will take time to earn his degree, but he […]
  • Veterans work toward second career at TSTC
    January 22, 2021
    (SWEETWATER, Texas) – Texas State Technical College has a goal of helping military veterans transition into the workforce. Two such veterans are completing their final semester in TSTC’s Wind Energy Technology program this semester and are ready to get into the field. U.S. Navy veteran Curtis Kelley, of Austin, worked as an electrician while serving […]
  • TSTC Emergency Medical Services student one year away from achieving goal
    January 19, 2021
    (ABILENE Texas) – Texas State Technical College Emergency Medical Services student Laura Jungling is close to achieving a major milestone in her life. “I began the paramedic program this week, and I am one year from my goal of becoming a paramedic,” she said. Like many people, Jungling enrolled in the EMS program with a […]
  • TSTC’s Business Management Technology program offers job opportunities, resources
    January 19, 2021
    (SWEETWATER, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s Business Management Technology program can provide graduates with job opportunities and resources. For 2020 graduate Sarah Smith, now a student recruiter at TSTC, she is using what she learned to promote the college while improving her organizational skills. “I gained a lot of sales skills and organizational skills […]
  • TSTC Auto Collision and Management Technology program selected for national apprenticeship program
    January 18, 2021
    (WACO, Texas) – Texas State Technical College has been selected as one of four colleges nationally to take part in a program aimed at producing more workers for the automotive collision repair industry. Enterprise Holdings, with funding from its philanthropic arm the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation, and Missouri-based Ranken Technical College have launched the Automotive Collision […]
  • TSTC welcomes back students for spring semester
    January 15, 2021
    (ROSENBERG, Texas) – On January 11, Texas State Technical College welcomed back students to its Fort Bend County campus for the spring 2021 semester. Some students, staff and faculty returned to campus on a limited basis, following TSTC’s coronavirus safety guidelines. While some courses are being taught online only, others are a combination of online […]
  • TSTC implements new tool to make sure that students graduate
    January 15, 2021
    (HARLINGEN, Texas) – Texas State Technical College recently added an additional resource to ensure that students succeed during their time in college. Progress Pathway, formerly known as Early Alert, is a feature that allows students, faculty and staff to submit a referral about a student who they feel may be falling behind in the curriculum. […]
  • Instructor’s passion for cars guided him to TSTC
    January 15, 2021
    (HARLINGEN, Texas) – A curiosity for engines and transmissions is what drove Diego Trevino to a career at Texas State Technical College three years ago. He is currently an instructor in the Automotive Technology program and brings to the classroom not only his love for all things automotive, but also his firsthand experience. What was […]
  • Automotive Technology at TSTC drives students toward thriving career
    January 15, 2021
    (HARLINGEN, Texas) – The revving of engines is music to the ears of students and  instructors alike in Texas State Technical College’s Automotive Technology program. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, careers for automotive service technicians are expected to continue to rise through 2026. TSTC’s Automotive Technology program utilizes a hands-on method of […]
  • TSTC spring semester begins with winter blast
    January 15, 2021
    (ABILENE, Texas) – Mother Nature delayed the beginning of Texas State Technical College’s in-person spring semester classes this week. With more than seven inches of snow recorded in West Texas, the college’s administration closed the campus on Monday to keep faculty, staff and students from driving on hazardous roads. TSTC’s online and remote learning began […]
  • With Nursing degree, TSTC grad fulfills dream
    January 14, 2021
    (SWEETWATER, Texas) – Shannon Powell is now working in a field she fell in love with at the age of 19. Powell, who received an associate degree in Nursing at Texas State Technical College in 2020, passed the National Council Licensure Examination earlier this year. Today, she is a registered nurse in the medical-surgical department […]
  • Spring semester classes begin at TSTC in Waco
    January 13, 2021
    (WACO, Texas) – Sunday’s snow and ice caused face-to-face classes to be canceled on Monday at Texas State Technical College, though online classes went on as scheduled. This caused some students to have their first day of classes for the spring semester on Tuesday. TSTC students, faculty and staff continue to follow Centers for Disease […]
  • Longtime TSTC Creative Services employee to retire
    January 12, 2021
    (WACO, Texas) – Glenn Zgabay has seen a lot in his more than 40 years of working at Texas State Technical College. “It’s rare nowadays to see someone’s career span over 40 years with the same employer,” said Nick Alvarado, TSTC’s vice president of Communication and Creative Services. “Glenn has been a strong foundation to […]
  • TSTC’s CPT program trains graduates for in-demand jobs
    January 11, 2021
    (MARSHALL, Texas) – The future of Texas State Technical College’s Computer Programming Technology program is shining as bright as a laptop screen. Last spring, the program moved all of its classes online. Due to this, the college’s programs that were physically on five of TSTC’s campuses combined into one statewide unit. This means instructors are […]
  • Texas Mutual Insurance Co. awards grant to TSTC
    January 08, 2021
    (WACO, Texas) – The Texas Mutual Insurance Co.’s $150,000 grant awarded in late 2020 through The TSTC Foundation to Texas State Technical College means that students can continue to learn technical skills quickly and receive assistance to ease life’s burdens. The college’s Rapid Industry Skills and Employability (RISE) program will receive $100,000 of the grant. […]
  • TSTC ready to welcome back students for spring semester
    January 08, 2021
    (HARLINGEN, Texas) – Texas State Technical College is ready to welcome students back to campus for the spring 2021 semester. Students, faculty and some staff will return to campus on Monday, January 11, on a limited basis and continue to follow TSTC’s coronavirus safety guidelines. Most courses will be taught with a combination of online […]
  • Mechatronics Technology at TSTC teaches skills needed for growing industry
    January 08, 2021
    (HARLINGEN, Texas) – Texas State Technical College’s Mechatronics Technology program equips students with the essential skills needed to succeed in a career that is expected to grow through 2029, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Mechatronics, whose name derives from combining the words mechanical and electronics, is the study and use of multiple […]
  • TSTC Food Pantry ensures students have needed dietary resources
    January 08, 2021
    (HARLINGEN, Texas) – Texas State Technical College is committed to ensuring that students have everything they need to make the most of their education, including food. One of the ways this is done is via the TSTC Food Pantry, which provides students with meal assistance should they ever need it. TSTC Advocacy and Resource coordinator […]

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