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Texas State Technical College-west Texas

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School Notes:

• Texas State Technical College (TSTC), then James Connally Technical Institute (JCTI), was created in 1965 by the Legislature to meet the evolving work force needs of Texas business and industry. The looming need for a special institute for technicians had been a pressing issue for state leaders, and the soon-to-be abandoned James Connally Air Force Base in Waco was the ideal location for the top-quality technical institute they had planned. Governor John Connally predicted the institute would be, the most sophisticated technical-vocational institute in the country.
• Situated on sixty-five acres, Texas State Technical College West Texas, Sweetwater Campus, has thirteen instructional buildings, all of which have been built or extensively remodeled since the college opened in 1970. Student housing for 216 individual students exists on the Sweetwater Campus in the form of apartments and dorms. Recreational facilities include The Center, which houses a Cardiovascular Fitness Center, a Strength Training Center, table tennis, billiards and a student lounge with satellite TV. Outside, there are volleyball, basketball and tennis courts, a baseball diamond, a covered pavillion, and a recreational site at Lake Sweetwater.
• TSTC West Texas is part of the Texas State Technical College System, a public coeducational institution of higher education offering courses of study in technical education leading to the award of Certificates and Associate of Applied Science degrees. Texas State Technical College's high graduation rate, established relationship with business and industry, and state-of-the-art laboratories are providing productive and responsible graduates for employers across Texas.
• Texas State Technical College West Texas is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award Associate of Applied Science degrees and Certificates of Completion.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Downtown on verge of culinary arts training site (Abilene Reporter-News)
  posted on February 23, 2010 at 03:51:00 am
  Culinary arts training could be coming to downtown Abilene, with economic development officials considering a proposal to spend up to $150,000 for equipment to be used in a jobs training program that would be housed in the vacant T&P Warehouse building.Officials declined to confirm the training is related to culinary arts. The Development Corporation of Abilene could vote today at its 1:30 p.m ...
• Weather causes school delays; MLK bridge reopened after accidents (Abilene Reporter-News)
  posted on January 29, 2010 at 06:13:00 pm
  Light sleet and snow fell overnight in the Big Country, prompting Abilene and many other areas to start school later to avoid slippery roads. Closures are listed below.Some Abilene area streets and roads have ice on them, especially bridges, but conditions are not as bad as previously expected.About noon, Abilene Police reopened the Martin Luther King Memorial Bridge in Abilene after it had been ...
• TSTC West Texas to hold Fall graduation (Sweetwater Reporter)
  posted on December 11, 2009 at 05:26:02 pm
  It’s time to congratulate another sea of graduates as Texas State Technical College West Texas holds their Fall Commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 10:30 a.m. at the ACU Moody Coliseum.
• School bond election: Businesses support Career Tech (Abilene Reporter-News)
  posted on October 11, 2009 at 02:47:00 am
  Part of the push for a new Career Tech High School is about making things a little easier for business owners like Ron Smith.
• SHS students participate in senior interview day (Sweetwater Reporter)
  posted on June 11, 2009 at 04:08:52 pm
  Sweetwater Enterprise for Economic Development (SEED), Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce, Texas State Technical College West Texas (TSTC), Sweetwater business community, and the Sweetwater Independent School District (SISD), hosted a two day event called “Senior Interview Day.” These two days were designed to assist graduating seniors in their interview skills.

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