{"id":2477,"date":"2018-01-26T17:04:18","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T17:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=2477"},"modified":"2018-01-29T17:06:53","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T17:06:53","slug":"annual-tstc-abilene-open-house-a-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=2477","title":{"rendered":"Annual TSTC Abilene Open House a Success"},"content":{"rendered":"

(ABILENE) \u2013 Texas State Technical College in Abilene held its annual open house Friday, opening all three of its Abilene campus locations for tours and presentations. The event, designed for prospective students who want to learn more about the college, saw about 100 students come through.<\/p>\n

<\/span>This is the first year that all three campuses have been available for Open House.<\/p>\n

<\/span>\u201cWe did things a little differently this year because we opened up all three buildings,\u201d said TSTC Vice President of Recruitment Kim Porter. \u201cSo, they went to Culinary, they got to see Aviation, and Wind Energy came over from Sweetwater. We had pictures of the new Industrial Maintenance labs to market the new building, and Welding came over as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/span>Electrical Power & Controls, Industrial Maintenance Technology and Welding Technology will begin in Abilene in the fall with the opening of TSTC\u2019s new Industrial Technology Center. Visiting prospective students learned about the three programs.<\/p>\n

<\/span>\u201cWe had a lot of interest in the new programs,\u201d Porter said. \u201cAll in all it was a really good day.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/span>Many of the day\u2019s visitors came in with programs already in mind.<\/p>\n

<\/span>\u201cA lot of the students that came in kind of knew what they wanted, other than just coming in to visit TSTC,\u201d Porter said. \u201cOur recruiters have done a really good job in preparing them and showing them what to expect. I met a young lady from Abilene High School, a first-generation student, and she applied for our Industrial Maintenance program. She\u2019s really excited about that.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/span>TSTC recruiter Hannah Elliott said she had seen a lot of the visitors before.<\/p>\n

<\/span>\u201cA lot of students I\u2019ve developed relationships with throughout the year came to the event,\u201d said Elliott. \u201cEvery student thanked me and was glad that we held the event. The parents were excited that they were able to come and that everybody was here and ready to help them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>TSTC will hold open houses at its campuses in Brownwood in February and Breckenridge and Sweetwater in March.<\/p>\n

<\/span>For more information on open houses, visit tstc.edu\/openhouse. To learn more about the college and its programs, visit tstc.edu.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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