{"id":2731,"date":"2018-03-29T19:45:10","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T19:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=2731"},"modified":"2018-03-30T01:21:12","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T01:21:12","slug":"tstc-alumnus-honored-posthumously-with-plaque-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=2731","title":{"rendered":"TSTC Alumnus Honored Posthumously With Plaque, Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(WACO) \u2013 The compassionate spirit of Antonio Barragan Jr. will live on at Texas State Technical College.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The memory of Barragan was recently honored by his family, friends and the Electrical Power and Controls program\u2019s faculty and staff with a plaque unveiling and scholarship announcement. Barragan was a 2007 TSTC Electrical Systems and Instrumentation graduate who died Sept. 6, 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAntonio loved you guys so much,\u201d said Maria Barragan, his widow. \u201cI\u2019m proud of the person that he became. He was a very hard worker, a good student. He was very happy to push his family and friends to better themselves in their education and their lives. It made him proud \u2013 I know it did. I know he would be really happy that we all came together.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People entering the Electronics Center\u2019s offices at TSTC will now see a plaque bearing a photo of Barragan. And, future Electrical Power and Controls majors at TSTC will have an opportunity to receive a scholarship in Barragan\u2019s honor. The scholarship will be for second- and third-semester students, said Dan Bateman, senior instructor in the Electrical Power and Controls program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This semester, two $1,000 scholarships were awarded to TSTC students Colton Janik of Yoakum and Jason Mallory of Rosebud. Bateman described the students as standouts in the program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides Barragan, his sister, brother and four cousins attended TSTC and majored in the same technical program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe know that when we serve one student well, it\u2019s not just the one student, it\u2019s their whole family,\u201d TSTC in Waco Provost Adam Hutchison said. \u201cI can\u2019t think of a better example than this family.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barragan was born Oct. 8, 1984 in Waco and worked at Brazos Electric, according to his obituary in the Waco Tribune-Herald.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information on Texas State Technical College, go to tstc.edu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC_5224Barraganresized-2-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2732\" src=\"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC_5224Barraganresized-2--300x154.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC_5224Barraganresized-2--300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC_5224Barraganresized-2--768x394.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC_5224Barraganresized-2--624x320.jpg 624w, https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC_5224Barraganresized-2-.jpg 956w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(WACO) \u2013 The compassionate spirit of Antonio Barragan Jr. will live on at Texas State Technical College. The memory of Barragan was recently honored by his family, friends and the Electrical Power and Controls program\u2019s faculty and staff with a plaque unveiling and scholarship announcement. 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