{"id":2849,"date":"2018-04-29T22:59:12","date_gmt":"2018-04-29T22:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=2849"},"modified":"2018-04-30T03:37:46","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T03:37:46","slug":"tstc-students-in-abilene-to-receive-scholarships-in-new-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=2849","title":{"rendered":"TSTC Students in Abilene to Receive Scholarships in New Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(ABILENE) \u2013 Students enrolling in three new technical programs this fall at Texas State Technical College in Abilene will receive a financial boost.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TSTC will give $1,000 scholarships to the first 20 students joining the Welding program and the first 40 students in both the Electrical Power and Controls and Industrial Maintenance programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere are high-demand jobs in and around the area,\u201d said Kimberly Porter, vice president of student recruitment at TSTC in Abilene. \u201cFor anyone in West Texas, they don\u2019t have to go to the Metroplex for these industries.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The technical programs will be taught in the Industrial Technology Center nearing completion on Loop 322 next to Abilene Regional Airport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI just think it is exciting because it is making a bigger footprint in Abilene,\u201d Porter said. \u201cThe community is super-excited to have us here. It is a way for the students to stay closer to home and contribute to their local economy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students must be enrolled by July 20 to get on the scholarship list. Once fully enrolled, a TSTC admissions or recruiting staff member will contact students letting them know about the money they will receive, Porter said. Students who receive the scholarship do not need to be Pell Grant eligible. The money can only be used only for the fall 2018 semester.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rick Denbow, provost of TSTC in West Texas, said the scholarships are aimed at breaking down enrollment barriers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere is no question that the scholarship money will help the students,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have three new programs that we have not offered before in Abilene. This reiterates the college\u2019s commitment to helping the new campus start off real strong.\u201d<\/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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(ABILENE) \u2013 Students enrolling in three new technical programs this fall at Texas State Technical College in Abilene will receive a financial boost. TSTC will give $1,000 scholarships to the first 20 students joining the Welding program and the first 40 students in both the Electrical Power and Controls and Industrial Maintenance programs. \u201cThere are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abilene"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2850,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2849\/revisions\/2850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}