{"id":2917,"date":"2018-05-08T10:45:11","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T10:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=2917"},"modified":"2018-05-08T15:26:49","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T15:26:49","slug":"longtime-tstc-employees-recognized-with-statewide-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=2917","title":{"rendered":"Longtime TSTC Employees Recognized with Statewide Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

(WACO) \u2013 Three employees at Texas State Technical College were recently honored for their work and talents.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rudy Cervantez, statewide automotive department chair; Jimmy Holecek, a supervisor for Building Maintenance and Management; and Robert Wells, a system programmer\/analyst for the Office of Information Technology, have been named Chancellor\u2019s Excellence Award recipients.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cervantez, 55, has worked at TSTC for 12 years. Some of his duties as a statewide department chair include scheduling classes, approving leave time, budget management and working with high schools on dual credit plans.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said he was surprised when he was notified of the award.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cServing as a statewide department chair for the automotive department here at TSTC is the \u2018salsa on the taco,\u2019\u201d said Cervantez. \u201cI never imagined to be in the position I am in now, and I really appreciate the opportunity offered to me by the college.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Cervantez said he knew in high school he wanted to do two things: operate his own automotive repair business and teach. He ran such a business for 17 years before coming to TSTC.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI knew I wanted to teach the profession after I had completed my first goal,\u201d said Cervantez. \u201cGoals completed!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Holecek, 52, has worked for TSTC for 11 years. He supervises and makes assignments to seven people, logs their work time and processes paperwork for work orders.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI also meet with staff on campus concerning the different projects they are requesting,\u201d he said. \u201cThis can be anything from minor repairs to a major construction project.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Like Cervantez, Holecek said he was astonished at receiving the honor.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTSTC is a good place to work,\u201d Holecek said. \u201cThe benefits are great, and for the most part it is like a working family atmosphere here at TSTC.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Wells, 56, has worked at TSTC for 22 years and maintains Colleague, the technical college\u2019s system for student and employee data.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI want people to know about the very kind and over-the-top support the TSTC staff gives its students,\u201d said Wells. \u201cBeing a graduate of TSTC, it was the stepping stone I needed to advance into the business world before I returned to work for TSTC.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The men join 13 other TSTC employees statewide who will be honored later this month at the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Awards dinner and celebration in Austin.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Chancellor\u2019s Excellence Award began in 2001 and has been given to about 300 TSTC employees statewide. Recipients are nominated by their peers for their work toward advancing the technical college\u2019s mission.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information on Texas State Technical College, go to tstc.edu.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(WACO) \u2013 Three employees at Texas State Technical College were recently honored for their work and talents. Rudy Cervantez, statewide automotive department chair; Jimmy Holecek, a supervisor for Building Maintenance and Management; and Robert Wells, a system programmer\/analyst for the Office of Information Technology, have been named Chancellor\u2019s Excellence Award recipients. Cervantez, 55, has worked […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-waco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2917","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=2917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2919,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2917\/revisions\/2919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}