{"id":3345,"date":"2018-08-20T13:35:17","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T13:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=3345"},"modified":"2018-08-27T13:37:09","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T13:37:09","slug":"tstc-holds-summer-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=3345","title":{"rendered":"TSTC Holds Summer Commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/marshall-grad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3347\" src=\"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/marshall-grad-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/marshall-grad-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/marshall-grad-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/marshall-grad-624x469.jpg 624w, https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/marshall-grad.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>(MARSHALL) &#8211; Texas State Technical College held its summer commencement ceremony Friday evening in Marshall. More than 40 graduates walked the stage in the presence of their family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>TSTC Provost Bart Day said the ceremony not only signifies an end for the graduates, but also a beginning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight represents an end, in that each of you graduating this evening has set and reached a goal and readied yourself for the challenges of the workforce,\u201d Day told the graduates. \u201cBut tonight\u2019s celebration also represents a beginning because you\u2019ve made the transition from TSTC student to TSTC graduate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Garrett Bradshaw, a Process Operations student, was one of the night\u2019s honor graduates. Bradshaw is completing an extended internship with Eastman Chemical Company in Longview. He began his internship as a materials handling operator in May.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI flow product from the storage tanks to rail cars and trailers for shipping,\u201d Bradshaw said. \u201cThat can involve using pumps, process valves. I collect samples and have analyses run on them. For shipping, paperwork is involved. All things to get the product to the customer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Longview resident is graduating from TSTC with a 4.0 GPA.. His advice for incoming and current students is that \u201cyou get what you put in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re going to have to do work,\u201d Bradshaw said. \u201cIf you\u2019re willing to put in the work, you\u2019re going to get results.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David Golden, Human Resources manager at Norbord Inc. of Jefferson, spoke at the ceremony. He reminded graduates that they control their own journeys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou must plot and steer your course,\u201d he said, \u201cbecause you are ultimately in command of where your ship goes. You\u2019ll get lots of navigation advice from other captains, but you must steer your own ship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TSTC in Marshall graduates earned degrees in all 12 of the programs offered at the campus \u2014 Business Management Technology, Computer-Aided Drafting and Design, Computer Networking and Systems Administration, Cyber Security, Diesel Equipment Technology, Electrical Lineworker Technology, Industrial Controls Technology, Industrial Maintenance, Precision Machining Technology, Process Operations, Software Development and Welding.<\/p>\n<p>Fall classes begin Monday, Aug. 27. For more information on the college, visit tstc.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(MARSHALL) &#8211; Texas State Technical College held its summer commencement ceremony Friday evening in Marshall. More than 40 graduates walked the stage in the presence of their family and friends. 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