{"id":3491,"date":"2018-10-14T18:41:08","date_gmt":"2018-10-14T18:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=3491"},"modified":"2019-05-03T08:02:55","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T14:02:55","slug":"tstc-faculty-senate-hosts-retiree-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=3491","title":{"rendered":"TSTC Faculty Senate Hosts Retiree Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"

(WACO) \u2013 Texas State Technical College\u2019s Faculty Senate honored the past and present at its first Retiree Gala on Saturday night at the Baylor Club.<\/span><\/p>\n

Attendees dined and danced the evening away as they saw sweeping views of Waco. They also vied for prizes from some of TSTC\u2019s technical programs and sang karaoke.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe best way to live is to serve,\u201d Adam Hutchison, TSTC\u2019s provost, told the attendees.<\/span><\/p>\n

Frances Worthey retired in 2016 having worked \u201c40 years and three months\u201d in student counseling, women\u2019s resources and student life.<\/span><\/p>\n

Worthey said when she began work in 1976 at TSTC there were about 100 women attending classes. She said it was a challenge educating the campus and community about the importance of women pursuing technical education.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI enjoyed the special times at TSTC, like the holidays,\u201d Worthey said. \u201cWe did so much for the students.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Charles Reed worked for 25 years at TSTC and retired in 2007 as the vice president for student development. He said he started as a student recruiter and worked his way up at the technical college.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI loved the students and the belief in them and putting them in the workforce,\u201d Reed said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two TSTC students each were awarded a $500 scholarship at the event.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cici Bunting, 19, a Culinary Arts student from La Porte, created an ornamental red, white and blue cake for the occasion and helped make the vanilla and chocolate cake served to attendees. She said she would use some of the scholarship money to buy a new Culinary Arts uniform.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt came at a good time,\u201d Bunting said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bunting represented TSTC at SkillsUSA\u2019s 54th annual National Leadership and Skills Conference earlier this year in Kentucky. Her instructors cited her willingness to volunteer for program events as a reason she was deserving of the scholarship.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI really like the science and how much you have to think,\u201d Bunting said about her decision to pursue culinary arts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus Madrigal, 19, a Welding Technology student from Waco, also received a scholarship. He built a metal windmill in a contest for welding students to decide the scholarship recipient. His instructors said he has a bright career future.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBeing a college student, any amount of money helps,\u201d Madrigal said. \u201cIt\u2019s an honor to receive this.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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

\"\"<\/a> \"TSTC<\/a><\/p>\n

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(WACO) \u2013 Texas State Technical College\u2019s Faculty Senate honored the past and present at its first Retiree Gala on Saturday night at the Baylor Club. Attendees dined and danced the evening away as they saw sweeping views of Waco. They also vied for prizes from some of TSTC\u2019s technical programs and sang karaoke. \u201cThe best […]<\/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-3491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-waco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3491","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=3491"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4347,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3491\/revisions\/4347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}