{"id":382,"date":"2016-04-04T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T08:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=382"},"modified":"2016-03-30T14:46:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T14:46:00","slug":"tstc-student-discovers-the-joy-of-welding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=382","title":{"rendered":"TSTC Student Discovers the Joy of Welding"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

(HUTTO) \u2013 Mike Angerstein\u2019s career as an infantryman in the U.S. Army took him from Kentucky to Alaska and two deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq.<\/span><\/p>\n

But he would not trade the experiences for anything.<\/span><\/p>\n

Angerstein, 27, of Hutto enjoyed the brotherhood of being involved in the military. And, being in the Army has enabled him to use veterans benefits and transition into becoming a Welding Technology major at Texas State Technical College attending the East Williamson County Higher Education Center in Hutto.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe hardest part is getting the paperwork together for the VA (Veterans Administration) and back to school,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a lot of leg work but well worth it. Research your potential degree program and career opportunities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Brooke Williams, an instructor in the Welding Technology program, said she admired Angerstein\u2019s interest in wanting to learn more about welding.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe military experience lends itself to the welding industry,\u201d she said. \u201cThey are similar in work ethic and leadership. Welding is very independent.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Angerstein has had a long time fascination with welding.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s one of those fields you can study for 60 years and still not learn everything,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

He discovered TSTC\u2019s Welding Technology program by searching online. Once he began taking classes, he joined the student chapter of the American Welding Society.<\/span><\/p>\n

He has enjoyed seeing the science of how metals react to each other in his welding classes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Angerstein has learned about stick welding, a method using a short circuited rod that is melted at one end and creates molten droplets. He has also used a CNC plasma cutting machine for making metal cut outs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Angerstein\u2019s plans for graduation in December are wide open. He is saving money to work on a certification for non-destructive testing, an analysis method used to determine properties without causing damage.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll go where the money is,\u201d he said. \u201cPipeline work would be good.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The College Preview at TSTC will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, April 14. For more information go to tstc.edu\/openhouse.<\/span><\/p>\n

Apply today at tstc.edu. Registration for summer and fall semesters begins Monday, April 4. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(HUTTO) \u2013 Mike Angerstein\u2019s career as an infantryman in the U.S. Army took him from Kentucky to Alaska and two deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq. But he would not trade the experiences for anything. Angerstein, 27, of Hutto enjoyed the brotherhood of being involved in the military. And, being in the Army has enabled him […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wilco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382","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=382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":384,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382\/revisions\/384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}