{"id":688,"date":"2016-08-19T19:11:38","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T19:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=688"},"modified":"2016-08-19T19:11:38","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T19:11:38","slug":"tstc-gives-magnolia-graduate-a-bright-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=688","title":{"rendered":"TSTC Gives Magnolia Graduate a Bright Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

With a couple of job offers in hand, Macay Bahner will walk the commencement stage on August 19 and receive his certificate from Texas State Technical College in Fort Bend County.<\/p>\n

The Magnolia native studied Diesel Equipment Technology, a field that was new to him when he started at TSTC one year ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, I wasn\u2019t sure what I wanted to do after high school,\u201d said Bahner. \u201cAll I knew was I needed to work with my hands, a four-year university and learning from books was not for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 19 year-old said he researched technical colleges in his area after graduating from Magnolia West High School. Bahner added that when he found TSTC and saw the Diesel Equipment Technology program it caught his attention.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter looking into the program and seeing first-hand what it consisted of, I knew it was the career I should follow,\u201d said Bahner. \u201cI get to learn, see and do something different every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bahner said he never imagi\"Macay<\/a>ned he would have job offers before graduating from college, especially with countless graduates around the country struggling to find work.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of my classmates and I are either working or deciding which job offer to take,\u201d said Bahner. \u201cFinding a job is not something I had to worry about.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Bahner is still deciding where he will work, he also seriously considering going back to TSTC for his associate degree to become more competitive in his field.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope to open a business someday dealing with diesel mechanics,\u201d said Bahner. \u201cTSTC and my instructor Gary Voelkel really prepared me for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The diesel mechanic graduate appreciates the dedication and commitment Voelkel has for his students.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was always there to keep us on the straight path,\u201d said Bahner. \u201cHe was always there to help us and make sure we understood everything. His goal is to make sure we succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Overall, Bahner said he enjoyed his college experience and the hands-on training he received at TSTC. So much so, that Bahner has begun recommending the college to high school graduates in his hometown.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope others take advantage of what TSTC in Fort Bend County has to offer,\u201d said Bahner. \u201cThis college changes lives, I know it\u2019s changed mine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bahner is one of the 11 graduates receiving certificates or associate degrees during TSTC\u2019s commencement ceremony on August 19 at the Waco Convention Center at 6:30 p.m. They are the last class to graduate from the TSTC location at Wharton County Junior College.<\/p>\n

For more information on the Diesel Technology program call 832-595-8734. The new TSTC campus in Fort Bend County will open August 29 in time for the first day of class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With a couple of job offers in hand, Macay Bahner will walk the commencement stage on August 19 and receive his certificate from Texas State Technical College in Fort Bend County. The Magnolia native studied Diesel Equipment Technology, a field that was new to him when he started at TSTC one year ago. \u201cHonestly, I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fort-bend"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688","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\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":690,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688\/revisions\/690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}