TSTC Foundation Annual Report 2020 - 2021

NORTH TEXAS
Year in Review
TSTC in North Texas
The Red Oak
Industrial
The past year ushered in student need at a level unseen in TSTC’s
recent history. Job loss, combined with the current health crisis,
created a dire need for additional financial assistance at our Red
Oak campus. Local organizations and industry allies worked with
The TSTC Foundation to solve these urgent hardships.
“I have no doubt that without the financial support of our partners,
many students would have been unable to stay the course and
remain in their programs of study,” said Marcus Balch, provost of
TSTC in North Texas.
The generosity of TSTC in North Texas’ community and industry
partners was even more meaningful this past year. Relationships
were built and expanded to provide opportunities for students to
pay tuition, rent and utilities, and to buy laptops to work remotely.
This helps enable students to become graduates and contribute to
the regional economy.
“It’s been very rewarding to see how these financial gifts impacted
our students,” said Rusty Hicks, The TSTC Foundation’s corporate
development officer. “Many students came back to campus in
some type of financial stress, so being able to get scholarships
most certainly helps get them over the hump. It was also
incredibly rewarding to let our donors know how their money is
being used to keep these young students in school and on a path
to an exciting future.”
This year, electric utility giant Oncor, which has hired many TSTC
graduates in the past, donated $15,000 for use at TSTC’s North
Texas campus. Part of that gift is being used for scholarships
for Industrial Systems students who are experiencing tough
times due to the pandemic. The money is also being used for
instructional equipment for the Industrial Systems program.
The Red Oak Industrial Development Corp. made a commitment
to give up to $36,000 in three years that will be used for
scholarships for students living in the Red Oak city limits and
attending the North Texas campus. The scholarship enables
students of all ages to become vital members of Red Oak’s
workforce upon graduation.
AAON Inc. in Longview contributed $10,000 to be used for
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Technology students at
the North Texas campus. This gift was made possible by way of the
Texas Air Conditioning Contractors Association.
Development
Corp. Scholarship
available
at TSTC will
provide financial
assistance to
our students
for attaining
upward mobility
and improve the
quality of life for
our students and
403
94
99 $66,760
their families.
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TOTAL NUMBER OF
SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED
TOTAL NUMBER
OF GRADUATES
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SCHOLARSHIPS
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LEE McCLEARY,
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
City of Red Oak