TSTC honors West Texas employees for service
Several Breckenridge residents were recently honored for their years of employment with Texas State Technical College.
TSTC’s West Texas campuses in Abilene, Breckenridge, Brownwood and Sweetwater celebrated employees who have been with the college for one, five, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 40 years. They were honored during the summer employee appreciation day event held at the Sweetwater campus.
40 Years
Glen Bedgood of Sweetwater
25 Years
Rick Nelson of Sweetwater
20 Years
Sarah Brooks of Abilene
15 Years
Carminia Del Toro of Brownwood, Lisa Langford of Breckenridge, GaBrielle Mallet of Sweetwater, Raquel Mata of Brownwood, Trisha Otts of Breckenridge, Cathy Scruggs of Abilene and Kyle Smith of Sweetwater were recognized for 15 years of employment with TSTC.
10 Years
TSTC employees recognized for 10 years of employment were Amy Buchanan of Abilene, Aaron Cherry of Abilene, Forrest McMillan of Abilene, Justin Price of Abilene, Elizabeth Reyes of Breckenridge, Marisol Solis, and Marchelle Taylor of Breckenridge.
5 Years
TSTC employees recognized for five years of employment were Erik Barnes, Jonathan Biddy, Gary Blake, Lorie Blake, Linnea Brown, Kimberly Carroll, Ivy Delong, David Doughty, Stacy Fritz, Justin Hopkins, Melinda Keith, Rachel Lantrip, Angela Matos, Kathleen Moreland, Winona Proctor, Aaron Robinette, Frank Rodriguez, Alexandra Sazon, Tim Scalley, Brettny Smith, Arnoldo Soto, Lane White and Erin Wilhite.
1 Year
TSTC employees recognized for one year of employment were Travis Ashcraft, Linda Baldivia, Shane Baxter, David Blowers, Larry Brickner, Ethan Brown, Bobby Copelin, Jennifer Nichols Cunningham, Jason Dawson, Luther Dorman, Rebecca Hargus, Daqualis Hooker, Jiggs Galenbeck, Sergio Madrid, Salvador Marquez, Raven Mullenax, Cindy Norris, Tiffany Oden, Nathan Oliver, Samantha Peterson, Christopher Pittman, Bonnie Rice, Sabrina Santiago, Elisha Seca, Kellie Shifflett, Jpatrick Shuey, Ashley Sims, Yvonne Stevenson, Brandon Scott Thomas, Jamie Thompson, Larry Walders and Ethan Wilson.
Cutline, top photo: From left, Raquel Mata, Lisa Langford, Carminia Del Toro and Cathy Scruggs were recognized for 15 years of employment with TSTC. Not pictured are GaBrielle Mallet, Trisha Otts and Kyle Smith. (Photo courtesy of TSTC)
Information and photos provided by TSTC.
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