Former TSTC Student Returns to Precision Machining Technology Two Decades Later

School to oilfield and back: Marshall native starting new career at TSTC

MARSHALL, Texas (KTAL/KMSS) — Marshall native Lewis Thomas is very blunt when he talks about leaving Texas State Technical College (TSTC). “I left TSTC because I saw dollar signs in the oilfield; it was booming back then," Lewis explains. That boom led Lewis and many people to the oilfield, but the boom had costs. The oilfield is dangerous. Workers are told constantly that every mistake could lead to someone dying. Hazardous chemicals, water, an…

Former TSTC student returns to Precision Machining Technology two decades later

Lewis Thomas, a Precision Machining Technology student at Texas State Technical College, returned to the Marshall campus after almost two decades in the oilfield. (Photo courtesy of TSTC.)  (MARSHALL, Texas) – After leaving Texas State Technical College for a career in the oilfield, Lewis Thomas has returned to the Marshall campus two decades later to pursue an associate degree in Precision Machining Technology. “I left TSTC because I saw dollar…