TSTC Student e-NewsletterOct. 25, 2010
New TSTC website is LIVE!New TSTC site
As announced earlier this year, the TSTC System has created a new marketing-driven website focused on giving prospective students more information about the many career programs available at all the TSTC campuses across Texas. The site is now live at http://www.tstc.edu/. Click around the website to see the new and improved features and design, neat student and faculty blogs and other interactive modules.

The TSTC Waco site, http://www.waco.tstc.edu/ will stay live through the end of the year as we work toward moving information that is relevant to current students and employees onto a single sign-in portal site that will incorporate WebAdvisor, Moodle and much more. Thanks for your patience as we move to a more efficient, modern system for our web offerings to you. Reply to this e-mail with any questions or comments you have about this process.

Thank you!
TSTC Marketing & Communications Team
Trunk or Treat
Trunk or Treat Block Party

FREE fun, candy, music, prizes and activities are in store at the TSTC Trunk or Treat Block Party from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 28 in the Student Recreation Center parking lot. Student organizations will hand out candy to all who attend from spooky and spirited vehicles, decorated as a part of a contest for student clubs. Prize-winning carved pumpkins will be on display during the event and there will be a costume contest at 6:30 p.m. This is a family friendly event, so don't hesitate to bring children!

For more information on the Trunk or Treat Block Party, contact the Student Activities office at (254) 867-3608.

Pumpkin Carving Contest

Pumpkin Carving Contest
Bring your carved pumpkin for judging to the Student Recreation Center from noon to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 26. Winners will be announced on Wednesday, Oct. 27, and pumpkins will be on display at the Trunk or Treat Block Party on Thursday, Oct. 28.

Winners will receive prizes! TSTC students and employees may enter the contest. This event is sponsored by the Student Activities office. For more detail on the contest, contact Lisa Listach at (254) 867-3608.

Golf Course Logo Contest 

If you're creative and would like a chance to win a $200 cash prize, we encourage you to enter our Logo Design Contest to create a logo for the James Connally Golf Course located here at TSTC Waco. Owned and operated by Texas State Technical College Waco, James Connally Golf Course is an 18-hole course open to the public year-round and is a favorite of many local golfers.

Get more details.


Reminder:
Zumba for the Cure

Join in Zumba for the Cure on Wednesday, Oct. 27, from Zumba4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Student Recreation Center. Price of admission is $2, with all proceeds from the event going to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. For more information, contact TSTC Nurse Kamy Alejo at (254) 867-3670.
What is zumba?


Upcoming Events

Monday, Oct. 25
-Lamar University on campus, 9:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., SSC

Tuesday, Oct. 26
-Pumpkin Carving Contest entries due, SRC

Wednesday, Oct. 27
-Health Fair, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., ITC Atrium
-Zumba for the Cure, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., SRC

Thursday, Oct. 28
-Trunk or Treat Block Party, 6 to 8 p.m., SRC parking lot

Monday, Nov. 1
-All Saints Day

Tuesday, Nov. 2
-Election Day
-Karaoke Night, 6 p.m., SRC


Get all TSTC event information first! Check out the online calendar. 
 
SRC- Student Recreation Center (view map)
DSL- Department of Student Life (in the SSC)
SSC- Student Services Center (view map)
JBC- John B. Connally Center (view map)
ITC- Industrial Technology Center (view map)
FSC- Food Service/Culinary Arts (view map)
WRC- Women's Resource Center (view map)
TSC- Technical Studies Center (view map)
PGCC-Provence Graphic Communications Center (view map)
Humans vs. Zombies begins today!
The annual zombiecampus-wide game of tag, Humans vs. Zombies (HvZ), is back this year with a vengeance. Hosted by the Digital Media Design club, HvZ will run from Monday, Oct. 25, to Friday, Oct. 29, ending at noon.

What is HvZ?
Read more to find out, or contact DMD Club President Ken Dyer at (512) 588-0524 or DMD Club Advisor Carla Cockrell at ext. 3360 or by e-mail at carla.cockrell@tstc.edu.

Health Fair on Wednesday
The Health Center's 3rd Annual Health Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 27, in the Industrial Technology Center Atrium.

Visit with vendors from various health/fitness companies and get a chance to win one of the door prizes that will be given away in the event.

Carter BloodCare will hold a blood drive in the ITC parking lot during the event.

Reminder:
Tech Times Online- October 2010
Check out the latest issue of the Tech Times Online at http://www.tstctechtimes.com.
In this issue:
-Solar installation provides high tech lab, energy savings
-Village Oaks residents impact hunger in Waco
-Core focuses on helping incoming students
-In Review: "Easy A," "Machete," "Devil"
- Event information, photos and more!

Culinary Luncheons
Culinary Club Throughout the semester the Food Service/Culinary Arts program hosts luncheons from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays at the FSC building located on Avenue D. (view map) Each week has a different theme and different student chef in charge of the menu and kitchen.

This week's menu is Cajun. The menu will be posted to the FSC website when it is finished.

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