STEM & Business

Our STEM programs give you a place where your natural curiosity can flourish and grow. We can help you reach for the stars and find success in a leading-edge, thriving career. Reach your dreams. Don’t give up. Start today.

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Welcome to the Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and Business (STEM+B) division at Texarkana College. Offering courses from yin yoga to accounting to microbiology to organic chemistry to differential equations, and everything in between, our aim is to educate, empower, and encourage students to reach their educational goals through rigorous and relevant STEM education.

TC STEM: Inspiring Wonder, Preparing Minds, Every Student, Every Day.

Dr. Cat Howard

Faculty

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Catherine Howard Ed.D.

Dean of STEM & Business and Chemistry Program Coordinator

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Jamie Ashby

Faculty, STEM

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Stephanie Carpenter

Faculty, STEM

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Kenneth Crane

Faculty, STEM

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Monica Davis

Faculty, STEM

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Karin Grisham

Faculty, STEM

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Denise Johnson

Health Sciences Program Coordinator

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Robert Jones

Mathematics Program Coordinator

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Robert Laird

Faculty, STEM

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Michael Curt Langford

Business/Accounting

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Serena Metcalf

Faculty, STEM

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Sam Rivas

Business/Economics

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Holley Robinson

Faculty, STEM

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Mark Storey

Biology Program Coordinator

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Kathleen Teer

Biology / Chemistry

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Michael Lance Whisenant, PhD

Learning Technologist

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Sandra Francis

Administrative Assistant