Watch the Graduation Livestream starting shortly before 7:00 p.m. tonight

You ready to Step Up?

Education brings opportunity, and opportunity isn’t going to come knocking on its own.

Create your own luck.

Don’t wait for it to happen on its own. Folks who go to college or train for a career are more likely to land a job with a starting salary of $50,000 or higher. Step up, get some training, and grab yourself a job that pays off.

When you find the right career, sparks fly.

Welders in Northeast Texas earn an average yearly salary of $39,800. If that puts a little sparkle in your eye, it could be just the thing to put money in your pocket. Step up, earn your welding certification, and watch opportunity strike.

Texas is growing fast. You coming with it?

You might have to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty. If that doesn’t phase you, tap into a career in construction. In Northeast Texas alone, there are 800+ annual job openings for trained construction workers, making landing a job easy as pie. Step up and grab your tools. We’ve got work to do.

You don’t learn to tie ropes like this overnight.

Learning a new skill takes time and grit. So does training for a job that’ll do more than just pay the bills. Signing up for a degree or certificate program is a step in the right direction.

That oil won’t drill itself.

At an average yearly salary of $43,300 for geological sample testers and $126,200 for geological engineers, it’s a career you can bet on. Step up, earn a chemistry degree, and land that job.

We can help with your next steps

Taylor Richard

Recruitment Coordinator

Tenequa Martin

Director of Educational Opportunity Center

Karen Holt

Health Sciences Advisor