Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service

On June 6 in South Bend, IN, founding member and former Chief of TX-TF1 Billy Parker received The Higgins and Langley Lifetime Achievement Award for his years of service and dedication to the development and leadership of the organization.

ESTI recently received a donation of a new pressurized rail car to add to the Hazmat Train Derailment prop. This addition opens the door for more specialized training for participants and will bring in new customers who have gone to other training facilities in the past for this type of training.

TEEX hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 3, 2021, at the RELLIS Campus for the new indoor Monopole Cell Tower Prop donated by Warriors 4 Wireless, T-Mobile, US Tower, Teltech, and Wireless Horizon. The tower prop constructed inside a hangar will help train participants in TEEX’s Cell Tower Technician Course. TEEX partnered with Warriors 4 Wireless (W4W) to give veterans the opportunity for a new career in the cell tower industry.

The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) announced that it will incorporate several aspects of the IBM (NYSE: IBM) Security portfolio into its national cybersecurity training initiatives.

Eleven students graduated from the TEEX Lineman Academy after 15 weeks of classroom and field exercises at the RELLIS Campus.