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Midland College will celebrate 30 years of education and workforce training in Pecos County with a community event marking the 30th anniversary of the Williams Regional Technical Training Center (WRTTC) on Saturday, Oct. 17. The celebration will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at WRTTC, 1309 I-10 West in Fort Stockton. The event is free and open to the community.

For more than 30 years, Dr. Terry Gilmour has helped Midland College students find their voices, discover their potential and understand the role they can play in their communities. Now, her impact in the classroom is being recognized at the national level.

Commercial drivers leave training programs and immediately take on an enormous responsibility: safely operating some of the largest vehicles on our roads alongside our families, coworkers, and neighbors. Recent enforcement action by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has put a renewed spotlight on the responsibility CDL training providers have to prepare drivers properly.

Midland College has named Midland native Elizabeth Shydlowski as the new Executive Director of the Midland College Foundation. She returns home with more than two decades of experience in philanthropy, public policy, and government, and a career that includes securing transformative seven- and eight-figure gifts.