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Located at Freeman Ranch just off of Ranch Road 12, Bobcat Farm is a student-founded, student-run farm-to-market garden that enriches the lives of both local San Martians and TXST students. Giselle chats with Emily Nickerson and Joshua Newton about how the farm began, the kind of research they are conducting, and how growing vegetables has impacted the Bobcat community. 

Get your resume reviewed, prepare for an interview, get suited up, and so much more with TXST's Career Services. Located in the LBJ Student Center, the Career Services office has everything you need to start your journey in the workforce. Giselle chats with Ray and Adrianna, members of the Career Services office, to learn about all they have to offer and how both students and alums can take advantage of it. 

The academic cocktail of singing lessons, language learning, acting, history of European performance, and stage production is what the TXST Opera program is built on. Director Marc Reynolds and student Mikayla Wallis shine a light on the beauty and depth of the age-old form of entertainment that still remains a flourishing art here at TXST.

The TXST eSports team has won championships, hosted intercollegiate competitions, and put together weekly showdowns of some of the most played games in the industry. President Enrique de la Torre and Super Smash Bros. captain Ray Rodriguez chat with Giselle about the ins and outs of the sport, the mental strategy it takes, and the kind of community it has built on TXST's campus. 

Fencing is one of the oldest sports in history, dating back to kings and queens and duels that have lasted in our collective consciousness for years. The TXST Fencing club is also the longest standing sports club at TXST, which is what Tim Grimshaw and Paul Schimelman explain to us as they describe their graceful and lethal sport.

From freshman year to changing your major more times than you want to admit, finding your people, and late nights at Sewell Park. That's the college experience at TXST. Giselle sits down with four TXST graduates and looks back on the years leading up to the moment that every college student pushes for. 

It's all around us, and we interact with it every day. Concrete is (literally) at the foundation of how we live our lives and is part of a booming industry with jobs that need filling. Listen to Dr. Carlos Moro and nontraditional freshman Joe Grout give life to the material and walk us through the details of the TXST Concrete Industry Management program. 

When you think of sports clubs, lacrosse, soccer, and tennis come to mind, but what if we said you could ride horses? Giselle dives deep into the world of the TXST Equestrian Team with coach Katherine Deichmann and rider Hannah Patterson to discover what it's like to compete, communicate, and connect with horses.

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