“We're really excited about getting in and offering those types of courses to not only help the students themselves get those high-earning, high-wage jobs but also helping the region meet their workforce needs. That's really the key here,” Schubert said.
How it works
The new complex, named the Waller Workforce and Technical Education Complex, will sit on Binford Park Road. According to a Sept. 15 news release, the facility will have three lecture classrooms, a computer learning lab, a medical learning lab, a mechatronics and advanced manufacturing lab, and a skilled trades lab, as well as faculty and staff offices.
According to the release, programs within the new facility on the Waller Campus will include:
- Expanded mechatronics and advanced manufacturing courses
- Emergency medical technician basic certification
- Certified clinical medical assistant training
- Carpentry
- Construction management
- Heating, ventilation and air conditioning
- Phlebotomy
Schubert said Blinn College is also in the design stage for a roughly 80,000-square-foot multistory academic building across the street from the Waller Workforce and Technical Education Complex.
The academic building, which will house core courses such as science and math, will sit on the 100 acres of land on the corner of FM 2920 and Binford Road that the college purchased last year, Schubert said.
“That's where we're going to be offering the traditional academic-type courses. The goal of that is for a student to be able to get their associate’s degree in that one location, so they will not have to go to multiple locations,” Schubert said.
Schubert said the academic building is scheduled to open in fall 2027.
Note: The map below is an estimate of where the Waller Workforce and Technical Education Complex and future academic building will be located.
