Education
BY JULIANNA WASHBURN
Blinn College’s Waller workforce campus set to open in May 2026
Looking forward
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— scheduled to open in fall 2027. 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.
The Blinn College District will complete its new 17,000-square-foot facility for workforce training and technical education in May 2026—just in time for summer 2026 classes, Leighton Schubert, executive vice chancellor at Blinn College, confirmed. “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. The new complex, named the Waller Workforce and Technical Education Complex, will sit on Binford Park Road. Per a Sept. 15 news release, the facility will have three lecture classrooms, a
Programs within the new Waller-area facility 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
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Waller Workforce and Technical Education Complex
Future campus
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computer learning lab, a medical learning lab, a mechatronics and advanced manufacturing lab, and a skilled trades lab, as well as offices.
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