2024 Press Release Archive
December
November
- TXST’s Ben Hutchins leads cave survey trips to Mangaia, Cook Islands
- Cheatham Street Warehouse donation to TXST Center for Texas Music History in honor of Kent Finlay and Tommy Foote
- Texas School Safety Center to develop crisis intervention programs with federal grant
- X-Bow Systems, Texas State announce cooperative research agreement for solid rocket motor advancement
- Agricultural Sciences adds VR welding units, reequips construction lab with NIFA grants
- TXST initiative supports veterans through interactive journal
- TXST doctoral student awarded prestigious fellowship for conservation research
- Texas State, Texas Book Festival to host 2024 Tomás Rivera Children’s Book Award winners
- TXST study finds compassion fatigue a growing problem at universities
October
- TXST student lands leading role in indie film Empire Waist
- Graduate students leverage travel funding to enhance research, build professional networks
- The Peña family awarded Family of the Year during Family Weekend
- TXST students receive 3 of 20 National Institute of Justice awards
- Education Abroad Fair to highlight upcoming study abroad, scholarship opportunities
- Celestial Sleuth pinpoints van Gogh’s iconic ‘Treehenge Lane’
- Tommy Foote endowed scholarship at TXST to benefit students of Texas music history
- TXST leads initiative for improving geography curriculums across the United States
- At TXST’s CREATE Research Lab, Hip Hop is a vehicle for reducing stress and aiding positive development
September
- TXST’s ‘Next is Now’ capital campaign surpasses fundraising goal
- Moody Foundation gift establishes First-Generation Career Scholars Network at TXST
- TXST Medical Laboratory Science graduates achieve 100 percent pass rate on ASCP board exam on collective first attempt
- Round Rock Campus welcomes inaugural first-year class
- TXST to host Secrets of SuperAgers lecturer series with Emily Rogalski, Ph.D.
- TXST, San Marcos CISD partner for dual credit program
August
- Princeton Review names Texas State among ‘Best Colleges’ for 2025
- ‘Forbes’ names Texas State among “America’s Top Colleges” for 2024-2025
- TXST student participates in urban greenways research in Illinois
- TXST researchers discover hybridization plays crucial role in evolution of Xiphophorus fish
- Excelencia in Education names TXST’s STEM Communities Learning Assistant Program as a Program to Watch
- Texas State, Collin College launch ambitious guaranteed transfer program
- Wittliff Collections doubles its Cormac McCarthy Archive
- Carter secures $500,000 for TXST STEM-For-All partnership, research initiative
July
- Carter secures $500,000 for TXST STEM-For-All partnership, research initiative
- TXST’s new education hubs create affordable opportunities abroad for students
- Texas State to honor brothers John and Nelson Avery with honorary doctoral degrees during summer 2024 commencement
- TXST researchers discover anti-cancer properties in fungal compound
- TXST names Brett Last new chief human resources officer
- Hank Hehmsoth’s ‘Mirror Mirror’ selected for inclusion on Good Mood Café: Instrumental Blend Vol. 1
- TXST alum shares views of rare NASA asteroid samples with the world
- TXST chemistry researchers unlock new understanding of photosensitizer compounds
- University Advancement wins 2024 CASE Grand Gold Circle of Excellence Award
- RNCareers.org names St. David’s School of Nursing No. 2 program in Texas
June
- 10 TXST students receive Quanta Services Scholarships
- Congressman Greg Casar, San Marcos Leaders Celebrate $500K Federal Investment in Meadows Center Research
- TXST to offer online undergraduate and graduate degree programs in partnership with Risepoint
- Amid a resurgence of interest in film photography, TXST alum finds a niche with a processing lab
- Doctoral student is the first at TXST to receive NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship
- 16 TXST graduate students awarded P.E.O. International Peace Scholarships
- 2024 Presidential Award honorees announced
- Texas State, Coast Flight, TAP unite for new aviation science degree partnership
- 3 TXST students receive awards from Critical Language Scholarship Program for summer 2024 language study
- Dr. Melinda Villagran Appointed to Governor's Healthcare Workforce Task Force
- Students present research at 18th annual Undergraduate Research Conference
- TXST anthropology doctoral student receives the Jacob Hirsch Fellowship
- TXST professor and actor Richard Robichaux gets back to his Cajun roots in Richard Linklater's ‘Hit Man’
May
- Texas State’s Daris Hale receives Fulbright Scholar appointment to Nepal
- TXST students learn Italian while giving back with service-learning projects in Italy
- TXST incoming graduate students, alumni receive NSF GRFP awards, honorable mention
- Jim, Jane Raddin join TXST Guardian Society with establishment of student scholarship endowment
- University Advancement announces three new Associate Directors of Development
- Father and daughter awarded graduate degrees at Spring 2024 Commencement
- THECB approves new TXST doctoral programs in Civil Engineering, Biophysical Chemistry
- Texas Institute of Letters honors Cassells for best book translation
- Project Second Step looks to enhance implementation of social-emotional learning curriculum in rural school districts
- Abound names Texas State among nation’s best colleges in three categories for 2024
- TXST announces Fulbright U.S. Student Awards for 2024-2025
- Texas State to host kick-off celebration for National Nurses Week
- TXST anthropology doctoral student receives P.E.O. Scholar Award
April
- Texas State prepares for spring 2024 commencement
- Wittliff Collections acquires complete archive of writer Benjamín Alire Sáenz
- TXST alum Pablo Mejia awarded Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship toward MFA in film
- USBR grant funds research into photobiological process to improve desalination
- TXST researchers examine relationship between bone structure and body mass index
- TXST convenes West Texas scientists and the public for the Christmas Mountains Research Symposium
- Texas State, Austin Community College launch ambitious ‘Bats to Cats’ guaranteed transfer program
- TXST’s Career Services opens professional headshot photo booth for students, staff, faculty, and alumni
- SETI researcher Chenoa Tremblay to deliver ‘Math In Space’ keynote
- Student talent propels The Wittliff Collections’ launch of new coyote logo
- Festival to showcase fun, relevance of math in daily life
- TXST jazz pianist Hank Hehmsoth releases his 5th album, ‘Blu-Escape’
- TXST’s Dutton to lead investigation into Matagorda Bay mercury exposure
- ‘U.S. News’ lists 9 Texas State graduate programs among best in nation for 2024
- NSF's James Moore III engages TXST in STEM research funding strategies
- McCoy College's Center for Professional Sales awarded Best Sales Program by USCA
- TXST doctoral students receive Phi Kappa Phi dissertation fellowships, graduate research grants
- Texas State partners with Texas Attorney General’s Office to tackle cold cases
- Estate gift benefits sociology scholarships for undergraduate, graduate students
March
- Texas State to host 15th annual Graduate Student Research Conference
- TXST sets all-time record with $141 million in research spending, fueled by Run to R1 efforts
- Researchers seek community involvement in groundwater, surface water interaction study of Blanco County’s Cypress Creek
- TXST Provost Pranesh Aswath inducted into 2024 AIMBE College of Fellows
- TSUS, Indeed launch partnership to help students and alumni advance their careers
- TXST alum lands role in Marvel’s ‘Echo,’ Speaks to students at Q&A
- NIH-funded study investigates cardiovascular benefits of volunteering
- Twin brothers, TXST alums, compete on CBS' "The Amazing Race"
- TXST Innovation Lab to showcase research projects at SXSW festival
- TXST’s Debbie Thorne named to American Council on Education Fellows Program
- TXST professors create Family Business Research Productivity Ranking
February
- 3 from Texas State honored as 2023 TSUS Regents' Teachers
- Engineering student wins CEIA Student Achievement Award
- Texas springs in crisis: New study highlights overwhelming increase in dry springs
- Seven Texas State students named Fulbright semi-finalists
- Texas State civil engineering students to compete at national competition in Vancouver
- Jim and Ann Nell Gann named TXST Heroes following $1 million gift
- TXST graduate students collaborate for NASA mission to the International Space Station
- Engineering students attend leadership summit, secure summer internships with Cargill
- Texas State receives gift of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Stetson hat
- Texas State sets multiple enrollment records for spring 2024
- U.S. News lists 3 Texas State online programs among best in nation for 2024
- TXST Round Rock Campus named ‘business of the year’ by Chamber of Commerce
- Texas State names Kristi Troxel executive director of alumni engagement
- TEDx speakers to explore theme of ‘resolve’ at Texas State
- Celebrating TXST graduate student-athletes for Women in Sports Day
- AVP for Student Success Dr. Emilio Carranco retires after 32 years at Texas State
- Texas State begins Narcan distribution program at San Marcos, Round Rock Campuses
January
- Texas State University System Public Art Program commissions four new artists
- Texas State’s IDEA Center receives 2024 Program of Promise Award
- Physics department introduces “Space Lab” to Texas State community
- TXST professor studies climate resiliency in Southeast Asian nations
- TXST study shows benefits of letting children help out and pitch in
- Coach Carter director, distinguished alum Thomas Carter returns to his home court for alumni series Q&A
- Texas State researchers to study prescription drug misuse among adolescents, young adults
- Texas State recognized for commitment to first-generation student success
- Texas State hosts 34th annual hostage negotiation competition, seminar
- Texas State’s CIEDAR announces partnership with Digital Twin Consortium
- Two TXST students honored with P.E.O. Scholar Award
- TXST Faculty, Students Test Quality of Workplace Products for the Texas Workforce Commission
- TXST Round Rock Campus named ‘business of the year’ by Chamber of Commerce