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2024

December

  • The Graduate College honors outstanding graduate students, mentor
  • TXST’s Canyon Hall renamed in honor of Distinguished Alumnus Richard A. Castro
  • Hawkins Program grant establishes innovative, grow-your-own teacher pathway at TXST
  • Esperanza Hall groundbreaking ushers in new growth at TXST Round Rock Campus

November

  • Cheatham Street Warehouse donation to TXST Center for Texas Music History in honor of Kent Finlay and Tommy Foote
  • TXST initiative supports veterans through interactive journal
  • Texas State, Texas Book Festival to host 2024 Tomás Rivera Children’s Book Award winners
  • Elevate Student Success: Highlights from TXST’s recent Employability Summit

October

  • Education Abroad Fair to highlight upcoming study abroad, scholarship opportunities
  • Wittliff Collections honored by Texas Historical Records Advisory Board
  • Tommy Foote endowed scholarship at TXST to benefit students of Texas music history

September

  • TXST set to launch 18 new online degree programs in 2025
  • TXST’s ‘Next is Now’ capital campaign surpasses fundraising goal
  • Moody Foundation gift establishes First-Generation Career Scholars Network at TXST
  • 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
  • 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

  • Texas State to honor brothers John and Nelson Avery with honorary doctoral degrees during summer 2024 commencement
  • TXST names Brett Last new chief human resources officer
  • 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
  • Congressman Greg Casar, San Marcos Leaders Celebrate $500K Federal Investment in Meadows Center Research

June

  • Congressman Greg Casar, San Marcos Leaders Celebrate $500K Federal Investment in Meadows Center Research
  • Texas State, Coast Flight, TAP unite for new aviation science degree partnership
  • Dr. Melinda Villagran Appointed to Governor's Healthcare Workforce Task Force

May

  • Jim, Jane Raddin join TXST Guardian Society with establishment of student scholarship endowment
  • University Advancement announces three new Associate Directors of Development
  • THECB approves new TXST doctoral programs in Civil Engineering, Biophysical Chemistry
  • Abound names Texas State among nation’s best colleges in three categories for 2024
  • Texas State to host kick-off celebration for National Nurses Week
  • Texas State prepares for spring 2024 commencement

April

  • Texas State prepares for spring 2024 commencement
  • Wittliff Collections acquires complete archive of writer Benjamín Alire Sáenz
  • 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
  • Festival to showcase fun, relevance of math in daily life
  • ‘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
  • 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
  • TSUS, Indeed launch partnership to help students and alumni advance their careers

February

  • Jamil Jan Kochai wins 2024 Clark Fiction Prize for ‘The Haunting of Hajji Hotak’
  • Jim and Ann Nell Gann named TXST Heroes following $1 million gift
  • 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
  • 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
  • Jim and Ann Nell Gann named TXST Heroes following $1 million gift

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
  • Texas State recognized for commitment to first-generation student success
  • Texas State’s CIEDAR announces partnership with Digital Twin Consortium
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