2022 Press Release Archive
December
- Year in Review: Top TXST Stories of 2022
- St. David’s School of Nursing wins competitive AACN award
- Ph.D. student wins two national honors
- Fulbright grant award takes TXST professor to Vietnam
- Texas State prepares for fall 2022 commencement
- Laure Brimbal discusses how children are judged harshly for telling blunt truths with Big Ideas TXST
- Texas State to hold an emergency exercise on campus December 14
- Newsweek names Texas State among America's Best Online Learning Schools for 2023
November
- Religious Communication Association names Steven Beebe scholar of the year
- Texas State's 'Celestial Sleuth' dates night of inspiration for Georgia O’Keeffe’s first cityscape
- Study shows COVID-related stress major obstacle to sexual desire in romantic relationships
- 3 from Texas State honored with TSUS Regents' Awards for 2023
- GRIT Awards recognize resilience of small businesses in Texas
- Student loan cancellation got blocked. Now what? 3 questions answered
- Arzu Ari honored by International Council for Respiratory Care
- Texas State teacher education program selected as Raising Texas Teachers partner
- Author Stacey Swann to hold reading, signing at Katherine Porter Literary Center
- Newly released Cormac McCarthy archives now open at Wittliff Collections
- Breakthrough Central Texas and TXST Partner to Help First-Gen Students Succeed
- TXST wins AMA “Higher Education Marketing Team of the Year” honors
- Texas State University Names Brooks Hull Vice President for University Advancement
- Stella Silva, Victoria Black discuss Seal of Excelencia with Big Ideas TXST
- Texas State studies impact of fire on human bodies to improve forensic investigations
October
- Why inflation will likely stay sky-high regardless of which party wins the midterms
- School of Music graduate wins Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound
- Brian Cooper wins NCGE Distinguished Teacher Award
- Erika Aguilar: A storyteller finds the road to success leads to NPR
- Acclaimed poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil to hold reading, signing at Katherine Porter Literary Center
- ALERRT awarded $9.8 million for active shooter scenario training for first responders
- Food delivery app seeks to reduce food insecurity, social isolation for elderly
- Step Up for State brings in more than $1 million in donations
- New research shows Ice Age hunters likely used Clovis points against mammoths, mastodons
- Maggie Gilburg joins The Wittliff Collections as senior director of development
- Texas State’s Psi Chi awarded Model Chapter Award for 2021-2022
- Texas State honors award recipients at 2022 Distinguished Alumni Gala
- STAR Park’s Stephen Frayser honored by association of university research parks
- Children who tell blunt truth, as opposed to lying, are being judged harsher by adults
- Bahram Asiabanpour named SME 2022 Distinguished Faculty Advisor
- Texas State Sigma Delta Pi chapter named Honor Chapter for 2021-2022
- For undergraduate researchers, working with faculty can be rewarding, life changing
- Texas State earns back-to-back gold awards from Texas Veterans Commission
- 'Celestial Sleuth' unravels historical mysteries of Longfellow poem and King John’s lost crown jewels
- Veterans Upward Bound program to serve students at Texas State
- 'Step Up for State' online fundraising event returns for 2022
- Bestselling author, mathematician Cathy O’Neil to deliver Common Experience lecture
- Acclaimed author Kevin Wilson to hold reading, signing at Katherine Porter Literary Center
- Texas State scholars receive awards from the American Association of University Women
- NPR’s Erika Aguilar to deliver Mass Comm Week keynote address
- Texas State honors its first Latina student, Elena Zamora O’Shea
- Rodney Rohde discusses monkeypox with Big Ideas TXST
September
- University Police Dept holds Safety Walk across San Marcos Campus
- Louis Pasteur’s scientific discoveries in the 19th century revolutionized medicine and continue to save the lives of millions today
- Texas State earns prestigious Seal of Excelencia certification
- Student enrichment initiatives to benefit from a $1 million gift from Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation
- Meadows Center introduces stand-up paddling tours at Spring Lake; announces free tours for veterans on select dates
- Texas State confirms record-setting freshman enrollment for fall 2023
- Physical therapy student from Round Rock Campus breaks barriers
- Wittliff Collections hosts celebration of Rolando Hinojosa’s life, works
- SCALEUP program lands Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation grant to help minority businesses grow
- U.S. News lists Texas State among Best National Universities for 2022-2023
- Forbes names Texas State among “America’s Top Colleges” for 2022
- NIH grant fosters innovative research into fungal infections affecting bats, humans
- Texas State lands NSF grant to study impact changing policy has on migrants, border regions
- Aimee Villarreal discusses reconciliation in place names with Big Ideas TXST
- Alkek One Micro-Credentials equip students with in-demand technology skills
- Texas State named one of 'Best 388 Colleges' by Princeton Review
- CIEDAR Smart Cities Lab dedication hosted at STAR Park
- Texas State’s Pi Sigma Alpha chapter named Best Chapter for 2021-2022
August
- Texas State names new directors and department chairs for 2022/2023 school year
- USDA grant seeks to mentor, promote women in agricultural fields
- Texas State University moves closer to NEXT IS NOW capital campaign goal
- Academy of American Poets names Cyrus Cassells 2022 Poet Laureate Fellow
- Texas State receives McNair Scholars Program grant to benefit TRIO students
- Texas State sets record for freshman enrollment for fall 2022
- Villarreal named to federal Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names
- 20th annual Black and Latino Playwrights Celebration to host tribute to August Wilson
- Texas State faculty, staff honored during Fall 2022 Convocation
- Counting the Lives Lost at the Border
- A pair of non-traditional students named winners of The Graduate College Outstanding Dissertation Award 2022-2023
- TSUS Foundation names five from Texas State as 2022 Regents’ Award recipients
- An interfaith discussion on the role of religion in mental health
- Hobson gift to benefit undergraduate scholarships for students from Edna, Sealy
- Texas State, Stratajam land NSF grant to reduce mineral exploration costs
- Bobcats produce children’s book and playing cards for love of San Marcos
- If Biden decides not to run for reelection, he faces a big threat: Being a lame duck
- Google search landed one Texas State student his dream internship with NASCAR
- Texas State engineering gets $250,000 grant to improve pavement condition data collection
- Why are nuclear weapons so hard to get rid of? Because they’re tied up in nuclear countries’ sense of right and wrong
- Texas State tapped by DOE to improve climate change forecasting through use of machine learning
- Meet Gigi Secuban the inaugural vice president for Institutional Inclusive Excellence
- Texas State’s Maleki named TRELIS fellow by National Science Foundation
- Hank Hehmsoth discusses Christopher Cross, music education, jazz research with Big Ideas TXST
July
- TXST Creative writing graduate student wins prestigious international short story prize
- Harvard seminar puts spotlight on Texas State’s Christa Oliver and dance as form of activism
- Texas State awarded $3.6 million to help low-income students
- Program seeks to close pandemic-induced gap in literacy skills for students with or at-risk for disabilities
- Texas State Distinguished Alumnus Don Flores to deliver keynote during summer 2022 commencement
- Marketing’s Alkire, Fisk honored for best article of 2021 by Journal of Service Research
- Texas State featured in national report on success rates of Hispanic Serving Institutions
- Dale Blasingame discusses higher education in national, state parks with Big Ideas TXST
- New Stelos Scholars take a bite of the Big Apple and tackle food sustainability
- ALERRT Center releases first part of Uvalde after-action report
- What’s behind the enduring popularity of crystals?
- Texas State student researchers get EPA grant to prevent shoreline erosion, protect environment
June
- Feeding insects to cattle could make meat and milk production more sustainable
- Texas State partners with TRISH to increase diversity, representation in space health research
- U.S. Department of Energy fosters research into solar energy reliability for vulnerable communities
- Texas State professor enhancing safety for older adults through technology
- Federal Funds Fuel Critical Texas State University Climate Change Research
- Presidential Meet and Greets with Dr. Kelly Damphousse and Texas State Students, Faculty and Staff
- Dr. Cindy Royal named 2022 Teaching Award of Honor recipient by Alumni Association
- Texas State alumna among Top Women Leaders of San Antonio
- Texas State graduate students honored with P.E.O scholar awards
- Tanzima Islam’s innovative computing work garners Early Career Research Program award
- NSF taps Texas State to develop cutting-edge research microscope
- As one of Vladimir Putin’s closest advisers on Ukraine, Nicolai Patrushev spreads disinformation and outlandish conspiracy theories
- Texas State students work with Finnish students for semester-long Design X Culture project
- Adults entering older adulthood more likely to suffer multiple health ailments than prior generations
- “Systems Thinking” announced as 2022-2023 Common Experience theme
- Statements from the Texas School Safety Center
- Texas State nutrition professor offers tips for parents during baby formula crisis
- Texas State names Alejandra Merheb assistant vice president for Alumni Relations
May
- Krishna Kisi lands OSHA grant for infectious disease training, fall prevention/protection training
- 12th Texas State International Piano Festival to feature second TSIP competition
- Texas State University launches scholarship and offers resources in response to Uvalde shooting
- Texas State announces faculty promotions, tenure for 2022
- Spring 2022 issue of Hillviews available online
- Anterix partnership brings 4G/5G research network to Texas State
- The Catholic Church’s views on exorcism have changed – a religious studies scholar explains why
- Family-size river jump commemorates 2022 graduation
- What is monkeypox? A microbiologist explains what’s known about this smallpox cousin
- TSUS Regents approve new master's degree in long term care administration at Texas State
- Texas State CaerusCrete team takes first at 2022 NASA MINDS competition
- NAAHP honors Marilyn Banta with Carol Baffi-Dugan Award
- Texas State students honored with P.E.O. Scholar Awards
- Meet some of the TXST students applying groundbreaking tech at STAR Park
- Texas State named among top institutions for social impact for fourth consecutive year
- Students present research at 16th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference and Thesis Forum
- Texas State University Receives Community and Student Engagement Research Grant
- ACEJMC reaccredits School of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Biology's David Lemke named 25th Piper Professor at Texas State
- Texas State prepares for spring 2022 commencement
- Texas State Announces Fulbright Awards for 2022-2023
- Celebrating Dr. Trauth's Legacy
- Seoyoun Kim discusses health benefits of volunteering with Big Ideas TXST
April
- Alumni Association names Texas State’s most outstanding senior for 2022
- Texas State, Department of Education offer GAANN Fellowships for computer science doctoral students
- Political Science Student Earns Medal of Hope for Leadership
- Artificial Intelligence toolkit seeks to provide guidance on ethical AI aimed for children
- Texas State NSAC team wins first at District 10 advertising competition
- College of Applied Arts graduate students take home top awards
- Texas State research explores first responders’ use of force, reaction times, safety and stress
- Kelly R. Damphousse, Ph.D., Confirmed as 10th President of Texas State University
- Meadows Center, Wittliff Collections celebrate Viva Texas Rivers!
- Rep. John Carter announces $1 million STEM-for-All Partnership grant
- Texas State students past and present receive NSF graduate research fellowships
- Students lead groundbreaking research alongside faculty mentors
- U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo to hold reading, signing at Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center
- Manifesto published in Russian media reflects Putin regime’s ruthless plans in Ukraine
- Texas State and Huston-Tillotson partner to streamline path to M.S. in exercise science degree
- ALERRT tapped by FEMA to develop "Fire as a Weapon" emergency response training program
- 3 books named 2022 Tomás Rivera Children’s Book Award winners
- Texas State's Joey Fauerso awarded Guggenheim Fellowship for fine arts
- Texas State students harness tech and big data to combat human trafficking
- Texas State's Hehmsoth uncovers audio trove of jazz history
- Texas State hosts "Community Policing from a Global Perspective" forum
- Students sharpen entrepreneurial skills at Ignite workshop
- International collaboration seeks to mitigate flood risk, optimize evacuations
- Liberal Arts honors 3 Distinguished Alums for contributions to literature, public service, conservation
- ‘Texas Jazz Singer’ tells the story of one of the last Big Band vocalists
- Mental health problems come with an added ‘cost’ of poorer cognitive function – a neuropsychologist explains
- Bobcats spend spring break doing volunteer work in Louisiana
- College of Education professor named Fulbright Scholar Alumni Ambassador
- Andrew Ojede discusses international sanctions on Russia with Big Ideas TXST
- Texas State's Baltzly awarded Lenssen Prize for best essay on teaching in field of philosophy
- Secuban named Vice President for Institutional Inclusive Excellence
- Texas State, TAMACC, Shots Across Texas to combat Hispanic vaccine hesitancy
March
- Kelly R. Damphousse, Ph.D., Named Sole Finalist in Texas State University Presidential Search
- Texas State hosts 13th annual International Research Conference for Graduate Students
- Meadows Center reintroduces snorkel, kayak tours at Spring Lake
- Texas State doctoral students win Phi Kappa Phi Dissertation Fellowships
- Engineering students get hands-on learning with a paycheck
- Welcome to Texas State: Dr. Shreek Mandayam to lead Office of Research & Sponsored Programs
- Wittliff Collections acquires Stevie Ray Vaughan music archive
- Andrea Banzatti discusses James Webb Space Telescope with Big Ideas TXST
- Raven Leilani wins 2021 Clark Fiction Prize for Luster
- Meadows Center awarded $1.7 million for Clean Coast Texas Collaborative
- Honors College graduate turns his interests in politics and policy into a career with a group dedicated to U.S. immigration practices
- 2022 Innovation Lab to showcase student-led research during SXSW
- Texas State-Texas Monthly media campaign wins gold at Anthem Awards
- Project SOW to address chronic issues of burnout, trauma among nurses, social workers
- Crisis in Ukraine: Texas State faculty discuss Russia, the E.U. and the U.S.
February
- Value Colleges ranks Texas State among Top Respiratory Therapy Online Bachelor’s programs for 2022
- Faculty Research Fellows to examine why minority businesses slow to grow
- 10 Texas State students awarded TSUS Kuempel, Gomez scholarships
- Texas State, San Marcos CISD partner for innovative teacher residency program
- Common Experience hosts author, autism advocate Temple Grandin
- NSF grant establishes REU site for undergrad research into smart, connected communities, health
- Shreek Mandayam to discuss virtual reality during Alpha Chi Distinguished Lecture
- TSUS names Texas State's Ting Liu Regents' Teacher for 2022
- Texas State Computer Science partners with Meta with Engineer in Residence program
- Texas State's Supplemental Instruction program named "Exemplary" by international body
- Texas State addresses workforce development needs with free data science course
- Graduate student Wren Vogel challenges common perceptions on how we can use invasive plants to make good things
- Largest cohort of Texas State University students and alumni selected as semifinalists for 2022-2023 Fulbright U.S. Student Program
- Texas State Music Alumni Katy Dane honored as 2022 Music Educator
- NSF CAREER grant fosters research into autonomous systems, increasing math majors
- Dr. Robert Mace Looks to the Future of Water in Texas
- Elizabeth Eger discusses presenteeism with Big Ideas TXST
- Why are people calling Bitcoin a religion?
- Normal University Operations Resume February 5
- Classes cancelled Thursday and Friday, February 3 and 4
- Meet Matthew Carmichael the new chief of police for Texas State UPD
January
- U.S. News lists Texas State among Best Online Master's in Nursing programs for 2022
- Texas State announces major transfer scholarship initiative for fall 2022
- The pandemic changed death rituals and left grieving families without a sense of closure
- Texas State physicist to use James Webb Space Telescope to study water delivery to exoplanets
- The omicron variant is deepening severe staffing shortages in medical laboratories across the US
- Texas State University students surprised with $20,000 stipends from Texas Education Agency and Lockhart ISD for teacher residency program
- Meadows Center ramps up climate program with climate-focused curricula, blog, podcast
- Volunteering provides greater health benefits to low-income volunteers than more wealthy counterparts
- Big plans, projects ahead for CIEDAR
- School Psychology professor combats societal gender roles with children’s book
- Texas State announces Bobcat Cares emergency assistance for spring semester
- Josh Daspit, Dan Roy discusses SCALEUP initiative with Big Ideas TXST
- Who benefits from a break on federal student loan payments? An economist answers 3 questions