Texas State News

Yazedjian honored as member of Leadership Texas for 2012

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:45:45 -0600

Ani Yazedjian, special assistant to the provost for international student services and faculty member of the School of Family and Consumer Sciences at Texas State Universtity-San Marcos, has been selected to join an elite network of more than 5,000 women as a member of the Leadership Texas Class of 2012.

Grant boosts Generation Texas college prep initiative

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:00:05 -0600

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has awarded a grant to the E3 Alliance and the Center for P-16 Initiatives at Texas State University-San Marcos for Success for ALL: Closing the College Participation and Success Gaps in Central Texas.

Alumna Glass to highlight 3rd annual WISE conference

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:27:26 -0600

A keynote address by Peggy Glass of Alan Plummer Associates, Inc., will highlight the 3rd Annual Women in Science and Engineering Conference April 12-13 at Texas State University-San Marcos.

Texas State student named Wilson-Rockefeller Brothers fellow

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:56:28 -0600

Gabriella Corales, an English and communication studies major at Texas State University-San Marcos, is among 25 students nationwide to receive a 2012 fellowship from the Woodrow Wilson-Rockefeller Brothers Fund for Aspiring Teachers of Color.

Deepak wins national award for paper on population growth

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:59:40 -0600

Anne C. Deepak, assistant professor of social work at Texas State University-San Marcos, has received a national award for feminist scholarship as it pertains to social work theory, research, practice, policy and education.

Tomás Morín wins prestigious American Poetry Review prize

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:14:01 -0600

Tomás Q. Morín, senior lecturer in English at Texas State University-San Marcos, has been awarded the 2012 American Poetry Review/Honickman First Book Prize for Poetry, for his manuscript A Larger Country.

AACSB accreditation renewed for McCoy College of Business

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:07:04 -0600

The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International has renewed business accreditation for the McCoy College of Business Administration at Texas State University-San Marcos.

Poet Richard Siken to give readings at Texas State, Porter House

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:04:52 -0600

The Katherine Anne Porter Literacy Center and the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University-San Marcos present readings from critically acclaimed poet Richard Siken Feb. 9-10.

Encore Series presents acclaimed Tapestry Dance Company

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:05:38 -0600

Texas State University-San Marcos and the Encore University Performing Arts Series will host Tapestry Dance Company Feb. 14 at 7:30 p.m. in Evans Auditorium.

O’Neal named ‘College Teacher of the Year’ during Texas conference

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:37:56 -0600

Texas State University-San Marcos Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction Sharon O’Neal was named the 2012 “College Teacher of the Year” at the 47th annual Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts Conference and Exhibition on Jan. 20.

Osher Reentry Scholarship program promotes return to college

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:25:47 -0600

The Bernard Osher Foundation is offering Osher Reentry Scholarships to promote a return to college for current students on the path to earning an undergraduate degree.

Texas State to remove ailing bur oak tree at the River House

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:28:17 -0600

Texas State to remove ailing bur oak tree at the River House

School of Music hosts 13th annual Feria del Mariachi

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:46:37 -0600

The Texas State University-San Marcos School of Music will host the 13th annual Feria del Mariachi conference and festival March 2-3 at various venues in San Marcos.

Texas State student veterans to graduate with honor cords

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:23:00 -0600

Texas State University-San Marcos has been frequently recognized regarding its support of student veterans. Recently, the university authorized student veterans to wear honor cords during graduation. This additional service reflects the university's commitment to being a veteran-friendly campus.

Rising Stars: Texas State Pride - Texas State Pride

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:04:00 -0600

Our graduates carry our values and our vision into the world. They are the pioneering researchers, the heart-driven leaders, the inspired artists and the unstoppable entrepreneurs who stand out on a national stage.

Their lives tell our story — one of hard work, eager discovery and the life-changing opportunities that spring from our supportive community. Every day. Since 1899.

Rising Stars: Leona Osinga - From San Marcos to the wide world

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:23:22 -0600

International studies major and polyglot Leona Osinga has a global perspective, one that reaches from her home — a family farm in East Texas — to points as far as Europe and New Zealand. With the support of Texas State faculty, she’s made the world her classroom, seeking its lessons one language at a time.

Rising Stars: Karen Chisum - Past and present meet in Texas State volleyball coach

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:22:04 -0500

Karen Chisum’s impressive record as the sixth-winningest active coach in NCAA Division I volleyball — and as a recipient of the university’s Distinguished Alumni Award — cements her place in Texas State lore even as she continues to build upon it.

Rising Stars: Priscilla Davis - Daughter of 9/11 first responder keeps the memories alive

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:59:09 -0500

Priscilla Davis was just 12 years old when her father, policeman Clinton Davis, was killed in the collapse of the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11, 2001. Today, she is a senior criminal justice major at Texas State, following her father’s footsteps and bearing a permanent memorial to him.

Rising Stars: Coach Fran - Texas State readies Bobcat football for the WAC

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:50:53 -0500

In 2012, the Texas State Bobcats will move from the Southland Conference to the Western Athletic Conference, advancing for the first time to the NCAA’s Football Bowl Subdivision. With the same fatherly ethos in his voice, Franchione says he expects nothing less than excellence from the Bobcats.

Rising Stars: SIFE - Business with acumen takes SIFE team to world championship

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:40:25 -0500

Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) is a student organization that creates business projects to empower entrepreneurs and people in need. Through their endeavors — which in the 2010-11 academic year ranged from remodeling and furnishing housing for migrant workers to fill labor shortages on West Texas farms to helping local high school students fund rain barrels for their class gardens — Texas State’s team, one of the largest in the nation, implements real-world solutions for real-world problems.

Rising Stars: Washington Garcia - Bringing an international perspective to Texas State

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:22:34 -0500

Dr. Washington García has performed at prestigious venues all over the world, but the thing he finds most rewarding is teaching in Texas State’s School of Music and working with children from across the globe at Texas State’s International Piano Festival.

Rising Stars: Dawson Muñoz - Veteran, first-generation college student benefits from mentorship

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:16:59 -0500

Dawson Muñoz knows what he wanted to do with his life — become an international entrepreneur — and with the help of a mentor at Texas State, he has stuck with his plan through junior college, a tour of duty in Iraq and four years in San Marcos. In September, the quest continues, as he heads to Spain to teach and research business issues with a Fulbright grant.

Rising Stars: Michael Collins - Archaeologist has dedicated his life to digging up the story of the Clovis culture

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:13:35 -0500

From his youth in drought-stricken West Texas in the 1950s to his work unearthing the richest archaeological dig of its kind in the world, Michael Collins has forged a body of work few can match.

Rising Stars: Jackson Scholars - Students’ passion for teaching, learning and leading earns them recognition and opportunities

Fri, 27 May 2011 14:02:11 -0500

Public school teachers of the 21st century face perplexing issues, from curricula that fail to fit all students, to diverse classrooms of students with different learning styles, to standardized tests that drive lesson plans. Texas State’s doctoral program in school improvement addresses these issues — and more.

Rising Stars: LeKisha McKinley - MBA student focuses on breaking the cycle

Wed, 11 May 2011 16:04:53 -0500

Growing up in a disadvantaged community herself, LeKisha McKinley became determined to help youngsters in similar situations thrive in life and in the classroom. She started a community-based program to promote self-sustainability and economic independence.

Rising Stars: G Sandoval - Graduate student finds an outlet for energy

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:31:28 -0500

Whether it’s going on a run with her dog Naya or staying busy around the Student Recreation Center, Graciela Sandoval has found ways to put her enthusiasm and energy to work. In addition to her job at the Student Recreation Center and her work on a master’s degree, she volunteers on campus, teaches exercise classes and encourages students to get involved.

Rising Stars: Gram Garner, John Yum and Claudia Röschmann - Talent, tenacity and a great teacher help ComDes grads get internships abroad

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:15:46 -0600

Communication design students Gram Garner and John Yum told Professor Claudia Röschmann their dream jobs – to work in the much-revered world of Dutch design. With determination and the help of dedicated Texas State faculty, both men got the opportunity to see those dreams come true.

Rising Stars: Gordon Taylor - Gordon Taylor Gives Back and Looks Forward

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:21:10 -0600

Discipline, drive, teamwork and focus are all terms that could be used to describe success on the basketball court, and they also describe Gordon Taylor’s way of life. He’s never without his notepad, where he records ideas and things to do. When he finds inspiration or hears something that he thinks is a good idea — no matter who said it or where it came from — he jots it down.

One idea he filed away was inspired by the 2008 broadcast “Black in America,” a CNN series that chronicled the struggles and successes of present-day African Americans. Taylor watched the program, and an idea came him to found a nonprofit organization.

Rising Stars: Ben Sullivan - Study of baseball helps honor student find a place in the Baseball Hall of Fame

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:57:18 -0500

In a class about baseball’s role in American culture, Ben Sullivan found a vehicle to write about his mother’s experience with Lou Gehrig’s disease, and inspiration for his other creative work. In fact, the paper accomplished more than he ever expected. It provided some catharsis from a tumultuous adolescence. And it sent two very different people, student and professor, on a journey through heartbreak and pain and will take them both to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.

Rising Stars: Kaitlin Hopkins - No Business Like Show Business

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:40:33 -0500

Born to acting, producing and playwriting parents, Texas State’s new musical theatre director Kaitlin Hopkins was a show business baby. The art of acting, the songs of the stage and the business of Broadway run through her veins. And it’s that familial connection with the world of musical theatre that helped her give birth to one of the most innovative, challenging and relevant musical theatre programs in the country.

Rising Stars: Christina Conlee - Texas State professor helps explain Peru’s ‘Nasca Lines’

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:54:08 -0500

Christina Conlee’s interest in the ancient people of the Nasca region of Peru wasn’t spurred by the series of huge lines and figures built in the desert. She wanted to understand the culture of the people who created them, their rituals and their motivations, and her work has been chronicled in a documentary for the National Geographic Channel and National Geographic magazine.

Rising Stars: Judy Oskam - Surprise project becomes a good lesson for Mass Comm class

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:19:58 -0500

Few members of the class had any experience with recording or editing video, but Oskam managed to find enough experienced students to create several teams, who set out for Fort Hood and other sites around Central Texas, armed with cameras and microphones. The students, many of them with full-time jobs and some with families, made time on nights and weekends to get to know the families and shoot both video and still images. Oskam and the student teams attended everything from a parade in nearby Taylor to a layette party for dozens of young parents.

Be a Bobcat: Deborah Lim - Where I Go For Fun

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:37:24 -0600

The good thing about San Marcos is that it’s right in between Austin and San Antonio. We all know we can find something to do in the Austin area, and there’s always the river walk in San Antonio. Oh yeah, and let’s not forget about floating the river in Gruene.

Be a Bobcat: J Collard - What I Tell Future Texas State Students

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:21:23 -0500

Don’t even think twice! If you need some information check out our website or come to a Bobcat Day. This is the greatest school in the state and I know anyone who goes here will love it.

Be a Bobcat: Maria Olicia - Favorite Professor

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:32:50 -0500

Without a doubt, Dr. Daniela Ferrero has the best style of teaching math! I have the utmost respect for her because she is very encouraging and genuinely cares about her students excelling in all their classes.

Be a Bobcat: Jessica Horace - What I Like Most About Texas State

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:32:48 -0600

I love that Texas State is a growing university, but you don’t feel like a number. Many faculty and staff want to get to know you and help you, and that’s a wonderful feeling. Also, it is diverse and everyone fits in somewhere.

Be a Bobcat: Stephanie Rohlfs - Why Texas State

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:20:42 -0500

Texas State has some amazing programs and numerous ways to get involved on campus, not to mention the gorgeous campus and the great people who live here.

Be a Bobcat: Trenton Thomas - Most Valuable Learning Experience

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:54:21 -0600

At Texas State, the sky is the limit. Every avenue can be explored no matter where you are from or who you are. The tools and confidence you gain here will follow you everywhere and will shine through you.

Be a Bobcat: Brice Loving - Why I chose Texas State

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:33:24 -0500

A friendly campus, multiple ways to get involved, and an affordable price are all reasons I chose Texas State. Other universities didn’t have the small campus feel that Texas State possessed which helped me make the decision to “be a Bobcat.”

Be a Bobcat: Dmitri Kabakov - Best Studying Advice

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:36:06 -0500

Use multiple sources of information; don’t rely only on textbooks and lectures. Students need to gather information from books, newspapers, magazines, TV, conferences and more. Also, I suggest joining professional organizations or student organizations for your major.

Be a Bobcat: Ryan Karpel - What I Like Most About Texas State

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:04:11 -0500

Texas State is not only growing in size; its reputation is growing, too, and it is becoming nationally recognized as a top school. It feels good to be a part of that progress. The community and the campus are awesome.

Be a Bobcat: Alexis Ruiz - Why Texas State

Mon, 03 May 2010 10:30:47 -0500

The beautiful campus and the friendly people are what definitely convinced me to come here! I also wanted to stay close to home, but not live in San Antonio, so Texas State was perfect.

Be a Bobcat: Daniel Bernal - Why Texas State

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:24:39 -0600

I didn’t want to live far from home, and Texas State is perfect because it’s close to Austin and it provides the close-knit environment I was looking for. The people here are friendly and diverse.

Be a Bobcat: Audrey Buchanan - What I Would Tell Someone Interested in Texas State

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:57:53 -0500

I would say go for it. Everyone here is so nice, and I have met some of my best friends because I happened to sit next to them in a class. It will be the best four years of your life and definitely worth your money. It’s not too big and not too small, and San Marcos is in the perfect location because you can easily drive to Austin or San Antonio.

Be a Bobcat: nikki-adeleke - What I Tell Future Texas State Students

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:53:27 -0500

I would tell them that it’s an amazing university. The professors and the staff are very helpful to students, and there are more than 300 organizations to choose from to be involved in. It’s a great school.

Be a Bobcat: Karina Gutierrez - How My Major Will Help Me Reach My Goal

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:37:05 -0600

The biology and biochemistry departments have provided me with great opportunities, from hands-on experience in a biology lab, to experiencing surgeries at a local hospital through a biology class internship.

Be a Bobcat: Marques Green - My Most Valuable Learning Experience

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:47:58 -0500

During my freshman year, I learned the art of time management. Finals were coming up, and I hadn’t started to study. After a couple of all-night sessions, I realized that waiting until the last minute to study wasn’t something that a successful student should do. Since then, I have been very schedule-oriented, and I try to do most things in a very timely manner.

Be a Bobcat: Erin Beatty - Most Valuable Learning Experience

Fri, 13 May 2011 15:28:57 -0500

By being involved in organizations, I have learned the value of diversity. The friends I have made here are all so different from me, and from my friends from high school. I absolutely love the fact that Texas State is so diverse, and it has taught me how to interact and work with all different kinds of people.

Be a Bobcat: Elise Martinez - My Favorite Professor

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:49:55 -0500

Dr. Marian Houser, my communications teacher, is my favorite because she makes the class so interesting. She likes to relate what she is teaching to real-life situations. She wants you to understand what she is teaching, which I think is what every professor should do.

Be a Bobcat: Vanessa De La Rosa - How My Major Will Help Me Reach My Goals

Fri, 13 May 2011 15:32:17 -0500

The curriculum and material I have been taught is without a doubt preparing me for my career. I’m learning how to interact with patients and handle clinical situations that I may one day have to handle in the real world.

Be a Bobcat: Marissa Cantu-Harkless - My Favorite Professor

Fri, 13 May 2011 15:35:23 -0500

My favorite professor is Tammy Fife, in the Dance Department. She is always so full on energy when she teaches, and she is very understanding and helpful.

Be a Bobcat: Brian Limas - Why Political Science

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:21:32 -0500

I plan to pursue a law degree to help people, to make sure that justice is served as it should always be. Political science majors are known to do well in law school, and Texas State’s School of Liberal Arts is where I found the focus of my education.

Connected

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:38:12 -0600

Connected was developed to help students adjust the Texas State campus and San Marcos, meet new people, and learn about various student organizations.

Career Services Kick Off

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:50:05 -0600

The event, which takes place from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., will feature music, giveaways and information about Career Services’ spring events and services.

Fall 2011 Graduates pick up your diploma

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:59:09 -0600

Undergraduate and Graduate Students who have completed all graduation requirements may pick up their diploma in the Registrar's Office

Business Leadership Week: Mr. A Griffin

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:33:21 -0600

Mr. Anthony Griffin, who represented the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, will be discussing his 1st Amendment legal work.

Bobcat Day

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:04:01 -0600

Bobcat Days are designed to assist both incoming freshmen and transfer students.

Let Freedom Ring: Juilliard Performance

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:35:41 -0600

The Juilliard School's best musicians, dancers, and actors return for the sixth annual collaboration with outstanding performers of Texas State University, directed by Juilliard faculty member, Dr. Wayne Oquin.