Texas State University

For the university system, see the Texas State University System. Texas State University Txst presidential seal.png The slogan "search noble pursuit of excellence." 1899 Organization type state university Donation $ 139.5 million (2013) President Denise Trauth Provost Eugene Bourgeois Students 38 006 (Fall 2015) License 33 504 Graduate 4541 Location San Marcos, Texas, United States 29 ° 53'20 "N 97 ° 56'20" wcoordinates: 29 ° 53'20 "N 97 ° 56'20" W Campus 457 acres (1.85 km2) Colours Maroon and old gold Athletics NCAA Division I - the Sun Belt Username Bobcats

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Texas State University-San Marcos, Texas, is a state university located in the United States. Southwest Texas State Normal School was established in 1899, it opened its doors to students with a focus 303 in 1903 to train teachers. Since then, the Texas State University System and has become a major institution boasting the fourth largest university in the state of Texas with over 38,000 students enrolled. This geography, including the Criminal Justice and nationally recognized music program has about 50 schools and 10 colleges and departments. President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1930. He graduated from the institution.

The main campus of Texas State San Marcos River along the hilly terrain of 457 acres (1.85 km2) sits. At the same time the great north Austin area of Texas State University Round Rock Campus (RRC) offers undergraduate and graduate programs has a satellite campus began as a corporate training center.

Contents

1 History

1.1 Expansion

1.2 Name changes

2 Campus

2.1 Old Home

2.2 alkenynes Library

2.3 Texas State University Round Rock Campus

3 Academic

3.1 Student body

3.2 Rankings

3.3 Colleges

3.4 Research

4 Student life

4.1 Residential life

4.2 Student organizations and activities

4.3 Media

Athletics 5

5.1 mascot and logo

5.2 Competition for

FBS 5.3 Transition

6 Graduates

7 Sources

8 External links

History

Southwest Texas State Normal School by State Representative Fred Cock March 3, 1899, is proposed in the bill. Where he represented the citizens of the Cocke Hays and the surrounding counties for School found. While there is opposition to the bill by State Senator JB Dibrell support, finally, Governor Joseph D. Sayers passed and entered into force on May 10, 1899. The aim of the school was to provide training manual and to teach domestic science and agriculture. school diploma and teaching certificate gain any students. State will be authorized to teach in public schools In October, 1899, how 11 acres of land known as San Marcos City Council (45,000 m2) donation vote for the school will be built on Chautauqua Hill. The Texas legislature to be used in the construction of buildings and sites that accept donations up to $ 25,000 was not approved in 1901. first record 303 Old Main was completed and the school opened its doors to students in September 1903 in the building now known

In 1912, the School Board of San Marcos Southwest Texas State Normal School students training to become teachers began a partnership with the school allowed local school children as part of the instructions. San Marcos East End Ward School, which consists of the first eight grade school district moved onto 1917 Southwest Texas State campus in 1935, Southwest Texas State Teachers College, then known by and between formal contract in San Marcos school district "for Public Schools [have to] laboratory school school teacher said. " Control and Southwest Texas State School in San Marcos but to ensure the city's first and would be under the supervision of the city is responsible for maintaining buildings and equipment for secondary schools . 15-18

college, a district court judge agreed undeniable that provision when they race into one of the top five African Americans in corporate Dana Smith, brought federal litigation, were the first African American student in 1963.

On November 8, 1965, the most famous graduates of the school, the President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson, his Great Society was part of the 1965 Higher Education Act was back to his alma mater to sign. [10] In his speech, held in Strahan Coliseum school campus prior to signing the bill, he told us to go to college to meet their challenges. living on a faculty member in the garage and multiple jobs, working with a shower and shave in the school's gym

Expansion

campus in 1899. During the first 40 years of the history of the school has grown considerably in the original 11-acre campus has been expanded to cover about 18 buildings in the original main building. These buildings San Marcos school pupils, dormitories, dining halls and academic buildings to house male and female gymnasiums, libraries, buildings, including. In 1926, 18-31, San Marcos River bought 90 acres of land adjacent to the EU into a hotel in Rogers Aquarena Springs theme park, glass bottom boat rides and other water-based location to build. He bought the property in 1994, intending to use the land as a university research and training center. In 2002, the land was known as the Institute that part of the river system and presented wetlands board, including educational tours and glass bottom boat rides continue to offer.

In 1996, the school campus in the Westwood High School in Round Rock, Texas began to give lessons. Initially, students were allowed to offer night classes to earn Premier and Education graduate. This program has increased enrollment and 101 acres (0.41 km2) with a gift, Texas State University Round Rock Campus was built and opened in 2005.

The name change

Since the opening of school has been through a number of name changes. The first change, in 1916, the Board of Trustees after school to begin granting degrees occurring approved and became a senior college. Then in 1918, Southwest Texas State was known as Normal College 8 : 55 in 1921, more closely there was a desire to improve the academic standards of mainstream schools in Texas to meet the University of Texas requirements Austin . 60 This changes the Texas legislature Southwest Texas State Teachers College in 1923, school name, school name change has resulted in the second. 40 approved another name change for the state legislature school and in 1969, after the 1959 decade, known as Southwest Texas State College on September 1, the Texas Legislature still the school's name was changed Southwest Texas State University at this time.

In 2003, the school after the Associated Student Government (ASG), school, San Marcos, at the request of State Senator Jeff Wentworth changing the name Texas State University approached. ASG unanimously valid reason to change the name of the 20 top tier status, including regionalism reflected too much for a university trying to reach the rationale adopted a resolution supporting the name change. ASG also donated graduates of the school are not required state tax dollars so he was going to change the name of the application. Students and graduates were no votes matter, saying, protested against change. A bill sponsored by Senator Wentworth has passed and the September 1, 2003, the school was recognized officially as Texas State University-San Marcos. city, in fact, Texas State University (eg Texas State University-Lamar, Texas State University, Sam had expected time to change the Houston names of Texas State University from other schools in the system, it took place in order to distinguish Texas State University-San Angelo). To remove the name of this city's name occurs not change, and Texas State School in 2013, and expanding a request made by the Round Rock campus. A bill to change the school's name Texas Legislature Eighty-third was adopted by and signed by Governor Rick Perry. The name was officially changed on September 1, 2013.

Campus [edit]

Aerial view of campus in 2009

Texas State University main campus, this 457-acre (1.85 km2), [18] Chautauqua consists San Marcos donated by the city original land including spreading in half along Interstate 35 in Austin and San Antonio in San Marcos, Texas, is located in Old Main still sits on the hill. farm and ranch land, housing, recreation, and business incubators, including other parts of Texas State feature more than 5038 acres of additional land (20:39 km2) covers. The campus is on the eastern end of Sewell Park, spring-fed San Marcos River banks. Fisheries river bank chartered by the US Bureau was built up from the river bottom by university staff. Originally named Riverside Park, then Dr. S.M. Sewell Park was changed in 1946 in honor of the "Frog" Sewell, a parking assistant professor of mathematics form.

university bus routes are often surrounded by academic buildings and campus bus stop, loop because the majority of the campus is the heart of the four campuses. Since many students to pass four, this man is the primary gathering place for booths and tables fundraisers and events to promote student organizations. Quad western end has a 17-meter high aluminum sculpture of two horses, called Stallions fight.After the announcement of this area of free speech and the Vietnam War protests on university students suspended was subjected to one of the first court challenge to the creation of such zones. Quad eastern end of the old University building, Old Main, sits off to the highest hill on campus.

The main campus of San Marcos in the NBC TV series Friday Night Lights, the fictional school TMU (Texas Methodist University) served as the location.

Old Home

Old Main Building on the campus of Texas State former Home Main article: Old Main (Texas State University) Built in 1903 and originally called the main building, Old Main was the first building on the campus of Texas State. Use more than a century1983 was added to the National Register of Historical Places. Red-roofed Victoria, designed by E. Northcraft as the Gothic building and renovation, it was a series of buildings now Journalism and Mass Communication as well as the Fine Arts and Communications School School office has given many service aims to be an auditorium and chapel of the university's administration building for housing.

Alkenynes Library

Main article: alkenynes Library Building on the campus of Texas State Library alkenynesalkenynes Library university library, an oilman, a graduate from the farm and was charitable Albert B. alchemy, was elected in 1991. Albert B. alkenynes supporting Texas State University Library serves as the main center of academic library community. A large number of publications and the state government, while 60% of all federal publications, the United States and Texas government documents "Selecting trustee" is. The library also Wittliff collections, contemporary Mexican photographs largest US warehouse including niche collections and papers include Hill archives, Cormac McCarthy and Sam Shepard and Lonesome Dove miniseries collection of important works of the king.

Texas State University Round Rock Campus

Main article: Texas State University Round Rock Campus Round Rock Campus (RRC) Round Rock, Texas is located in the Texas State University campus. Originally it started as fifteen temporary buildings in the Westwood High School campus. This 101 acres by Avery family (0.41 km2) donation after he moved to the present location in 2005 permanent. The original purpose of the Texas State University, Austin Community College, Temple College, while serving the educational field for today only holds classes at Texas State campus. Nursing Building in 2010. is opened, the first campus building, Avery Building, opened in 2005

Academic

The student body

As of Fall 2013 semester, Texas State University had a total of 35.568 records. This follows a trend of record the registration number within a few years. the student body, the rest of 4536, 31 032 students to undergraduate students. After undergraduate or graduate students applied to participate in the Fall 2012 semester university accepted 57.6% premium applications; This is in them with a grade point average of any Texas high school graduates are guaranteed admission to the high school class includes the top 10% 61 to 64 %% undergraduate students earn their degree after six years. 27% of Hispanic students rose in 2011 made up 25% of the student body in 2010, University of qualifying to be designated as a Hispanic-care institutions. In addition, the student body of approximately 55% girls, 80% of students living on campus, and only 10% is composed of students who are members of a fraternity or sorority.

Ranking

university rankings National Forbes 487 global Local

US News & World Report 12 (West)University Master Class Washington Monthly 78

Texas State University in US News & World Report's 2015 Best West Regional College is located in 12th place. The Princeton Review, but also as one of America's Best Value Colleges took place in Texas State.The University also has the distinction of being the 13th Military Times EDGE best four-year school for veterans According to the magazine. Forbes 487 and 119 in the southern nation ranks Texas State.

Senior university University's School of Social Service for online social study programs listed in a ranking of 7. Poets and Writers as 45 nations took part in the Master of Fine Arts program. The Faculty of Education Drake University, affiliated with the University of Akron and others across the country by US News & World Report has ranked 140.

Theatre and Dance Department I best-art-colleges.co for their bachelor's and master's degree programs in the country No. 8 art 9 commission.

College

97 graduate programs of the Texas State University offers 87 graduate programs and 12 degrees in the doctoral program. university Since 1925 Colleges and Schools accredited by the Southern Association in 2010 and has had recent criticism

including these programs are offered through ten academic colleges:

College of Applied Arts