City to give up to $5,000 to Texas State profs

From statesman, February 18, 2009...

In a bid to get more professors to live in town, San Marcos is offering $5,000 forgiveable loans to new professors.

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Texas State announces anonymous gift of up to $6 million

From statesman, February 7, 2009...

Donors will match gifts of $10,000 or more as part of a fundraising campaign to improve five university 'pillars.'

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Last Goodbye to Aquarena Springs

From Austin Chronicle, November 14, 2008...

Texas State University – or "Southwest Texas" to most alumni who fondly remember the San Marcos campus – plans to tear down the last vestiges of Aquarena Springs, a wondrous resort hotel and theme park in its preinterstate heyday, a well-known mainstay of the San Marcos economy for decades, and the home of the infamous and lovable Ralph the Swimming Pig. The university plans to remove all of that development and return the springs to a much more natural state over the next few years.

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Higher education hub on the horizon for Round Rock

From News 8 Austin, November 10, 2008...

What was once filled with corn fields and cows in northeast Round Rock has quickly become a site of consistent development.

Texas A&M, Texas State University and Austin Community College all have plans to expand their educational arms into the city, and city officials have their arms open to the idea.

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Texas State to break ground on Round Rock building

From statesman, August 21, 2008...

Texas State University-San Marcos is set to begin construction on a new nursing school building in Round Rock. A groundbreaking ceremony is planned for Friday, the school announced today.

Texas State has operated a satellite campus from the Round Rock Higher Education Center since the center opened in 2005. The Round Rock nursing program will be the university’s first.

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