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Texas State University–San Marcos
Motto:“The noblest search is the search for excellence. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group ”
Established:1899
Type:Public
President:Denise Trauth, Ph. The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point University president is the title of the highest ranking officer within a University, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as D.
Students:28,132 (Fall 2007)
Location:San Marcos, Texas, USA
Campus:457 acres (1. The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation Verb "studēre" San Marcos is a city in the US state of Texas, and is the county seat of Hays County. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 85 km²)
Former names:Southwest Texas State Normal School (1903–1918)
Southwest Texas State Normal College (1918–1923)
Southwest Texas State Teachers College (1923–1959)
Southwest Texas State College (1959–1969)
Southwest Texas State University (1969–2003)
Nickname:Bobcats
Colors:Maroon and Old Gold          
Mascot:Bobcat
Affiliations:Southland Conference
Website:www.txstate.edu
Logo is a trademark of Texas State University-San Marcos

Texas State University–San Marcos, often referred to as Texas State University or Texas State, is a doctoral degree granting university located in San Marcos, Texas. School colors are the Colors chosen by a School to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification Old Gold is a dark Yellow, which varies from light olive or olive Brown to deep or strong yellow The term mascot – defined as a term for any person animal or object thought to bring Luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common The Southland Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the south central United States. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages San Marcos is a city in the US state of Texas, and is the county seat of Hays County. Texas State is the largest institution of the Texas State University System, the seventh-largest university in Texas, and one of the 75 largest universities in the United States. The Texas State University System was created by the Texas Legislature in 1911 to manage the state's Normal schools Since its founding the schools in the system have The List of largest Texas universities by enrollment includes only the top ten universities in Texas as reported by the Texas Education Agency and respective universities Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

As the university's student population has grown -- from 303 in 1903 to 28,132 in 2007 -- the campus, too, has expanded, and today consists of a 457-acre (1. 85 km²) main campus and 5,038 acres (20. 39 km²) more in recreational, instructional, farm and ranch land. Texas State is also the lead institution of a multi-institution teaching center offering undergraduate and graduate programs in the greater north Austin area. There are 1,586 Texas State students enrolled at the Round Rock Higher Education Center (RRHEC). The Round Rock Higher Education Center (RRHEC combines the efforts of Texas State University-San Marcos, Austin Community College, and Temple College at

Its campus serves as the location of the fictional school TMU (Texas Methodist University) in the NBC hit series Friday Night Lights.

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History

The school was founded in 1899, and it opened its doors in 1903 as Southwest Texas State Normal School in order to meet a need for teachers in the southwest part of the state. Over a 100-year period, the school has gone from a teachers' college to a multipurpose university. Former President Lyndon B. Johnson, who graduated from the university in 1930 with a Bachelor of Science in History with a Permanent High School Teaching Certificate, is still the only U. S. president to have graduated from a Texas public university.

The school has changed its name five times since opening:

The most recent name change took effect in September 2003. After several years of inconclusive discussion, leaders from the Associated Student Government (ASG) of Texas State convinced the Texas Legislature to pass a law changing the university's name. The Texas Legislature is the state legislature of the US state of Texas. The new name change also brought along a re-branding as well. The logo was changed to represent the campus' oldest building, which is called Old Main.

Campus

Old Main sits atop Chautauqua Hill and overlooks the campus. The Gothic-style building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
Old Main sits atop Chautauqua Hill and overlooks the campus. The Gothic-style building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. See also Gothic art Gothic architecture is a style of Architecture which flourished during the high and late medieval period. The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of

The campus is in San Marcos, a community of nearly 50,000 people about halfway between Austin and San Antonio on Interstate 35. San Marcos is a city in the US state of Texas, and is the county seat of Hays County. Interstate 35 in Texas (abbreviated I-35 or IH-35) is a major north-south Interstate Highway running from Laredo near the United States-Mexico Its location on the banks of the San Marcos River provides students with recreational and leisure activities, such as swimming and tubing, throughout the year. The San Marcos River rises from the San Marcos Springs, the location of Aquarena Springs, in San Marcos Texas. Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance Tubing, also known as inner tubing or even toobing, is a recreational activity of riding an Inner tube, either on water Snow, or through

Overlooking the campus and serving as a geographic landmark since 1903 is Old Main, a restored red-gabled Victorian building. Culture The Victorian fascination with novelty resulted in a deep interest in the relationship between modernity and cultural continuities Old Main has undergone many renovations. Originally, most of the second floor was a large auditorium/chapel, with an ornately carved and filigreed cathedral ceiling. With a stage at one end and a balcony at the other, this is where general assemblies, plays and presentations were held. The auditorium was subdivided into smaller rooms in the 1972 renovation, and in 1988 a floor was added at the balcony level. However, the remnants of the ornate ceiling are still visible on the third floor. An extensive restoration in 1993-94 returned the famous roof to its original style and color. Old Main now houses the School of Fine Arts and Communication, the Department of Mass Communication and Student Media.

In 1979, the university purchased the former site of San Marcos Baptist Academy, located adjacent to the original campus and added a number of classroom buildings and residence halls. San Marcos Baptist Academy (also known as San Marcos Academy The Academy at San Marcos, SMBA or simply S The main campus today covers approximately 457 acres (1. 85 km²), as well as an additional 5,038 acres (20. 39 km²) of farm, ranch, residential and recreational areas. Enrollment in fall 2007 was 28,132, compared to an opening enrollment in 1899 of 303.

The Albert B. Alkek Library offers students a wide range of learning resources, including more than 1. 4 million books, documents, serials and other printed material. In addition there are more than 235,000 volume equivalents in microform and 32,000 AV titles, including 1,900 software programs for the public computer lab. The library receives 8,500 print or electronic journals and provides access to 195 databases covering all subjects. An online catalog provides information on the library's holdings.

Through TexShare, a statewide resource-sharing program, students have borrowing privileges at nearly 150 university, community college and public libraries in Texas. Interlibrary loan and a course-reserve service (including E-Reserves) are provided.

The library includes a computer lab with IBM-compatible and Macintosh workstations, laser printers, scanners, and video-editing equipment. Computer workstations with adaptive equipment for disabled users are also available. Laptop computers connecting to a wireless network may be checked out for building use.

On a hot summer day in 1916, Dr. S. M. “Froggy” Sewell, a mathematics professor, went wading into the brush- and weed-choked San Marcos River. The San Marcos River rises from the San Marcos Springs, the location of Aquarena Springs, in San Marcos Texas. No place was deeper than three feet, and all agreed that the college needed a park. In 1917 the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries leased the college four acres of land along the river. College workers armed with mud scrapers and mules cleaned the river bottom, built up the banks and smoothed the slopes. The park was called Riverside until it was renamed for Sewell in 1946. The present-day plaza and basketball court used to be an island, but the eastern fork of the river consistently got clogged and was eventually filled in. In Basketball, the basketball court is the playing surface consisting of a rectangular floor with baskets at either end The S-shaped bend in the river was shored up by concrete walls in the 1920s. In 1984, a $1 million renovation gave the present six-acre park its current look. Sewell Park is open to Texas State students, faculty and staff. Concerts, RecJam and the annual River Fest are held yearly at Sewell Park. The events bring out many students as well as members of the San Marcos community. In 2008 presidential hopeful Barack Obama used the park to speak to Texas State Students and San Marcos residents.

Academics and faculty

Texas State University offers 111 bachelor's, 87 master's and seven doctoral degree programs from nine colleges:

Students

Athletics

Bobcat Stadium
Bobcat Stadium

Texas State University competes in NCAA Division I for all sports with football competing in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations However on November 26, 2007, President Denise Trauth announced that the University has plans for moving the football team to compete in the FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) within the next five years. Texas State has a rich athletic history with National Championships in men's basketball (NAIA: 1960), men's tennis (NAIA: 1981-82), men's golf (NCAA Division II: 1983) and football (NCAA Division II: 1981-82). Texas State won the Southland Conference title and advanced to the Division I-AA football playoffs for the first time since the 1980s in 2005, losing in the semi-final game to eventual National Runner-Up Northern Iowa in overtime 40-37 and finished with an 11-3 record.

Texas State University adopted the bobcat as an official athletic mascot in 1920. The bobcat is a resident of the Central Texas Hill Country. Texas State coach Oscar Strahan once said, "A bobcat will fight you with everything he has; with four claws, teeth, speed and brains. " Texas State was the only college in the country until the late 1920s to possess the name for its athletic teams.

The school's official mascot is Boko the Bobcat. The Bobcat ( Lynx rufus) is a North American Mammal of the cat family Felidae. The mascot was selected by the student body in 1920. Boko was the winner of the 2006 United Spirit Association Collegiate Nationals championship mascot of the year.

Volleyball Coach Karen Chisum is currently in ninth place among active Division I coaches in career wins compiling a 616-391-3 record in 27 seasons as head coach. Former Women's Basketball coach Linda Sharp was inducted into the Collegiate Hall of Fame in 2001.

Men's sports:

Women's sports:

Student life

Texas State has an active Greek System, with over 30 different fraternities and sororities. Fraternities and sororities (from the Latin words la frater and la soror, meaning "brother" and "sister" respectively are fraternal Texas State has more than 260 student organizations within the categories of Academic, Chartered, Greek, Honors, Multicultural, Political, Professional, Recreational, Religious, Residence Halls, Service, Special Interest and Sports Clubs. The Greek community at Texas State includes a variety of service, traditions, leadership, service and more! There are 31 organizations and more than 1,300 students who are members.

The Lyndon B. Johnson Student Center is a 220,000-square-foot (20,000 m²) facility that houses the following:

Computer Labs (Click's, 4th Floor and Lyndon's e-mail stations)

Student media

Texas State's FM radio station, KTSW, broadcasts at 89. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. 9 MHz and provides sports coverage of Texas State athletics as well as an eclectic mix of music. Eclecticism is a conceptual approach that does not hold rigidly to a single Paradigm or set of assumptions but instead draws upon multiple theories styles or ideas to The KTSW website provides live streaming of broadcasts and the Texas State television channel employs KTSW broadcasts as background music. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic KTSW has its offices located in Old Main, the most iconic building on the campus. Along with a radio station, The University Star is an award-winning newspaper, which publishes three days a week. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. Along with a publication distributed around campus and the San Marcos community, the Star maintains an up to date website for news, trends, sports, weather and opinions.

Facilities

Texas State as of the beginning of the 2007-2008 Football season has unveiled multiple new scoreboards for the various sports facilities located around the Texas State campus.

Sports facilities at Texas State:

Notable alumni

References

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