TXST Liberal Arts

Today we honor those who died in service of our country.

Meet Rojas and River, the newest additions to our Liberal Arts family! Starting this summer they will be joining our programs, studying abroad and getting to know the campus. Keep an eye out for posts with them and their friends this summer and fall.

It's already been a week since graduation. We are so proud of our graduates and can't wait to see all your successes! Don't forget that tomorrow is the deadline to change your name or delivery address for your diploma.

Congratulations to Molly Kaplan, one of our Applied Anthropology PhD students for receiving a P.E.O Scholar Award! This competitive $25,000 award goes to women in doctoral programs who show promise in adding to their field to use for research and support their studies.

Come support our undergraduates at our Research EXPO hosted on Zoom! The participants showcase research from different programs and focuses. Come see liberal arts in action! Click here for the schedule and Zoom link: buff.ly/3UraGKn

Liberal Arts graduate students highlighted! They were interviewed as part of TXST'S Graduate Student Appreciation Week. We loved learning more about our extraordinary grad students! You can read their stories here: buff.ly/3PQTxqU, buff.ly/4aH1iaM

Congratulations to Shelby Garza and Elisabeth Cuerrier-Richer for earning the 2024 Texas State Phi Kappa Phi Dissertation Fellowship! And congrats to Hilda Torres and Semeeha Vardhan for being granted the 2024 Graduate Research Grants from Phi Kappa Phi!

Jessica Karr is one of our 2024 Distinguished Alumni honorees. She's the founder and general partner at Coyote Ventures. She graduated from TXST with a double major in Biochemistry & Philosophy in 2009. Read more about her here: buff.ly/4atGhQO

What's your proudest accomplishment at TXST? "I am proud of the times I or my classmates have stepped up to help each other... This place is truly a shining example of what an academic culture should be..."- Grayson Wylie, @txstgeo PhD candidate.

"students in [liberal arts] learn to think and argue by wrestling with great books, undertaking lab projects, encountering the subtlety that poetry and literature capture. They have the humility...and the courage to think independently and act ethically." - Gred Weiner

2024 is the 125th Anniversary of Texas State University! This year we will celebrate our past and where we're going. To begin: Texas State has changed a lot over the years. What's your favorite memory of campus?

Dr. Megan Rogers' invited article in Nature Careers about tracking her work time to optimize productivity was published today. Check out her ingenious ideas! Happy to have her on our team at #TXST🤩 @txstla @megan_l_rogers nature.com/articles/d4158…

"Liberal arts strengthen democracy and helps a rising generation become flexible, well-prepared workers and citizens." - Dr. Michael J. Illuzzi Source: buff.ly/3Vbx8Im

Spring is in the air and sunny days are just around the corner for campus! We know midterms are tough but each one brings you closer to spring break! Keep going, we believe in you!

Last week the College hosted our annual networking and mentorship event which connected students with alumni to gain insight into careers post-graduation. Thank you to our alumni and students who participated and made it such a success!

Jude Drouillard, MA History '25 "I pick[ed] Public History after an internship where we presented at a social justice workshop....tell[ing] my community about the findings--to draw a connecting line between...the past and the tangible present--was extremely fulfilling".

Jose Silva, Sociology '22 Policy Analyst, Texas Senate “The beauty of liberal arts and a major like sociology is that it is based on people and there is no career where you do not need to interact with people and the social systems they create.”

Join us for a WGSS Social Mixer this Women's History Month on March 7th!

Join us tonight for our Annual Alumni night! THH 308 at 6:30pm. Free food and drinks! Learn how Political Science and Public Administration alumni landed their jobs, how their coursework aligned with skills employers seek, and how you can put your degree to work!

Today we celebrate America's presidents, including Texas State's very own alumnus Lyndon B. Johnson (class of 1930)!