Texas State University is marking its 125th anniversary this week with a celebration that highlights its journey from a modest teacher’s college to a growing research university with big plans for the future.

As Texas State University celebrates its 125th anniversary, the institution is deepening its connections with San Antonio, where many of its current students, alumni, and staff reside.

The university is exploring potential legal responses after two men came on campus the day after the election with misogynistic and homophobic signs.

A candidate running against the judge accused him of emailing his students at Texas State to vote for him. State law prohibits using public resources for political advertising.

Honra y celebra a tus seres queridos que han fallecido durante el 12 anual festival del Día de los Muertos, también conocido como Muertos Fest, en Hemisfair.

Texas State's Witliff Collections has doubled its archive of the late author Cormac McCarthy, whose searing, often brutal works garnered acclaim and several film adaptations.

Many remains are taken back to Texas State University’s campus where the scholars involved with Operation Identification perform different processes to identify individuals.

Scholars at Texas State have identified more than 150 unknown human remains in order to bring their families closure after years of waiting.

The glitch kept the students from submitting the form on time, which put them last in line to receive aid this year.

The university will offer 18 "workforce-relevant" programs to prospective students beginning in the spring of 2025, according to a university release.

The Fall 2024 semester is officially underway and we are getting an enrollment breakdown from local colleges and universities.

The University of Texas at San Antonio and Texas State University are separated by approximately 53 miles. This Saturday, the two football programs will collide in the I-35 Rivalry.

The 2023-2024 season for Texas State University running back Ismail Mahdi was remarkable, to say the least.

Texas State was slated to be the first Texas university to host a presidential debate before the leading candidates sidestepped the traditional debate schedule

Texas State football and Bobcat Stadium will undergo a major transformation as the university has signed a landmark stadium naming rights deal with University Federal Credit Union (UFCU).

President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he will not participate in fall presidential debates sponsored by a nonpartisan commission, which included one planned for Texas State University in San Marcos.

Texas lawmakers have mandated armed guards at every public school, panic buttons in classrooms and more staff training.

The governor’s action comes as pro-Palestine and pro-Israel demonstrations have occurred on college campuses across the state and in San Antonio in the months following the Israel-Hamas war.

Students at Schreiner University, Texas State University and University of Texas (including UTSA) will have classes suspended during the solar event.

Coveted transfer quarterback and reigning Sun Belt Conference Player-of-the-Year Jordan McCloud is headed to Texas State to play for Bobcats head coach GJ Kinne.

Dannie McCallum, 29, plays “Tuklo” in the new Marvel series “Echo.” She appears in four of the five episodes currently streaming on Disney+.

The University Star’s managing editor discusses a whirlwind week for Bobcat football and student media

After committing to the school’s football program more than one week ago, quarterback Jayden de Laura has decided to leave Texas State University.

A Texas prosecutor has convened a grand jury to investigate the Uvalde school shooting that killed 21 people, multiple media have reported.

Texas State quarterback T.J. Finley posted on social media that he was returning for another season in San Marcos, until something changed.

The Texas State Bobcats have done it again, dipping into the transfer portal for another potential starting quarterback.

Texas State's quarterback T.J. Finley announced that he's coming back for another season in San Marcos.

Linebacker Brian Holloway returned two interceptions for touchdowns, Jahmyl Jeter ran for three scores, and Texas State beat Rice 45-21 in the First Responder Bowl on Tuesday in the Bobcats’ first bowl appearance as an FBS program.

The Bobcats will play the Rice Owls in the nationally televised SERVPRO First Responder Bowl at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Dallas on Tuesday, Dec. 26 at 4:30 p.m. They are favored by about 4 points.

Texas State football head coach G.J. Kinne signed a contract extension to stay in San Marcos through the 2028 season.

UTSA soccer player Marlee Fray and Texas State wide receiver Beau Corrales signed NIL deals with Dexcom to help promote how to deal with your diabetes while competing at the highest level.

Border counties in Texas have some of the highest Alzheimer’s diagnosis rates in the nation, with rates ranging from 13% to 18% of people aged 65 and over.

The US Secret Service visited Texas State University in San Marcos in connection to its selection to host a 2024 presidential debate, according to records obtained by KSAT 12 News

Authorities are still searching for a Texas State University student who disappeared in Central Texas three years ago.

3 key takeaways from the state’s football scene -- and a glimpse at what’s to come next week.

Texas State will make its bowl debut since becoming an FBS school against Rice in the First Responder Bowl. It’s the first meeting between the schools since the Owls won in 1987.

Texas State students are excited after it was announced the university will host the first presidential debate in 2024, making history as the first Texas location picked to host a presidential debate.

The debate, scheduled for Sept. 16, 2024, will be the first of four for the general election. The San Marcos school would be the first Texas university to hold a presidential debate, Texas State officials said.

Texas universities trying to earn the coveted Carnegie “R1” title might be closer than before after a major overhaul this week.

If approved, the new fund would provide tens of millions of dollars to the University of Houston, Texas Tech, Texas State University and University of North Texas.

TJ Finley threw a pair of touchdown passes to Joey Hobert late in the game to rally Texas State to a 21-20 victory over Louisiana-Monroe.

In front of what could be one of the biggest crowds in school history, the UTSA football team is set to play host to the Texas State Bobcats on Saturday in a rivalry game at the Alamodome downtown.

Harlandale and McCollum cheer team, Gigi’s Cupcakes, discounted school supplies, free tuition at Texas State & more

Jacobe De Leon O Shea Ferguson, 30, is charged with arson causing bodily injury or death

Uvalde victim honored during Texas State University graduation

Senate Bill 18 faces an uphill battle at the Texas House, where Speaker Dade Phelan has expressed concerns with completely eliminating the commonplace job protection.

Texas lawmakers are poised to create a new multibillion-dollar endowment to boost emerging research universities in national rankings. But faculty members say banning diversity offices and tenure would stymie those efforts.

The mortality rates for pregnant women rose dramatically from 2019 to 2020 after a giant increase in non-medical deaths, according to a recent study.

KSAT 12 Sports and The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio shine spotlight on local senior student athlete.

Two people were shot at an apartment complex not far from Texas State University in San Marcos, according to police.

In Maverick County, 26 bodies pulled from the Rio Grande were buried, some without attempts to identify them. Teams of Texas State students are trying to learn their names so their families can be notified.

Community colleges want a funding overhaul this legislative session, and four-year universities are hoping for a boost in research funds. Meanwhile, faculty are bracing for a potential threat to tenure and limits to conversations about race.

New research, led by Texas State University’s Rhona Balzarini, found that COVID-related stress factors have had a major negative impact on sexual desire around the world.

Texas State University officials announced Tuesday that a member of its community had tested positive for monkeypox.

A hospitalized man who was found unresponsive on the streets of New York is not Texas State University student Jason Landry, despite rampant internet speculation in recent days.

Many Texas public universities have committed to accepting students who do not submit SAT or ACT standardized test scores, signaling that test-optional policies could be here to stay.

Once confirmed, Kelly R. Damphousse will replace Denise Trauth to serve as the university’s 10th president.

The chancellor of Arkansas State University has announced his resignation effective June 30.

A new search is underway for Texas State University student Jason Landry after he disappeared in December of 2020.

Texas State University terminated Ronnie Lozano in mid-December, a month and a half after The Texas Tribune raised questions about how he was using bone marrow registry program donations.

The university has declined to say much about the questionable spending, documented in records provided to The Texas Tribune. The Texas State University System is investigating the matter.

As Texas universities and colleges begin a fifth semester during the COVID-19 pandemic, many students say they are struggling with uncertainty and an indifference toward school and the future.

Texas State University President Denise Trauth announced Monday that all classes will be held virtually for the first two weeks of the spring 2022 semester due to a COVID-19 surge.

San Marcos police are investigating a homicide at an apartment complex near Texas State University Sunday afternoon, according to San Marcos police.

Officials said an 18-year-old man has been arrested and charged with arson for a fire at an Austin synagogue.

Lawmakers haven’t passed a tuition revenue bond bill since 2015.

From identifying bodies of immigrants found along the border to research on human decomposition, this program is teaching students and investigators how to solve crimes.

President Denise Trauth oversaw years of growth at Texas State as it became a Hispanic Serving Institution, a Texas Emerging Research University and underwent the most construction projects since the university's founding.

UT-Arlington is the fourth public university in the state to earn this distinction, out of eight schools aiming for the title, which allows the school to tap into an additional $6.2 million in funding.

When Texas State basketball’s all-time leading scorer Nijal Pearson signed his first professional basketball contract last year, he never figured the start of his pro hoops journey would take him thousands of miles away — to two European countries within the span of months — in the middle of a pandemic.

A champion sprinter on the track and field team at Texas State University died Tuesday morning following a car crash, according to the school.

The governor issued an executive order Tuesday banning government entities in Texas — like cities and counties — from requiring masks to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

Rep. Jim Murphy said lawmakers selected projects that would address the state’s nursing and medical professional shortages as the COVID-19 pandemic reiterated additional need for skilled workers.

The University of Texas at San Antonio recently announced that it will hold in-person commencement ceremonies for graduates, but guests will not be allowed. Read more on the details for graduation ceremonies at each San Antonio-area university below. AdKSAT has reached out to the Alamo Colleges, Texas A&M University-San Antonio, Trinity University and the University of the Incarnate Word for more details on their graduation ceremonies. San Antonio College will have its commencement in person at 11 a.m. on May 8 at the San Antonio College campus. University of the Incarnate WordGraduates will be honored with in-person, outdoor graduation ceremonies on May 7-8 at Benson Stadium.

LULING, Texas – A nonprofit organization dedicated to finding missing people will restart its search for a Texas State student who has not been seen since December. Starting Friday, Texas Search and Rescue — known as TEXSAR — will commence on a large search for Jason David Landry, 21. Landry was involved in a car crash near Luling that happened around midnight on Dec. 14, according to the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office. TEXSAR officials said more than 100 members will be involved in this search, including a search and rescue K9 team and a mounted search patrol. Related:Law enforcement searching for Texas State student who disappeared after crash near LulingSearch continues for missing Texas State student who crashed car while returning home from school

“I feel like I’m in hell, like I’m in prison,” said Texas State University freshman Nicholas Ware, who spent three days without heat and power until Wednesday evening. Anh Adams, another freshman at Texas State, was forced to evacuate her dorm Monday morning after a pipe burst on the floor above her. Texas State officials did not return a request for comment. At Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, students have been without water, which has limited their access to toilets. “People have just assumed that that's not something they need to worry about right now.”AdDisclosure: Facebook, Sam Houston State University, Texas A&M University, Texas Tech University and University of North Texas have been financial supporters of The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that is funded in part by donations from members, foundations and corporate sponsors.

New developments are arising in the mysterious disappearance of Texas State University student Jason Landry. The 21-year-old disappeared in December as he drove home to the Houston area to visit his family ahead of the holidays. Data shows at 11:24 p.m., Jason entered the city of Luling, off of Highway 80, and stopped using the Waze App and began using Snapchat. At 12:31 a.m., Landry’s vehicle was found after it was damaged. RELATED: Search continues for missing Texas State student who crashed car while returning home from school

Two state lawmakers want to prevent undocumented college students from being able to pay in-state tuition rates. Two freshman Republican state representatives want to stop undocumented immigrants from being able to pay in-state tuition at Texas’ public universities, they announced Friday. In 2001, Texas became the first state to allow undocumented students to qualify for in-state tuition. In his statement, Cason called in-state tuition rates for undocumented students “handouts” from the Legislature that frustrate Texans whose property taxes are rising. AdThis is not the first time Texas GOP lawmakers have sought to repeal the 2001 law that allows undocumented students to qualify for in-state tuition.

(Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)SAN MARCOS, Texas – Texas State University officials say they made a mistake and that event organizers acted “without following university policy,” when they did not allow a video from U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett to be played in a university-sponsored program. Below is a draft of the program schedule, provided to KSAT by Doggett’s office:Draft schedule of Texas State event. At the end of the video, he urges students at Texas State to engage with him with what they think of the future. The request for the Congressman’s video and the decision to not include the video in the inauguration program was made deep in the university organization without following university policy. He frequently speaks at our new student convocation, welcoming freshmen to Texas State and encouraging them to be involved in the civic process.

LULING, Texas – Texas EquuSearch, a volunteer, nonprofit organization dedicated to searching for missing people, has suspended its search for a Texas State student who disappeared near Luling. Law enforcement officers found the crashed vehicle near Salt Flat Road north of Interstate 10, but do not know how the incident occurred. On Dec. 14, officials had a helicopter crew search the area for Landry or any other possible victims and conducted a search on the ground. The search organization said that they believe that the area where Landry disappeared has been “searched thoroughly.” Frank Black, spokesperson for the organization, said they will wait until law enforcement officials obtain “credible and sufficient information” for their teams to search. As a result, Texas EquuSearch is suspending our search operations for Jason until law enforcement investigators obtain credible and sufficient information that would lead our team into a more specific area to search.”Related:Law enforcement searching for Texas State student who disappeared after crash near LulingSearch continues for missing Texas State student who crashed car while returning home from school

CALDWELL COUNTY, Texas – Authorities are still searching for a 21-year-old Texas State University student has not been seen since a car crash earlier this week. Landry was reported missing Monday morning after Caldwell County officials said he crashed his vehicle on Salt Flat Road, near Luling. County officials told the Statesman his car went off the road and spun out, though it’s unclear what caused the crash. Landry is described as being 6 feet, 1 inch tall with brown hair and brown eyes, according to the Caldwell County Office of Emergency Management. Anyone with information on Landry’s whereabouts is urged to contact the Caldwell County sheriff’s office at 512-398-6777.

LULING, Texas – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is continuing their search for a Texas State student who disappeared following a car crash near Luling, Texas. According to a department spokesperson, the crash happened at around midnight Monday morning. Law enforcement officers found a crashed vehicle near Salt Flat Road north of Interstate 10, but do not know how the incident occurred. Officials are still trying to locate the victim who they believe may be Jason David Landry, 21, a Texas State University student. A university spokesperson confirmed that DPS would be handling the case.

SAN MARCOS, Texas – Texas State University hired a new adjunct professor to teach a Texas politics class who has strong name ID. Grasso responded that the former Texas congressman would be teaching PS 4325, Texas Politics, via a remote learning platform — Zoom. Did the coronavirus impact any hiring at Texas State? Texas State issued the following statement to KSAT regarding O’Rourke’s hiring:“Our goal at Texas State is to provide our students with a well-rounded academic experience. Read Texas State’s communication with O’Rourke in full below:Related: Beto O’Rourke to teach politics at Texas State University in 2021, report says

SAN MARCOS, Texas – Two people have been arrested in the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old Texas State University football player during an apparent botched drug deal in San Marcos. City officials said officers arrived at the scene to find Winters with a gunshot wound to the chest. According to the Texas State athletics department’s website, Winters was a sophomore defensive back on the team. City officials said anyone with information about the whereabouts or identity of the two other people involved in the shooting is asked to contact San Marcos police. Winter’s death marks the third homicide in San Marcos this year.

Voters cast their ballots at the Performing Arts Center at Texas State University in San Marcos. Texas voters should be required to wear face masks when casting ballots during the pandemic, a federal district judge ruled Tuesday, invalidating an exemption for polling places that Gov. Greg Abbott had included in his statewide mask mandate. The argument for a mask mandate at the polls was first raised in a much broader lawsuit filed against Abbott and the Texas secretary of state in July by Mi Familia Vota, the Texas NAACP and two Texas voters. “Under these conditions, Black and Latino voters must choose between not voting or risking their lives or the lives of their loved ones to vote.

SAN MARCOS, Texas – Texas State University announced Monday that it will host in-person, socially distanced commencement ceremonies for its latest crop of graduates. The in-person ceremony for fall graduates will be held on Dec. 11 and a virtual ceremony is scheduled for Dec. 12. Earlier this month, Texas State sent spring and summer graduates who participated in the university’s first-ever virtual commencement ceremony a survey link to gauge interest in an in-person ceremony. For more information on the commencement ceremonies and schedule, click here. Related: Texas State University pauses diversity training after Trump executive order threatens federal funding

Early voters cast their ballots at the Performing Arts Center at Texas State University in San Marcos on Monday. Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune(Audio unavailable. Click here to listen on texastribune.org.) In this week's episode, Matthew speaks with Alex, Cassi and Patrick about the state of politics in Texas less than two weeks before Election Day.

Since former Democratic Congressman Beto O’Rourke’s near-upset victory against U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in 2018 and his short-lived presidential run, political observers have wondered what his next move would be. But on Thursday night, the University Star reported that O’Rourke is expected to teach politics at Texas State University in San Marcos in 2021. Based on the situation on campus next year, Grasso told the paper O’Rourke could theoretically teach face-to-face on campus. Texas State is among the largest public universities in the state and has been recognized as a Hispanic-serving institution. “I don’t know that so much it’s going to increase enrollments; it’ll certainly increase visibility,” Grasso told the Star.

Nationwide, the University of Iowa has also suspended training while reviewing the order, as well as some corporations that do business with the federal government. Prior to the order, Texas State offered year-round voluntary diversity training which includes discussions about unconscious bias and microaggressions, Texas State spokesperson Sandra Pantlik said. Texas State law professor Lynn Crossett, who has previously taken diversity training from the university, said there’s nothing controversial within the Texas State training, but the vagueness of the order creates a certain amount of risk for universities. While he said it’s a problem that some universities are canceling diversity training, students shouldn’t worry about long term effects because the order will likely be challenged. But for Benbow, at Texas State, the damage by the university has been done.

SAN MARCOS The Texas State Bobcats football program ushered in a new season Saturday in what was ultimately a 31-24 hard-fought loss to SMU. But the season opener at Bobcat Stadium looked different from years prior: the athletic department implemented several new health and safety measures designed to combat COVID-19 this football season. Steven Granados, the Director of Marketing and Guest Experience for Chartwells Higher Education, caterer and concessions vendor for Texas State Athletics, said the company has installed protective barriers and QR codes in place of menus. Im super impressed, said Strutters Captain and Texas State senior, Macey Phillips. I know not a lot of other universities are as capable of doing what were doing today so Im super excited and hope that it works out.

The 2020 college football season officially kicks off this weekend, and Texas State is eager to start their second season under head coach Jake Spavital. Texas State athletes and coaches have shouldered the burden of uncertainty for months now. With all of the testing that weve done, it was taking 2.5 hours to do all 250 of us. The Coppell, Texas native transferred to the Bobcats from Memphis, but missed all of the 2019 campaign due to the NCAAs transfer bylaws. That national spotlight has added another layer of hype as the team prepares for game day.

Like Trinity, Texas State University in San Marcos has created remote learning study spaces and adopted a new approach to face-to-face learning, applicable to art students. This is what my $25,000 tuition buys me at Texas State! This is what my $25,000 tuition buys me at Texas State! However, a majority of face-to-face classes will include an online or remote component in an effort to reduce classroom density. Video of UTSA students in the orchestra participating in a socially distanced rehearsal is below:Read also:

People might think we're out of the woods, said Catherine Troisi, an infectious disease epidemiologist at UTHealth School of Public Health in Houston. The last time Texas coronavirus hospitalizations were this low was in late June. Some Texas schools have begun in-person instruction, while many others are waiting to reopen after Labor Day or later in the fall. School leaders must weigh the public health risks of reopening against the social and developmental harm of keeping kids out of school. In Texas, about 53% of public school students are Hispanic, and about 13% are Black.

SAN MARCOS, Texas As Texas State University students head to class in person, online, and in hybrid courses the university has created a plan to mitigate the spread of the virus for residents in on-campus dorm rooms. Sandra Pantlik, the universitys assistant vice president of university advancement, said the university is reporting that no students at Texas State who have tested positive for COVID-19 are currently living in residence halls. According to Pantlik, positive cases reported to the university are immediately moved out of residence halls and if they are not able to leave campus, they are moved into isolation at a university-owned single apartment, not a residence hall. These are not positive cases, they are asymptomatic close contacts, Pantlik said in an email. RELATED: Texas State University to begin in-person, online classes this week

At 9:45 a.m. Monday, Texas State University looked like a ghost town. By lunchtime at Texas State, campus was still quiet. Approximately 42% of classes are being offered online and 58% are face to face, said Jayme Blaschke, a Texas State spokesperson. At Texas State, almost half of the student population identifies as Hispanic or Black, groups that are disproportionately affected by the coronavirus nationwide and in Texas. Disclosure: Texas State University, Sam Houston State University, Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin have been financial supporters of The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that is funded in part by donations from members, foundations and corporate sponsors.

SAN ANTONIO Texas Parks and Wildlife has awarded a significant grant to Texas State University in an effort to better understand the threat of white-nose syndrome in Texas bats. TPWD is giving Texas State a $500,000 grant, making it one of the largest grants ever given by the department to study non-game wildlife, officials said. Here in Central Texas, bats aid farmers by eating the insects feeding on their crops and are estimated to save cotton farmers $74 per acre in pesticide use. Thus, it is unknown how susceptible Mexican free-tailed bats are to white-nose syndrome, said Texas State associate professor Ivan Castro-Arellano. The study will also identify weather-related and landscape habitat activity patterns for Texas bats in order to help predict the distribution and activity of priority bat species.

Classes start on Aug. 24, but as of Aug. 23, Texas Department of State Health Services has reported 5,250 cases of COVID-19 in Hays County. Wearing a facial covering is mandatory both indoors and outdoors on Texas State campuses unless individuals are alone, the roadmap states. You may ask, Why is Texas State enforcing such strict health and safety measures? What if we didnt? I wonder how long #TXST thinks we will last before going virtual because of a rise in COVID-19 cases? More from KSAT:Texas State University releases health guidelines for attending football games at Bobcat StadiumTexas becomes 4th state to surpass 10,000 virus deathsWere being treated as guinea pigs: Faculty members fear in-person return to Texas universities

SAN MARCOS – Sporting events at Texas State University’s Bobcat Stadium this year will be unlike anything in years past, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We have been working in conjunction with the NCAA, the Sun Belt Conference, university, federal, state, and local agencies to keep Bobcat Athletics facilities safe and within the State of Texas guidelines. We look forward to seeing Bobcat fans cheering on our teams this fall.”Before attending a game at Bobcat Stadium, university officials said spectators are encouraged to undergo a self-screening for COVID-19 symptoms. Hand sanitizer stations and social distancing signage will be placed throughout Bobcat Stadium as well. RELATED: UT Austin, Texas State University ask students to self-quarantine for 14 days before coming to campus

SAN MARCOS, Texas Need to stay updated on coronavirus news in Texas? A Texas State football player has decided to sit out the 2020 season due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. RELATED: Texas college football is limiting stadium capacity, mandating masks and testing athletes. Texas State announced on Monday that its season-opening game against SMU in San Marcos had been moved to Aug. 29. Capacity for the home opener will be no more than 25 percent at Bobcat Stadium, university officials said.