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68-533: SHSU is a member of the Texas State University System and has an enrollment of more than 20,000 students across over 80 undergraduate, 59 master's, and 10 doctoral degree programs. It also offers more than 20 online bachelor's and graduate degrees. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity." The Sam Houston State University campus was originally home to Austin College ,

136-586: A charter school network: the administrative offices are on the university grounds in Huntsville, but all of the charter schools are in Greater Houston . The network began in 2017 as laboratory schools . The university chose to use space in daycare facilities to host its charter campuses. Texas State University System The Texas State University System ( TSUS ) is a public university system in Texas . It

204-543: A 1,600-acre (650 ha) teaching and research farm and a rodeo arena. The campus also has a planetarium, an observatory, a body farm , and an 18-hole golf course, The Bearkat Course. The mall area of the main campus includes Blatchley Bell Tower and Clock and a fountain. The campus stood in for the fictional Austin University in the motion picture The Life of David Gale . Sam Houston State's academic departments and programs are organized into eight colleges: Additionally,

272-750: A Ph.D. in criminal justice, and it was the first institution in the State of Texas to offer the Master of Science in Forensic Science. SHSU's Ph.D. in Clinical Science with a Forensic emphasis is one of seven such accredited programs in the U.S. The college faculty were recently recognized as the 4th most productive nationally in their field in terms of research, and their areas of expertise range from serial murder, hate crime, and terrorism to policing, law, corrections, and security. The College of Criminal Justice includes

340-518: A certification to teach in the state's elementary and secondary schools. After 1919, the university began to award bachelor's degrees. In 1936, the school awarded its first postbaccalaureate degree. On May 30, 2012, SHSU-The Woodlands Center opened on the Lone Star College-Montgomery campus. The facility includes 144,164 square feet (13,393.3 m) and has a five-story parking garage. The university also operates SHSU-University Park on

408-551: A compromise was reached in December: the tour players agreed to abolish the APG and form the PGA "Tournament Players Division", a fully autonomous division under the supervision of a new 10-member Tournament Policy Board. The board consisted of four tour players, three PGA of America executives, and three outside members, initially business executives. It hired its own commissioner and was renamed

476-516: A former legislator in the Texas House of Representatives . The system's administration consists of six offices. One office, the Office of Audits and Analysis, is independent of the chancellor and headed by a director appointed by the regents. The remaining five, Academic and Health Affairs, Finance, General Counsel, Governmental Relations, and Marketing and Communications, are led by vice chancellors under

544-472: A junior college in 1928, into the system. With these changes, the board became titled the Board of Regents, State Senior Colleges. All of the system's components had their names changed from state colleges to state universities in 1969 while East Texas (Texas A&M-Commerce) and West Texas (West Texas A&M) left the system entirely in 1969 to become independent before settling on their present affiliations with

612-498: A member of Conference USA . The Sam Houston Bearkats won the 2020 NCAA Division I (FCS) Football Championship over South Dakota State by a score of 23–21 and finished with a perfect 10–0 season record. The victory was the first Bearkat football national championship since the team won a share of the 1964 NAIA Championship . The 2020 season marked Sam Houston's third trip to the championship game in ten seasons. SHSU's athletic teams have been nicknamed "The Bearkats" since 1923 when

680-405: A non-voting student regent is appointed annually. The chair and vice chair are elected by the membership of the board to one-year terms. The chief executive officer of the university system is the chancellor, who also serves as secretary to the Board of Regents without being a member of the Board. The chancellor is appointed without a fixed term by a majority of the board of regents and serves at

748-518: A popular joke—repeated by alumnus Dan Rather in his 1978 autobiography, The Camera Never Blinks —the school was never known as "Sam Houston Institute of Teaching" or "Sam Houston Institute of Technology." This joke was expanded in 2006 into an entire feature film, Accepted , which takes place on the campus of the fictional South Harmon Institute of Technology. The oak-studded rural main campus sits on 316 acres (128 hectares ) in central Huntsville. Two large agricultural complexes feature

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816-564: A single administrative building for the system. TSUS paid $ 8.2 million for O. Henry Hall. The system headquarters was previously in the Thomas J. Rusk State Office Building, 200 East 10th Street, Suite 600, in Downtown Austin, and it occupied space in two other state office buildings in Downtown. In 2015, within those three buildings, TSUS had 24 full-time employees. The member institutions of

884-638: Is Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) and tensions between the two schools can run high before major sporting events that pit one against the other. SHSU and SFA are separated by 90 miles and both schools are located in the Piney Woods. The annual football game between SHSU and SFA named the Battle of the Piney Woods , dates back to 1923. Since 2010, the series has been played at NRG Stadium in Houston . The game

952-543: Is Play Golf America, instigated in 2004 with the help of the Allied Associations ( LPGA , National Golf Course Owners Association , PGA Tour , USGA , and others involved in the annual Golf 20/20 Conference ). The PGA is organized into 14 districts and 41 sections. To be elected to membership of the PGA, aspirant golf professionals (apprentices) and students go through three levels of education courses, written exams, simulation testing, seminars, and must pass

1020-457: Is an American organization of golf professionals that was founded in 1916. Consisting of nearly 29,000 members, the PGA of America's undertaking is to establish and elevate the standards of the profession and to grow interest and participation in the game of golf. In 1968, the PGA Tour was spun off from the PGA of America as a separate organization to administer professional golf tours . However,

1088-540: Is home to a quality athletic dance team. The university offers the only Professional Golf Management program in Texas, one of 17 in the country affiliated with the Professional Golfers' Association of America . SHSU also has one of the oldest speech and debate programs in the nation. As of May 2016, the university offers: SHSU's College of Criminal Justice is the largest and one of the oldest criminal justice programs in

1156-581: The Christmas Mountains located adjacent to Big Bend National Park in southern Brewster County . The remote tract is regulated under strict conservation easements ensuring preservation in its natural state. The property serves as an open-air classroom for the system's member institutions and a laboratory for their research efforts. The Texas Legislature established the State Normal School Board of Regents in 1911, which would later become

1224-626: The Lamar University System with its four institutions was incorporated into the TSUS. The Texas State University System is headquartered in Austin . The system is governed by a nine-member Board of Regents appointed by the governor of Texas . The administration is headed by a Board-appointed chancellor based in Austin. The system owns and manages a 9,269-acre (3,751 ha) property encompassing much of

1292-507: The PGA Championship , several leading tour pros voiced their dissatisfaction with the venue and the abundance of club pros in the field. The increased friction resulted in a new entity in August, what would eventually become the PGA Tour . Tournament players formed their own organization, American Professional Golfers, Inc. (APG), independent of the PGA of America. After several months,

1360-666: The PGA Championship , the Senior PGA Championship , and the Women's PGA Championship (which was renamed from the LPGA Championship in 2015 after a partnership between the LPGA and the PGA of America to heighten the event's profile). All three tournaments feature professional golfers, but their fields also contain slots reserved for club professionals. The PGA conducts more than 30 tournaments for its members and apprentices, including

1428-818: The PGA Professional Championship and the Assistant PGA Professional Championship. It also co-organizes the biennial Ryder Cup , PGA Cup and in 2019, the inaugural Women's PGA Cup . In 2003, the PGA of America created the Player Development department within the Association in an endeavor to reach out to new, past and sporadic adult golfers. This is accomplished through the growth, promotion and support of instructional programs and events at PGA Member facilities that support adults and families to play golf. Included in these programs

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1496-669: The Presbyterian institution that relocated to Sherman, Texas , in 1876. Austin Hall was constructed in 1851 and is the oldest university building west of the Mississippi still in operation. It was renovated in 2012 and is used today for special meetings and events. Notably, Sam Houston himself attended and participated in the original dedication of the building. Created by legislation signed by Governor Oran M. Roberts on San Jacinto Day, April 21, 1879, Sam Houston Normal Institute's dedicated goal

1564-537: The Southland Conference . The schools are scheduled to meet at NRG Stadium in 2024. Sam Houston's Bearkat is represented by Sammy Bearkat , a costumed mascot, who has entertained and led crowds in cheers during sporting events since 1959. Club sports are very popular at SHSU. Some available to students include powerlifting, ultimate frisbee, lacrosse, rugby, martial arts, trap and skeet, inline hockey, basketball, volleyball, soccer, tennis, and baseball. In 2013,

1632-515: The "PGA Tour" in the mid-1970s. Women were not allowed to be members of the PGA until 1977. In October 2014, PGA President Ted Bishop responded to Ian Poulter 's criticism of the Ryder Cup captaincy of Nick Faldo and Tom Watson by calling Poulter a "lil' girl", which led to Bishop's firing. The PGA called Bishop's statements "unacceptable" and "insensitive gender-based". The PGA conducts annual men's , senior , and women's major championships:

1700-633: The 32 lowest finishers in the U.S. Open would be paired for match play, following Robert White's contention that the U.S. was too large for section qualifiers. The all-professional match play concept was in direct contrast to the United States Golf Association's medal (stroke) play format. Wanamaker requested that the proposal for the Championship be contingent upon approval by the USGA or other governing bodies. Tillinghast spoke up and declared that

1768-556: The Hotel Martinique on 32nd and Broadway, the Professional Golfers' Association of America was born. There were 78 members elected that day, including 35 PGA Charter Members, of which 28 were born outside the U.S. The Association began with seven PGA Sections: Metropolitan, Middle States, New England, Southeastern, Central, Northwestern and Pacific. Today, there are 41 PGA Sections nationwide. From 1934 through November 1961,

1836-525: The PGA Playing Ability Test. These men and women have the option to pursue the PGA education through self-study, by the use of accredited PGA Golf Management Universities (currently 18 universities in the United States offer a PGA Golf Management program), or through an accelerated PGA Golf Management Program. PGA Reach is the charitable foundation of the PGA of America. The mission of PGA Reach

1904-475: The PGA moved it to Philadelphia at Aronimink . With an increase of revenue in the late 1960s due to expanded television coverage, a dispute arose between the touring professionals and the PGA of America on how to distribute the windfall. The tour players wanted larger purses, where the PGA desired the money to go to the general fund to help grow the game at the local level. Following the final major in July 1968 at

1972-483: The PGA of America maintained a "Caucasian-only" membership clause in its bylaws. The clause was removed by amending its constitution. The previous year, it had voted to retain the clause, and had gained the ire of California Attorney General Stanley Mosk , who threatened to shut down the PGA in the state until the clause was removed. The 1962 PGA Championship was scheduled for Brentwood Country Club in Los Angeles, but

2040-454: The PGA of America still directly conducts several tournaments, including the PGA Championship , the Senior PGA Championship , and the Women's PGA Championship . On December 4, 2018, the PGA of America announced plans to relocate its headquarters from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida , to a planned 660-acre mixed-use development in Frisco, Texas . PGA Frisco is a public and private partnership between

2108-641: The PGA of America, Omni Hotels & Resorts , the City of Frisco and the Frisco Independent School District . The 660-acre campus inaugurated in May 2023 and it includes the headquarters of PGA America, Northern Texas PGA, Fields Ranch (two world-class 18-hole championship golf courses and a state-of-the-art clubhouse), Omni PGA Frisco Resort, The Monument Realty PGA District (retail and entertainment district). The Professional Golfers' Association of America

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2176-501: The SHSU mascot from Bearkats to "Ravens" (after General Sam Houston's Cherokee nickname). Mrs. Vernon Schuder reported that the alumni were polled and she voted for the Raven but that "all those old Bearkats beat us out!" A Sammy Bearkat mascot character began appearing at SHSU sports events in 1959, with the addition of a Samantha character in 1986. Samantha retired in 2005. SHSU's primary rival

2244-576: The Sam Houston quidditch team won the IQA World Cup VI Division II Championship. The Spirit Programs, cheer, dance, and mascots, of Sam Houston hold the most National titles out of all of the sports and recreational activities at Sam Houston. The SHSU School of Mass Communication operates KSHU , a student-run radio (90.5 FM) and television (cable channel 7) station, broadcasting news, sports, and entertainment programming for

2312-539: The TSUS: Lamar University (founded 1923), Lamar Institute of Technology (1995), Lamar University Orange (1969), and Lamar University Port Arthur (1909). Southwest Texas State opened an extension center in 1996 housed in temporary buildings adjacent to a Round Rock high school. After a 2004 land donation, the permanent Texas State University Round Rock Campus was opened in 2005. Sam Houston State opened The Woodlands University Center in 1998. The following year,

2380-508: The Texas A&;M University System. Stephen F. Austin left the system the same year but continues to be an independent with its separate governing regents outside any of the state's other university systems. Sul Ross established upper-division and post-graduate study centers in 1973 on campuses of Southwest Texas Junior College in Del Rio, Eagle Pass, and Uvalde. The Legislature conferred upon

2448-670: The Texas State University System along with Sam Houston State and Texas State. All three of the TSUS' two-year institutions offering associate degrees and professional certifications are located in the state's two most southeastern counties, Jefferson and Orange , in the Golden Triangle region where the Gulf Coast meets the Louisiana state line. All were formerly components of the now-defunct Lamar University System before

2516-524: The Texas State University System to its board of regents including the organization, control, and management of the system and each of its component institutions including employing and discharging the presidents, officers, and other employees of each member institution. The board consists of nine voting regents, including its chair and vice chairs. Members of the board are appointed by the governor with Senate confirmation to staggered, six-year terms with three regents appointed every two years. In addition,

2584-594: The Texas State University system are separate and distinct institutions, have their own local presidents and administration, confer their own degrees, and establish their own criteria and requirements for admission, subject to approval by the Board of Regents. The TSUS does not have a flagship university. All of its comprehensive universities are regarded as stand-alone institutions equal in stature under system administration. The University of North Texas and West Texas A&M University were founding members of

2652-445: The U.S., McNamara believed that his fellow professionals could benefit by working together. Wanamaker also believed consolidating professionals would also improve their social standing, having long been treated by club members as second-class citizens. Toastmaster Joseph H. Appel, vice president of Wanamaker's foundation, presented Wanamaker's offer to conduct a match play championship for professionals, similar to Great Britain's News of

2720-714: The World Tournament. Appel also broached the subject of a national association of professionals. In addition, Wanamaker would donate a cup and $ 2,580 in prize money, and would ultimately pay the travel expenses of the competitors. That "cup" became the Rodman Wanamaker Trophy, and the tournament the PGA Championship . The inaugural PGA Championship was held October 10–14, 1916, at Siwanoy Country Club in Bronxville, New York , and won by English-born Jim Barnes . Former British PGA Secretary James Hepburn suggested that

2788-567: The authority of the system chancellor. O. Henry Hall in Downtown Austin serves as the administrative headquarters of the TSUS. In 2015, system regents approved the acquisition of O. Henry Hall from the University of Texas System . O. Henry Hall is a former U.S. post office and federal building and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . This was done so that there was

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2856-478: The board was renamed the Board of Regents, State Teachers Colleges. South Texas left the system in 1929 to be governed independently as Texas Arts and Industrial College (Texas A&I) before eventually joining the Texas A&;M University System as Texas A&M-Kingsville. Sul Ross and West Texas received name changes in 1949 becoming Sul Ross State College and West Texas State College. North Texas would leave

2924-505: The campus and community. "The Houstonian" is the student-published twice-weekly campus newspaper. Broadcast studios and offices for all three media are located within the Dan Rather Communication Building. The Alcalde was the university's annual yearbook, published from 1910 to 1998 and 2003 to 2006; it was named in honor of Texas Governor Oran Roberts , whose nickname was "The Old Alcalde ". The university operates

2992-762: The country. Wanamaker's ninth floor restaurant was chosen as the site for the Monday luncheon, which attracted amateur great Francis Ouimet; noted writer, player and budding architect A.W. Tillinghast; and P.C. Pulver, the New York Evening Sun reporter and one of the first newspaper golf "beat" writers who later served as the first editor of The Professional Golfer, today's PGA Magazine. The guest list also included some of America's top professionals: Alex Smith, James Maiden, Robert White, Jack Mackie and Alex Pirie, as well as others who derived their livelihoods from their jobs at private and public golf facilities. The Taplow Club

3060-575: The former Lamar campuses in Orange and Port Arthur were renamed Lamar State College Orange and Lamar State College Port Arthur. In 2003, the Legislature changed the name of Southwest Texas State to Texas State University-San Marcos. The name was shortened to Texas State University in 2013. Angelo State University left the system to affiliate with the Texas Tech University System in 2007 in

3128-870: The former system was incorporated into the TSUS. The three institutions, along with LIT's extension center in Silsbee located in Hardin County , are within the Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area . Branch locations of the system's comprehensive universities only offer upper-division (junior and senior) undergraduate and graduate coursework. Sam Houston State formerly operated the Sam Houston State University Park Campus at Lone Star College-University Park near Tomball . Professional Golfers%27 Association of America The Professional Golfers' Association of America ( PGA of America )

3196-453: The group was American-born. This group drafted a constitution, turning to the British PGA for assistance. The luncheon agenda addressed giving golf professionals say when it came to the organization and staging of tournaments, among other employment issues. The response to creating such a body was positive, and additional meetings followed. On April 10, 1916, in the second-floor boardroom of

3264-617: The headquarters of the Texas Forensic Science Commission . It also houses the Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas, which specializes in training for local, state, and federal law enforcement officers in the area of management and supervision. The college also houses a working courtroom where students can observe and analyze real trials. The university has been commended as of late for offering courses that encourage

3332-715: The most recent change in system membership. Sam Houston State operated an additional branch, the University Park Campus at Lone Star College–University Park near Tomball from 2011 until it was discontinued at the beginning of 2016.  TSUS members   Private institution   Public independent   Lamar Univ. component   Lamar System member   North Texas System member   Texas A&M System member   Texas Tech System member   University of Texas System  The Texas Legislature has delegated administrative power and authority over

3400-536: The nation. Huntsville has long been associated with criminal justice, being the co-headquarters of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the home of several prisons, including the Texas State Penitentiary, nicknamed the " Walls Unit " which houses the state's execution chamber, located about two blocks north of the campus. In 1970, the college became one of the first programs in the U.S. to offer

3468-406: The pleasure of the board. The chancellor has ultimate authority and responsibility over all system components including recommending the hiring and firing of the presidents of system institutions, maintaining the permanent records of the system, and advising, assisting, and representing the board in administrative matters. The current chancellor of the Texas State University System is Brian McCall,

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3536-419: The present-day Texas State University System, for the control and management of the state normal schools for white teachers. The board originally assumed authority over North Texas State Normal College (founded 1890), Sam Houston Normal Institute (1879), Southwest Texas Normal School (1899), and West Texas State Normal College (1909). The Legislature authorized the establishment of Sul Ross Normal College and

3604-580: The professionals should be independent of the USGA in handling their own affairs and competitions. Tillinghast's argument held, as a follow-up organizational meeting was planned the following day in Wanamaker's store. Organizers then formed a seven-person group whose primary task was to define tentative bylaws for the new association. They named Hepburn to chair an organizational committee of professionals that included Maiden, White and Mackie, as well as Gilbert Nicholls, John "Jack" Hobens, and Herbert Strong—none of

3672-460: The property of Lone Star College-University Park in unincorporated Harris County near Tomball. Throughout its history, Sam has undergone several name changes: In April 2007, Texas House Bill 1418 passed without objection in the Texas Legislature, preventing The Texas State University System's Board of Regents from changing the university's name to Texas State – Huntsville. Contrary to

3740-496: The purchase of the private East Texas Normal College, founded in 1889, in 1917 That same year, the Legislature authorized the renaming of the system's normal schools to normal colleges. Political struggles for the creation of Stephen F. Austin Normal College and South Texas Normal College (Texas A&M-Kingsville) were resolved in 1921. Further legislation in 1923 renamed the system's members again to state teachers colleges while

3808-418: The study of the lore, the lure, and the history of the Lone Star State . In 2012, digital archivists at the university library worked with officials at a local veterans museum to launch the Texas Military Veterans Oral History collection. Sam Houston State's colors are bright orange and white and their nickname is the Bearkats. Sam Houston sports teams participate in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) as

3876-401: The system in 1975 its present designation as the Texas State University System. Angelo State University was re-designated as a member along with Sam Houston State University, Southwest Texas State University, and Sul Ross State University. In the most transformative change to the TSUS in its history, the Lamar University System was abolished in 1995 and its four members were incorporated into

3944-442: The system the same year becoming independently governed North Texas State College. North Texas would later become the flagship campus of the University of North Texas System . Similar name changes would result in Southwest Texas State College in 1959 and Sam Houston State College in 1965. West Texas State College became West Texas State University in 1963. The year 1965 also saw the incorporation of Angelo State College, founded as

4012-417: The university enrolls more than 350 high-achieving undergraduate students in the selective Elliott T. Bowers Honors College. Programs within the College of Criminal Justice were recently ranked by the Journal of Criminal Justice in the top five nationally. The theater and dance programs were ranked by Dance Spectrum Magazine in the top 25 nationally, and according to the National Dance Association , SHSU

4080-412: The university's name was changed by the Texas State Legislature from Sam Houston Normal Institute to Sam Houston State Teachers College. Before 1923, the varsity sports teams were nicknamed "The Normals". It is doubtful those who coined the "Bearkat" nickname had a particular animal in mind. More likely, the name came from a popular local saying of the time, "tough as a Bearkat!" The late Reed Lindsey, who

4148-437: Was a student/athlete in the 1920s and later retired as University registrar, once said that "it was a good fighting name of the time." Since the animal in the saying was thought more mythical than real, the spelling settled upon was "Bearkat." However, there are some arguments that the Sam Houston Bearkat is modeled after either a Binturong or a Kinkajou . In the late 1940s, then SHSU president Harmon Lowman attempted to change

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4216-443: Was constructed in 1901 with funds provided by the George Peabody Foundation. According to the Normal Institute's catalog, the library was "a very handsome structure, and specially designed for the purpose for which it is to be used. It is said that no school of this kind in the South has a Building equal to it." Fully restored, it is now used as a venue for special university events. When the university first opened, students received

4284-835: Was created in 1911 to oversee the state's normal schools . It has since broadened its focus and comprises institutions of many different scopes. It is the only public university system in the state without a flagship university. The TSUS is composed of four comprehensive universities offering baccalaureate and graduate degrees : Lamar University in Beaumont , Sam Houston State University in Huntsville , Sul Ross State University in Alpine , and Texas State University in San Marcos . The system also includes three two-year colleges offering associate degrees and professional certifications: Lamar Institute of Technology in Beaumont, Lamar State College–Orange in Orange , and Lamar State College–Port Arthur in Port Arthur . The Texas State University System saw its largest growth in 1995 when

4352-477: Was established on April 10, 1916, but the genesis of the first all-professional golf body in the United States was sparked by a luncheon on January 17, 1916, hosted by Rodman Wanamaker at Wanamaker's Store on Ninth Street and Broadway in New York City. Sixty attendees were invited by the Taplow Club, which was a business group within Wanamaker's Store and led by professional Tom McNamara of Brookline, Massachusetts , an outstanding player and talented salesman who

4420-467: Was keenly aware of the welfare of the club professional. McNamara pressed upon Wanamaker that it was prime time to bring U.S. professionals together, and that the publicity generated would be advantageous. Locked into a retail battle with rival A.G. Spalding & Bros. for the sale of golf balls, Wanamaker enthusiastically approved the initiative. He asked McNamara to arrange the luncheon inviting prominent amateur and professional golf leaders from throughout

4488-462: Was not an eatery or dining establishment. Instead, it was Wanamaker's nickname for his in-store business group. He had taken the name from a palatial estate he leased on Taplow Court some 25 miles outside London. He would later stamp "Taplow" on his store's lower-end, private-label golf balls. Wanamaker, who was not a golfer, was never reported to have attended the luncheon. He delegated the details to McNamara. With golf becoming more and more popular in

4556-422: Was not scheduled for the 2023–24 season after conference changes were announced. SHSU holds a 60-34-2 lead in the series and has won the last 11 meetings. SHSU is also rivals with Texas State University (formerly SWT). SHSU and TXST have met 92 times, with the Bobcats leading the series 50-37-5. The game was played every year from 1946-2011. SHSU and TXST are members of the TSUS. Both schools formerly competed in

4624-428: Was to train teachers for the public schools of Texas. It was the first teacher-training school in the southwestern United States . On October 10 of the same year, the first class of 110 students and four faculty commenced instruction. The first president of the school, Bernard Mallon, died eleven days after the institute opened. The one-room Peabody Memorial Library was the first free-standing campus library in Texas; it

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