Home > The lowdown on higher education > Archives > Texas State University category
Texas State University
August 25, 2009
Bruce and Gloria Ingram donate $2 million to Texas State
Concrete manufacturer Bruce Ingram and his wife Gloria have given yet another multi-million dollar boost to Texas State University’s burgeoning engineering program.
University President Denise Trauth today announced the $2 million gift, which will support scholarships for students in the Ingram School of Engineering. In the summer of 2006, the Ingrams gave Texas State $5 million to establish the school of engineering at Texas State.
Ingram is the founder of Ingram Readymix Inc., a manufacturer of concrete products with 26 plants in 22 Texas cities.
“Bruce and Gloria have our everlasting gratitude and affection,” Trauth said in a statement. “They have been extremely generous with their time and financial support. The Ingram name is on our School of Engineering as a tribute to their philanthropy.”
Trauth also outlined the growth of Texas State in her speech, saying it has record-high enrollment this fall and is now the fifth-largest university in the state.
Permalink | Comments (10) | Post your comment Categories: Texas State University
March 30, 2009
No hot water at 14 dorms at Texas State
UPDATE: Pat Fogarty, the associate vice president for facilities, said the boiler passed a test around 9 p.m. and hot water will be running tomorrow morning.
Fourteen dormitories on the Texas State University campus have been without hot water since Wednesday due to a boiler failure, officials said this afternoon.
Most of the central campus area east of Comanche Street is affected by the boiler outage, said university spokesman Mark Hendricks. These include the dorms and the Commons Hall dining center, which has been using disposable plates and utensils and cleaning cooking pans at another hall, Hendricks said.
Crews have been working to repair the boiler since it failed last week, Hendricks said. Officials thought the boiler was repaired this morning, but it began leaking after it was turned on. Hendricks said the university hopes to get it working again by this evening.
“I want to sincerely apologize to our students and to all in the university community affected by this situation,” said university Vice President Bill Nance in a statement e-mailed to students today. “I also wish to express my apologies to the parents of our students. They rightfully expect better living conditions for their students than we have been able to provide in the past week.”
The university installed a temporary boiler after two of its boilers failed in February, Hendricks said. That temporary one is the one that failed Wednesday. Two new boilers, at a cost of about $2.2 million, will go online in April and May, Nance said.
The school has informed students of where they can access hot water, which includes the recreation center.
Permalink | Comments (18) | Post your comment Categories: Texas State University
January 10, 2008
Texas State acquires Cormac McCarthy papers
Texas State University-San Marcos announced today that it has acquired the papers of Cormac McCarthy, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author of novels, plays and screenplays.
The price was $2 million, said university spokesman Jayme Blaschke.
The acquisition resulted from years of conversations between McCarthy and Bill Wittliff, founder of the university’s Southwestern Writers Collection, according to a news release issued by Texas State.
The purchase was funded by individual and foundation donations raised for manuscript and photographic acquisitions and by university funds allocated for library collection development.
McCarthy’s works include “All the Pretty Horses,” “The Orchard Keeper” and “Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West.”
The collection includes correspondence, notes, hand-written drafts and proofs.
“Cormac McCarthy is one of the most important, most influential of American writers, and Texas State is deeply honored to be entrusted with his legacy,” said President Denise Trauth. “Mr. McCarthy’s papers will very much become the crown jewels of our literary treasury.”
Permalink | Comments (3) | Categories: Texas State University
