Hillviews, Volume 49, Number 3, 2018 Page: 2
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(from the president's desk)
Dear Friends,
Each year, Texas State University chooses a Common
Experience academic theme uniting students, faculty, and staff
in a shared focus across all disciplines. Fittingly, this year's theme
is "Innovation."
Texas State is creating an ecosystem that fuels innovation.
By the end of 2018, we will have opened three new buildings - the
largest amount of space added in a single year in university history
representing a total investment of almost $250 million. With
these buildings - Willow Hall, Bruce and Gloria Ingram Hall, and
the University Events Center - come cutting-edge environments
that not only shape how our students learn but also sharpen Texas
State's trajectory toward national research university designation.
We celebrated important milestones this year that move us closer
to that aspiration, with our university endowment topping $200
million, more than halfway to our goal of $400 million, and with
all indications suggesting we will have a record year for restricted
research expenditures as well.
This issue of Hillviews provides a closer look at how innovation
at Texas State impacts our community and world. We are a driving
force in the Texas Innovation Corridor, a region of rapid economic,
job, and technology growth from Austin to San Antonio. Bruce and
Gloria Ingram Hall, the new engineering and science building, is not
only a shining star of our university but will be a landmark in the
Texas Innovation Corridor. With a renewable energy research lab
and active learning classrooms, Ingram Hall is the largest and most
ambitious academic building project in Texas State history.
Through innovation, we have the power to improve the way we
live. The article on our Translational Health Research Initiative
demonstrates how bringing interdisciplinary researchers together
can provide real-world solutions to problems in healthcare. In that
same spirit, doctoral students in our Materials Science, Engineering,
and Commercialization program are not only developing new
technologies but also learning how to bring their inventions to
market. Our Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training
Center continues to set the national standard in research and life-
saving training about active shooter incidents.
Innovation is a defining characteristic of Texas State and is
rooted in strategic partnerships, quality programs, creativity,
and hard work. Our stories of innovation are too numerous to be
contained within the 60 pages of this issue, but we are proud to
give you this glimpse into how we are expanding the boundaries of
learning and discovery.
Sincerely,
Denise M. Trauth2 hiLivieWS No. 3 2018
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