2022 College Report

- - - ’ 30 31 YEAR in Rev i ew 2021 - AUGUST University welcomes a record freshman class of 6625 students; university enrollment is 37,864, with students representing all 50 states as well as 78 countries; in the college nearly 400 faculty and staff welcome 4907 majors and 1369 minors to campus for the fall semester ; Texas State remains a majority-minority campus, with student demographics of 42% white, 39.7% Hispanic, 11.2% African American, 2.6% Asian, 2% Multi-Racial, and 1.5% International; the Bobcat Marching Band begins practice with over 300 members.. - SEPTEMBER College hosts its 6th CoSearch Research Startup Weekend, with an interdisciplinary team capturing 1st prize for a project to use virtual reality to educate people about the causes and effects of diabetes; Theatre hosts 19th Annual Black and Latino Playwrights Celebration and honors Jose Rivera ; Art partners with the city to present the work of San Marcos native Bill Hutson; Music faculty present “Stations of Mychal” at 20th anniversary commemoration of 9/11. - OCTOBER Journalism and Mass Communication host their 31st annual Mass Comm Week , with nearly 40 industry leaders in attendance; Dance faculty and alumni screen their work at the COCO Dance Festival in Trinidad; Michael Ippolito’s latest composition premiered by the Florida Orchestra; The University Star receives four national finalist awards from the College Media Association; Art alum Michael Menchaca named one of the “15 most compelling Latinx artists working today.” - NOVEMBER Theatre presents a near sold-out production of Hair ; KTSW students win a 1st place national award from the College Broadcasters Inc.; over a dozen Communication Studies faculty present their research at the annual National Communication Association conference; theatre alumni perform in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, on Broadway, off-Broadway, on HBO, with Cirque du Soleil, and in national commercials; University Arts presents an electrifying performance by Los Texmaniacs featuring Flaco Jimenez - DECEMBER As artistic director and conductor of Conspirare, Craig Hella Johnson earns 10th Grammy nomination; the VocaLibre Holiday Concert and A Merry Achi Christmas enjoy sold-out performances ; with over $100,000 in funding, awarded to thirteen faculty, the college ranks first in dollars awarded via the university’s annual Research Enhancement Grant program; Genesis Lopez and Mireya Martinez Soto named among the 50 Most Promising Multicultural Students for 2021 by the American Advertising Federation. - JANUARY Journalism and Mass Communication conducts a week-long professional development tour in New York City; Tammy Fife inducted into the Texas Dance Educators Hall of Fame ; Jennifer Datchuk earns a Best in Texas exhibition from Glasstire ; Cheri Prough DeVol wins Best Scenic Design in Cleveland; Mark Menjivar earns a grant from the Andrew Mellon Foundation; alum Forest Van Dyke joins the national tour of The Lion King . 2022 - FEBRUARY Communication Studies hosts our 6th TEDx, featuring speakers ranging from Emmy winning meteorologist David Yeomans to 2nd grader Jayairus Bryant ; Jasmine Austin publishes Communication Theory: Racially Diverse and Inclusive Perspectives ; Theatre students win 23 awards at the regional Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF); Art and Design hosts an alumni art exhibit. - MARCH Journalism and Mass Communication faculty and students team up for SXTXState, their 13th year covering the SXSW interactive conference; Merge presents Merge Reframed , their 14th annual dance concert ; Laurie Fluker wins the Erma Johnson Hadley Faculty of the Year from the Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education; Music alumni perform with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, Quad City Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and the Colour of Music Festival Orchestra. - APRI L Communication Design students win 170 awards in the Graphis New Talent 2022 competition; the LBJ Debate Society and Elton Abernathy Forensics Society place 2nd in both the International Forensics Association tournament and the National Online Forensics Championships ; four theatre students advance to the Kennedy Center as KCACTF National Finalists, claiming one top prize and two 2nd place prizes; our National Student Advertising Competition team wins their district and advances to the national semi-finals. - MAY Over 60 graduate students earn their master’s degree and more than 600 students earn their undergraduate degree; Trio 488 honored as 5th Dean s Seminar Distinguished Achievement recipient ; Music celebrates their 25th year of mariachi and hosts their 22nd Feria del Mariachi; Joey Fauerso wins a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship, one of only 26 recipients in the Fine Arts category; Ana Baer’s video dances screen in Mexico, Canada, England, Ireland, Germany, Spain, India, and Japan. - JUNE Music hosts 12th International Piano Festival, with nearly 40 participants, taught by 15 world-renowned faculty, and featuring concerts with the Central Texas Philharmonic ; some summer camps resume, while others continue to be challenged by COVID-spikes; Live Oak Hall, our new film and television studio reaches substantial completion; three young alumni perform in the opening number at the Tony awards; Dance hosts its 2nd SemillaFest. Alum Jackson Pounds selected for the Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival. - JULY Funded by the Knight Foundation, SJMC hosts their 5th PhDigital Bootcamp with 22 fellows from across the U.S. and around the globe. Over 100 students participate in study abroad programs in London/Stratford (Theatre), Florence/Rome (Art), London/Paris (Music/Communication Studies), and Rome/Vienna (Music/ Communication Studies) ; college closes its season with 149 ticketed performances attended by more than 24,000 people; the college also streamed 226 performances that had over 32,500 views.