Today, 908 students from The College of Liberal Arts will walk across the stage and receive their degree. The College of Liberal Arts has the largest graduating class of all TXST colleges! We are so proud of our students and can’t wait to see them change the world🌎🐾 Here’s to Class of 2026! #txst #classof2026 #liberalarts #grad
Seniors, we can’t wait to see you walk across the stage this Friday!🎓 Don’t forget to stay in touch on our Linkedin, link in bio!🔗 Only 4 more days! #txst #graduation #classof2026 #txstgrad
We had so much fun celebrating our students at the 2026 Outstanding Student Awards! These students have been working hard all year long and we want to take this moment to congratulate them! Additionally, we would like to highlight our three highest honors:
Outstanding Undergraduate Student, Elise Bostian of the Department of History
Outstanding Graduate Student, Brandi Reynolds of the Department of Psychology
and Outstanding Doctoral Student, Pingping Wang of the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies.
We are so proud of our students!
This past Saturday, The College of Liberal Arts had an amazing evening celebrating our honorees Sandra Harley Carey, Geoffrey S. Connor, and Chance Sparks at our annual Distinguished Alumni Benefit Gala! What a wonderful night surrounded by games, food, and our supportive community! Thank you to all of our sponsors and prize donors who made this evening a memorable experience, and a special thanks to our longtime sponsor HEB!
Ethics Bowl Team wins Midwest Invitational!🐾 On April 25th, our TXST Ethics Bowl team (pictured L to R) Andrew Usry (CIS, Accounting), Reece Owens (Geography and Environmental Studies, Honors), and Andrew Bencivengo (Management), coached by Zachary Poston (Assistant Professor of Instruction, Philosophy) won the Spring Midwest Invitational at the University of Chicago, going undefeated in 4 matches, and capturing the title by holding a better point differential than Stanford (which was also undefeated). Other teams competing included the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Chicago, and Cornell. A huge congratulations to the Ethics Bowl team and their coach!
The College of Liberal Arts would like recognize this years honorees for the 2026 Distinguished Alumni Benefit Gala! We are thrilled to be joined by Dr. Sandra Harley Carey, Dr. Geoffrey S. Connor, and Mr. Chance Sparks! All have accomplished amazing things around the country and continue to uplift our community here at Texas State!
The College of Liberal Arts would also like to recognize our supporters for the Gala! All event proceeds support the Liberal Arts College Excellence Fund which funds student scholarships! We are so excited to see everyone and celebrate on Saturday, May 2nd!
Tune in to KTSW 89.9 on Tuesday, April 28 to hear our students broadcast a TXST vs. TAMUCC baseball game in Spanish! Four College of Liberal Arts students from Spanish will be doing the “color commentary” with support from Dr. Marcos Barrero. Dr. Dino Checchi from SJMC will be doing the game calling commentary. This pairing of College of Liberal Arts - Department of World Languages & Literatures with the School of Mass Communication and Journalism from the College of Fine Arts creates a ‘real world’ experiential internship opportunity! Join us as we watch our students doing what the do best, building connections and displaying their skills in a guided, hands-on way!
The students have already completed a broadcast of the TXST vs. UTRGV game on March 24, joined by President Kelly Damphousse! We are so excited to see them return to the field!
This past Friday, The College of Liberal Arts hosted our annual Undergraduate Research Expo! Our students presented their projects that they had been working on all semester and we are honored to announce our 2026 winners!
Oral Presentation Winners:
1st place - Carolina Cambrom, A Binational Comparison of Water Policy and Human Impacts in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez: A Coding Study of Water Laws and Local Policy Frameworks
Major: Geography
Mentor: Dr. Christi Townsend
2nd place - Brandon West, Unburied Public History: Black History Through The Life of Julia Nobles at Bethany Cemetery
Major: History
Mentor: Dr. Ruby Oram
Poster Presentation Winners:
1st place - Electra Zatorski, Differences in Electrocortical Activity During Preparation for Inner vs. Spoken Speech
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Reiko Graham
2nd place - Isabella Litwin, A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Cultural Expressions in Colombia
Major: Spanish & Business Management
Mentor: Dr. Bouchra El Harrak
We would also like to give a huge shoutout to our donors as well! Thank you Aaron Barker, Latrice Hertzler, Sandra Harley Carey and Star Carey, and Mike Mitchell for all of your support!
We are so excited to announce the launch of our new digital magazine “The Power of Liberal Arts” which will include donor spotlights, study abroad recaps, articles on how students and faculty are influencing the community, and SO much more! Click our link in bio to check it out!
