BY BRITTANY ANDERSON, SIERRA MARTIN & AMIRA VAN LEEUWEN
Texas State sets sights on campus in Mexico Texas State University will open a new campus in the Mexican city of Santiago de Queré taro. The Texas State University System board of regents approved the initiative in August after two years of planning. “Mexico is our first entry into interna- tional locations, but it’s not going to be the last one,” Texas State President Kelly Damphousse said. Zooming in Queré taro is an industrial hub located approximately 150 miles northwest of Mex- ico City and has over 1,500 multinational companies in the area. The first class will be available to attend at the Queré taro campus in fall 2025, according to a news release. Did you know? Details on reporting safety or security threats can be found at www.hayscisd.net/safety. Some of the anonymous reporting tools include the following: • Hays HopeLine hayscisd.parentlink.net/tipline • Hays County Crime Stoppers 800-324-8477 • iWatchTexas www.iwatchtx.org/index.html “It is imperative that you are reporting these crimes and not just going to social media or forwarding things,” Jeri Skrocki, chief safety and security officer said.
Texas State University sets new enrollment record Texas State University enrolled approximately 40,678 students in the fall 2024 semester, surpass- ing its previous record of 38,849 students in 2016, according to a news release. Marking a milestone 50K 40K Texas State University enrollment
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This is the first year Texas State has had more than 40,000 students enrolled. The new record count includes all-time high enrollment numbers for first-year, graduate, doctoral and international students, according to the news release. Enrollment at Texas State’s Round Rock Campus also hit an all-time high, increasing by 23% over fall 2023. The increase was driven by the addition of nine new undergraduate academic programs and one new graduate academic program, giving students the opportunity to complete a four-year degree in Round Rock without needing to commute to San Marcos, the news release states.
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Notable quote “[Student] success is at the heart of everything we do here. ... Our strategic enrollment plan is making it possible for more qualified Texans to earn a life-changing college degree,” Texas State President Kelly Damphousse said.
Hays CISD rolls out “threat regret” campaign Following a slew of threats made by Hays CISD students against HCISD campuses over the past few weeks, district officials are implementing a communication campaign to educate students on the consequences of making these threats. Some context
various felony offenses for creating threats against campuses this school year. While investigations ultimately revealed the threats did not put any campuses in danger, Jeri Skrocki, chief safety and security officer, said they are becoming “increasingly catastrophic.” HCISD is rolling out a “threat regret” campaign which will consist of posters, videos and other communication pieces to grades 6 through 12.
As of Sept. 20, six HCISD students ranging from ages 11 to 15 have been arrested and charged with
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