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🎶🌎 THIS JUST IN… 🎶🌎We’ve got a little something EXTRA planned for our Geography Department Welcome Back Picnic! 👀🎧 Live ...
08/27/2026

🎶🌎 THIS JUST IN… 🎶🌎

We’ve got a little something EXTRA planned for our Geography Department Welcome Back Picnic! 👀

🎧 Live spinning from DJ Loxodrome (aka Dr. Robert Mace)
🎶 and VÕA (aka Annie Vo)!

That's right… our very own Geography crew is bringing the beats to the river!

📅 Tuesday, September 1
⏰ 5–7 p.m.
📍 Espinosa Hall

Good food. Good people. Good vibes. And… DJ Mace & VÕA on the decks. 😎🎧

Come kick off the semester with us! 🌎💙

🌿🌎 Let's Kick Off the Semester — Geography Style! 🌎🌿New semester. New adventures. New faces. Same great Geography crew. ...
08/26/2026

🌿🌎 Let's Kick Off the Semester — Geography Style! 🌎🌿

New semester. New adventures. New faces. Same great Geography crew. 💙

Join us for our Geography Department Welcome Back Picnic as we kick off the year with good food, good people, and a little fun along the river! 🌿☀️

📅 Tuesday, September 1
⏰ 5–7 p.m.
📍 Espinosa Hall — behind Lions Club Tube Rental on the river

Come hungry, come ready to relax, and come meet the faculty, staff, and students who make our department such a special place. 🌎💚

We'll have food, drinks, games, prizes, and a little plant fun to celebrate the start of a new year! 🌱

Whether you're new to Geography or you've been part of the department for years, we'd love to see you there!

Let's make this semester a good one. 🗺️🌱☀️

🦇 Welcome Back, Bobcats! 🌎Looking for a fun way to kick off the semester? The South Texas Geological Society (STGS) is h...
08/25/2026

🦇 Welcome Back, Bobcats! 🌎

Looking for a fun way to kick off the semester? The South Texas Geological Society (STGS) is hosting its inaugural field trip to experience the incredible Bracken Bat Flight!

📅 Friday, September 4
⏰ 6:00 p.m.
📍 Bracken Cave

Watch thousands of Mexican free-tailed bats emerge from Bracken Cave for their evening hunt!

🎟️ Tickets are available now through STGS:
stgs.org

Don't miss this unique opportunity to experience one of the Hill Country's most fascinating natural phenomena! 🦇🌎

From Bobcat Geography student to rainwater innovator! 🌎💧What happens when you combine geography, sustainability, and a n...
08/24/2026

From Bobcat Geography student to rainwater innovator! 🌎💧

What happens when you combine geography, sustainability, and a need for reliable water? For Texas State alum Katie Tritsch, the answer is right at home.

Featured in the latest issue of Hillviews, Tritsch—an undergraduate alum of the TXST Department of Geography—and her husband built a whole-house rainwater harvesting system for their rural Hays County home. Their system captures rain from the roof, stores it in a 25,000-gallon tank, and treats it for household use. Five years later, their home has never run out of water, even through a severe multiyear drought.

The story also highlights research led by Dr. Robert Mace, executive director of the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, showing that properly designed rainwater harvesting can provide a reliable water supply while helping protect Texas groundwater resources.

It's exciting to see TXST Geography alumni applying what they learned to real-world environmental challenges right here in Central Texas. 🌎💧

📖 Read the full Hillviews story: Texas State University Research Advances Rainwater Harvesting in Texas

🎓 A Milestone Worth Celebrating! 🐾A big Bobcat shout-out to TXST President Kelly Damphousse for highlighting the incredi...
08/20/2026

🎓 A Milestone Worth Celebrating! 🐾

A big Bobcat shout-out to TXST President Kelly Damphousse for highlighting the incredible growth of doctoral education at Texas State University!

Did you know that Geography was the university’s first Ph.D. program, authorized in 1996 after SWT was not permitted to award Ph.D.s for its first 97 years? 🌎

Since then, TXST has continued to grow its doctoral programs—and the momentum is incredible:

🎓 90 Ph.D. graduates last year
🎓 76 the year before
🎓 30 already this year—with December and May still ahead!

With an average of 70 doctoral graduates per year for three years being one of the benchmarks for R1 status, TXST is on track to reach that mark next May!

We are proud to be part of this incredible journey and especially proud of the role Geography has played in the history of doctoral education at Texas State. 🌎💙💛

Keep going, Bobcats! The road to R1 continues!

🌧️💧 SUPPLIED BY THE SKY: The First Rainwater-Sourced Public Water System in Texas ☀️🌎How can innovative water strategies...
08/20/2026

🌧️💧 SUPPLIED BY THE SKY: The First Rainwater-Sourced Public Water System in Texas ☀️🌎

How can innovative water strategies help communities become more sustainable and resilient?

Join the Texas Water Journal for a FREE webinar exploring the Campsite at Shield Ranch and how it is putting One Water into practice through innovative approaches to water management.

🎙️ Presented by:
Jenna Walker and Christina Lopez of the Meadows Center

📅 August 26, 2026
⏰ 11:00 AM–12:00 PM
💻 Free Webinar

Learn more about this innovative 100% off-grid approach—"Power from the Sun, Water from the Clouds"—and the first rainwater-sourced public water system in Texas.

🔗 Register now and join us for this conversation about the future of sustainable water management!

🌎💛 WELCOME BACK, GES! 💛🌎Join us for the Annual GES Department Welcome Back Picnic! 🎉📅 Tuesday, September 1⏰ 5–7 PM📍 Espi...
08/17/2026

🌎💛 WELCOME BACK, GES! 💛🌎

Join us for the Annual GES Department Welcome Back Picnic! 🎉

📅 Tuesday, September 1
⏰ 5–7 PM
📍 Espinosa Community Hall in City Park
(Next to Lions Club Tube Rental on the river)

Come kick off the new academic year with your Geography & Environmental Studies family! 🌎

🌮 Enjoy food from Fresco’s
🎯 Play CO****LE
🌱 Plant a succulent to take home
🤝 Meet members of the department
🎓 Learn about student organizations
✨ Build new connections!

Bring your appetite and your GES spirit—we can't wait to see you there! 💛🤎

💧🌎 From the classroom to cleaner waterways!Congratulations to Aspen Navarro, Deputy Director of Watershed Studies at The...
08/10/2026

💧🌎 From the classroom to cleaner waterways!

Congratulations to Aspen Navarro, Deputy Director of Watershed Studies at The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, on leading groundbreaking research that has transformed a classroom activity into a state-approved, low-cost method for detecting potential wastewater contamination in Texas streams.

The innovative approach, known as "tampling," uses everyday absorbent cotton to detect optical brighteners—an early indicator of possible human wastewater contamination. Through collaboration among Texas State University, Texas Woman's University, and the University of North Texas, this affordable community science tool is helping communities identify areas that may need further water quality investigation.

We are especially proud that Aspen Navarro graduated from the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies in 2016 with a B.S. in Geography – Resource and Environmental Studies. Congratulations, Aspen, on this outstanding accomplishment and for making a meaningful impact on water quality research and environmental stewardship!

🔗 Read the full story here:
TXST's Texas Stream Team Advances Low-Cost Wastewater Monitoring

🌎The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies is excited to kick off the new academic year at our Annual Welcom...
08/05/2026

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The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies is excited to kick off the new academic year at our Annual Welcome Back Picnic!

Whether you're a new or returning student, come enjoy an evening of great food, fun activities, and the opportunity to connect with fellow Bobcats, faculty, and staff.

📅 Tuesday, September 1
🕔 5:00–7:00 PM
📍 Pauline Espinosa Community Hall at City Park
(Next to the Lions Club Tube Rental on the river)

Join us for:
🌮 Delicious food from Fresco's
🌵 Plant your own succulent to take home
🎯 Co****le and yard games
🤝 Meet faculty, staff, and fellow students

We can't wait to welcome you back for another exciting year in Geography and Environmental Studies. Eat, connect, and celebrate the start of a great semester with us!

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