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February 14, 2023 VOLUME 112 ISSUE 21 www.UniversityStar.com
GRANT
Round Rock campus awarded $1 million for STEM-for-All partnership By Christian Martinez News Contributor Texas State President Kelly Damphousse and Texas Representative John Carter secured a $1 million funding grant for the Round Rock STEM-for-All Partnership and research initiative. The grant came from the 2022-2023 general appropriations bill of Texas. The grant will go toward funding internships for teacher and student
training, professional development sessions and more. "This grant will be used greatly for a research component that is currently getting worked on," Leslie Huling, director of the LBJ Institute for STEM Education and Research said. "It’s research for the workforce needs and figuring out what are the educational demands and needs are in order to provide positively for companies." Huling said more research needs to be done with the workforce not
only for its needs but also for how they can make it better by using science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The research could fill in gaps or areas needing more attention to create a better overall workforce for the newer generations.
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Texas State chemistry students work in a stockroom of the College of Science and Engineering department on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, in Centennial Hall. PHOTO BY FELICITY GUAJARDO
VALENTINE'S DAY
#WeMetAtTXST: Alumni share their campus love stories By Brianna Chavez Life & Arts Reporter In a Fall 2020 Hillviews Magazine article, Jacque Crouse, a former contributor for the publication, collected Bobcat love stories after an overwhelming response of stories were sent to the Texas State Alumni Facebook and Twitter accounts. The hashtag #WeMetAtTXST was created and has continued to be used on social media and the alumni web page every Valentine's Day for couples to share how they met on campus. Hunter and Quieraney Hornsby After being convinced by a friend, Hunter Hornsby joined Tinder to try out the dating app. He didn't
expect the first person he matched with to be his future wife, Quieraney Hornsby, but it was. "I went on Tinder not knowing what to expect," Hunter said. "Our relationship felt very natural and progressed in a way that felt right." When the couple met each other for the first time in the fall of 2018, Hunter was a sophomore and Quieraney was a freshman at Texas State. Their first date was three days long. What originally was going to be an outside picnic for the first date turned into watching library-rented movies and eating snacks on Hunter's dorm room floor after the weather took a turn. The two didn't want to stop hanging out together, so Hunter and Quieraney officially became a couple after he asked her out with a cheesy joke. Hunter and Quieraney went through highs and lows
together. The COVID-19 pandemic proved that they could get through anything with each other. Hunter helped Quieraney seek professional help with her mental health, something for which she appreciated him. "The fact that he cared enough to help me was big," Quieraney said. "It made me realize what kind of person I want for my kids, someone who will care about them and their mental health." In 2022, Hunter graduated with a master's in education, and Quiernaney a bachelor's in political science. Just a week before their graduation, Hunter asked Quieraney to be his wife. They plan to have their wedding in July and will celebrate their fifth anniversary in September.
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