Sam Houston State University

(Also known as SHA or Sam) Sam Houston State University was founded in 1879 and is the third oldest public higher education institution in the state of Texas. This Huntsville East Texas hills, lakes and forests, is located about an hour north of the city of Houston. The Mississippi River to the west and to the training of teachers in these institutions first of its kind in Texas is one of the oldest purpose institutions. School made its home in the city and were buried there, Sam Houston, called.

SHS is a member of the Texas State University System and over 80 undergraduate, 54 master's and 6 has a record of more than 20,000 students in doctoral programs. The University also offers more than 20 online undergraduate and graduate programs and its online US News & World Report [citation needed] is ranked higher. The Texas State University System of Higher Education Carnegie Commission was doctoral research university is classified as the first institution by and continues to be the most popular major among education students at the university, SHS national performance, introduce banking programs in art, math and criminal justice.

History

 Nineteenth and twentieth century

Sam Houston State University campus is actually home Austin College, was built in the year 1851 1876 Austin Hall in Sherman, Texas has moved on and is still operating was the old university building western Mississippi who Presbyterian institution. It was restored in 2012 and is used for private meetings and events today. In particular, he joined Sam Houston and attended the original dedication of the building itself.

San Jacinto Day, April 21, 1879 at the rate established by legislation signed by Governor M. Roberts, Sam Houston Normal Institute is dedicated to the goal was to train teachers in Texas public schools. This was the first teacher training school in the southwest United States. 10 October of the same year, 110 students and four faculty began training the first class. the school's first president Bernard Mallon died eleven days after the institute was opened.

It was the first free-standing one-room Peabody Memorial Library Texas campus library; With the funds provided by George Peabody Foundation was built in 1901. Normal Institute, according to the catalog, the library "a very handsome building designed for that purpose and will be used in particular. no such schools in the South are said to be equal to a Building." It was full are now used as a venue for special university events, restored.

When the University first opened, the students received a certificate to teach in public elementary and secondary schools. After 1919, the university began to award bachelor's degree. In 1936, the school took first postbaccalaureate degree.

Twenty-first century

SHS celebrated its 125 years of operation in 2004.

University launched its first capital campaign in March 2006 with the objectives and commitments of $ 50 million with $ 61.2 million, it has closed the books on 31 August 2010 campaign. University 200 meetings and events holding 110,000 lives a year, addressing graduates and has an active Alumni Association with 10,000 members.

SHS-Woodlands Centre in Lone Star College-Montgomery campus, opened on May 30, 2012. This five-storey car park has a 144 164 sq. Ft. It is property. The University is also nearby unincorporated Harris County Tomball Lone Star College-University Park University Park property SHS-runs.

Name change

During its history, Sam has undergone several name changes.

April 21, 1879, as Sam Houston Normal Institute Established
1923: Sam Houston State Teachers College
1965: Sam Houston State College
1967: Sam Houston State University

In April 2007, Texas House Bill 1418 Texas State-Sam Houston prevention of the Board of Trustees to change the university's name Texas State University System, the Texas Council adopted without objection.

Campus

oak-studded countryside main campus sits on 316 acres in the central area of ​​Huntsville. Two large agricultural complex in the 1600-acre teaching and research farm and a rodeo arena. The campus also has a planetarium, an observatory, a 18-hole golf course and has a body farm Raven Nest. The main campus is located in the central area Blatchley Bell Tower and Clock and a fountain.

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Academic

Sam Houston State academic departments and programs are organized into seven colleges:

College of Business
College of Criminal Justice
College of education
College of Fine Arts and Mass Communication
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
science faculty
College of Health Sciences
In addition, the university Elliott T. Bowers Honors College admits more than 350 students.

College of Criminal Justice Programs in Criminal Justice Magazine last national by the top five were ranked. According to theater and dance programs were ranked by a national top 25 Dance Spectrum Magazine and the National Dance Association, SHA-quality athletic dance team is housed. [18] The University offers only a single Texas Professional Golf Management program 20. SHS in the country also has one of the oldest speech and debate programs in the country.

As in April 2012, the university offers:

Seventy-eight degree programs
Fifty-four of the masters program
Six doctoral programs (Clinical Psychology, Counselor Education, Criminal Justice, Educational Leadership, Special Education and Reading) [19]
College of Criminal Justice [edit]
SHS College of Criminal Justice is one of the largest and oldest criminal justice programs in the country. Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Huntsville long co-central and northern campus is located about two blocks from the state's execution chamber of the house Walls Unit, including in many prisons, being home has been associated with criminal justice.

In 1970, the University Ph.D. It was one of the first programs to offer in the US criminal justice and forensic science institutions offering Masters was the first Texas State. Forensic emphasis Clinical Sciences SHS's PhD in their field lately in terms of research national 4. The most productive was adopted as the US College one of the accredited program as seven faculties and mass murder in the range of expertise of their fields, hate policing, law, corrections and security crime and terrorism.

College of Criminal Justice covers the Texas Forensic Science Commission headquarters. [20] At the same time, the local government area, specializing in education for the state of Texas, Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute, and home control and federal law enforcement officers. College is also home to the students to observe and analyze real working courtroom trials.

Texas Studies


University lore, bait and history of the Lone Star State has been appreciated as now offering courses on work incentives. In 2012, the Texas Military Veterans digital archivist at the university library, local veterans to start collecting oral history worked with officials at the museum.