The Division of Research and Office of the Provost are collaborating to host town hall meetings to discuss strategic hiring initiatives to recruit nationally recognized faculty members in areas of existing and emerging research strengths at Texas State University.
As recipients of a full share of the Texas University Fund (TUF), the legislature expects our university to enhance research expenditures from federal and private sources and increase the number of research doctorates. Strategic recruiting of nationally accomplished faculty members allows universities to quickly increase their impact in specific areas, attract additional faculty members to promote internal scale and collaboration, and initiate and sustain stronger external research partnerships.
We will host a combined town hall on the Round Rock Campus on April 24, 2026, from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM. Each town hall includes a faculty panel with brief, one-slide presentations about the faculty member’s research to help kick off the larger conversation.
Our strategic hiring areas reflect our current strengths, emerging areas of growth, and both the state and federal funding landscape. These areas are:
Water
Semiconductors
Artificial Intelligence
Digital Humanities
Aging/Dementia
We will focus the conversation on the areas of greatest interest to the Round Rock Campus based on the responses to our form.