• by Paul Slocumb • From chasing flag football belts at the age of 4, through Pop Warner tackles, and especially as a two-way star on Van Horn’s middle school and high school teams, Fabian Baeza played football hard, even …
• by Paul Slocumb • Sul Ross State University has named Brandy Snyder to be its first Associate Dean of Students. Officially in the role as of August 1, Snyder will begin spearheading changes designed to improve the Alpine student …
Click on the image to scroll through Sage Literary Magazine covers from the 1970s. For more than half a century, the literary magazine has showcased essays, short stories, poems, art and photography from Sul Ross students.
• courtesy of the Museum of the Big Bend • Alpine’s Museum of the Big Bend recently received two grants totaling $50,000 which have been designated for improvements to the Museum’s educational outreach programs and facilities. A Still Water Foundation …
• by Paul Slocumb • Growing up in Alpine, Sul Ross senior and 2018 McNair scholar Michelle Ramos enjoyed the kind of idyllic childhood that postcard-hunting tourists might expect in a small West Texas town. The close-knit community fostered her …
• by Paul Slocumb • Twenty six miles from Alpine, the West Texas cultural mecca of Marfa abides, offering daytrippers some well-known options for art, shopping, and food. Hikers looking for a beautiful off-the-canvas landscape can take advantage of a …
PHOTO STORY • by Paul Slocumb • Dr. Kevin Urbanczyk, professor of geology and director of the Rio Grande Research Center, along with a crew of volunteers cleaned graffiti off Hancock Hill rocks on July 18.
• by Paul Slocumb • 200 years ago, the only lights at night in the Big Bend region were campfires and stars (and possibly the not-yet-Marfa lights, depending on which local expert you ask). Since then, cities like Presidio, Marfa, …
• from the August 13, 1969 Sul Ross Skyline • Katherine Word Robbins and Carroll Word Whittenburg, great-great-great granddaughter and and great-great-great grandson of Sul Ross were among the distinguished visitors who attended the opening of the new Museum of the …
• by Dominique Vargas, McNair Program Director • Fifteen Sul Ross State University students will present their undergraduate research findings July 9-10 at Sul Ross as a part of the 2018 McNair Summer Research Institute. Student research fields include: criminal …