Presidential Search Updates

TXST Presidential Search Update

April 21, 2022

Dr. Kelly Damphousse confirmed today by the TSUS Board of Regents as the 10th president of Texas State University. Dr. Damphousse will officially assume the presidency on July 1, 2022.

April 5, 2022

Texas State University students, faculty, and staff are invited to town hall sessions on the San Marcos and Round Rock Campuses to meet Dr. Kelly Damphousse, selected as sole finalist to become the next president of Texas State. Event details

March 31, 2022

Texas State University System Chancellor Brian McCall has selected Kelly R. Damphousse, Ph.D., as sole finalist in the Texas State University presidential search.

Kelly R. Damphousse, Ph.D., Named Sole Finalist in Texas State University Presidential Search

March 15, 2022 

The search for the next president of Texas State University is proceeding as planned and nearing completion, with the expectation of a sole finalist being named later this month.

Read the full March 2022 update from Don Flores, Regent and Search Chair, and Dr. John Hayek, Vice Chancellor for Academic and Health Affairs.

February 2022 

The search for the next president of Texas State University is proceeding as planned, with the expectation of a sole finalist being named in April 2022.

Read the full February 2022 update from Don Flores, Regent and Search Chair, and Dr. John Hayek, Vice Chancellor for Academic and Health Affairs.

December 2021

The search for the next president of Texas State University is proceeding as planned, with the expectation of a sole finalist being named in April 2022.

Read the full December 2021 update from Don Flores, Regent and Search Chair, and Dr. John Hayek, Vice Chancellor for Academic and Health Affairs.

November 2021

The search for the next president of Texas State University is proceeding as planned. 

Read the full November 2021 update from Don Flores, Regent and Search Chair, and Dr. John Hayek, Vice Chancellor for Academic and Health Affairs.

September 2021

The search for the next President of Texas State University is under way, with the expectation of a sole finalist being named by Chancellor Brian McCall and final approval by the Board of Regents in late Spring 2022.

Read the full September 2021 update from Don Flores, Texas State University System Regent (Search Chair, TXST alum '73) and Dr. John Hayek, TSUS Vice Chancellor of Academic and Health Affairs.

August 2021

Texas State University President Denise M. Trauth announced in August 2021 that she will retire effective May 31, 2022.

Read more here.