A recent grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) is the first grant that Sam Houston State University has received based on its HSI status and will allow SHSU to provide Hispanic students pursuing STEM degrees more support.

Few individuals have done more to forge the relationship between criminal justice and education than George John Beto, who concluded his illustrious career with 19 years of service as a professor in Sam Houston State University’s College of Criminal Justice. He helped establish the program as one of the best in the nation and its flagship building now bears his name.

The networking department at Sam Houston State University recently donated 32 network switches to Walker County.

The Sam Houston Memorial Museum & Republic of Texas Presidential Library presents “Forgotten Gateway: Coming to America Through Galveston Island.”

The Center for First-generation Student Success, an initiative of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) and The Suder Foundation, recently announced Sam Houston State University as one of seventy-six new members of the First Scholars Network for 2023-24.

Conference USA has announced its broadcast schedule for the 2023 football season and Sam Houston will have 10 games featured across CBS Sports and Fox Sports networks and ESPN platforms.

Students in the Department of Psychology are learning the ways that the population's mental health needs have changed and how to address those needs.

On May 19, 2023, Governor Greg Abbott signed into law a legislative initiative that designates SHSU-COM as eligible for state formula funding.