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How does Koko get all her ✨sparkle✨ for homecoming?
With help from TXST's First Lady Beth Damphousse!

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I live you, brave @dr_kristenhowell. #NoTypo 🩷🥺

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I’ve put off sharing this because if you don’t post it, it’s not real... right? But I guess it’s time to rip off the bandaid.

In August, I found out my cancer is back, and it has spread to the pleura around my left lung. Metastatic triple negative breast cancer. Stage 4. Incurable, but treatable.

When I was first diagnosed in early 2025, I shared my journey hoping to make cancer a little less scary for others and show that life doesn’t stop during treatment. I thought I’d get through a couple of hard years and eventually find my way back to normal.

This time feels different. I’m sad, frustrated, and not always feeling particularly inspirational. But I’m learning that sharing my story doesn’t always have to mean finding the silver lining. There’s value in sharing the hard parts, too.

I’ll still share updates here and there, but they may look a little different this time around. There will still be humor, good days, and plenty of normal life mixed in with the hard stuff. I’m just giving myself permission to not always put a positive spin on things.

In the meantime, I’m back on chemotherapy, which means it’s time to dig my wigs out of storage. Apparently, they’re making a comeback whether I like it or not.

As always, BTHO Cancer!
💕Kris

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We’re open 11-6:30, so come pick out your blackout game outfit with us! 🖤 #eatemupcats #shopsmall #smtx #txstfootball #txstgameday

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Congratulations to The Campos Family, our 2026 Texas State Family of the Year! 🌟😸

“Every person in my family has sacrificed something to help me reach this point. When I eventually receive my Texas State degree, my name may be printed on it, but it will belong to all of us” -Senior Marketing Major, Joe Matthew Campos

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GO CATS GO!! We couldn’t be more excited to have Koko rocking our styles at tonight’s game—we had THE MOST FUN with this sparkling gal this week. Come get YOUR outfit before the game today. ⭐️🐾 #eatemupcats #smtx #txstfootball #txstgameday #shopsmall

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🌟 Distinguished Professor of Poetry Reading with Ada Limón 🌟

Last week, #TXSTEnglish and #TXSTMFA honored Distinguished Professor of Poetry Ada Limón with a reading and book signing at The Wittliff Collections. The event was hosted in collaboration with the College of Liberal Arts as part of its Front Porch Series. 📚️

Limón read from her work, answered questions from the audience, and signed copies of her most recent poetry collection, STARTLEMENT: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS. 🪶

@txstmfa @txstla @txst @wittliff.collections @adalimonwriter @charlottepencewrites @kdamp63 Poet Ada Limón smiling at a lectern delivering the Distinguished Professor of Poetry Reading for Texas State University’s Department of English.

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And that's a wrap!

The first ever Bobcat Game Day Pregame Show is in the books.

We hit some unexpected challenges the morning of, but our student crew and SJMC faculty showed true Bobcat grit and still made the show happen.

One down, many more to go. See you next week! 🐾

#TXST #TXSTSJMC #BobcatGameday

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Road trip weekend continued, yesterday we headed south to San Marcos for the @txstatefootball game vs UTSA! President Damphousse and his beautiful bride Beth were kind enough to host us in their suite and the coaches gave Jack the “recruit” experience! 🏈 So amazing to see how well the university is doing, and we even got to see our boy ALI! @fre3ali 🫶🏼🇺🇸🏈 Then back to hotel to see the massive Longhorn win! So blessed to have coffee with my amazing parents this morning, followed by a stop in West for some kolaches! Perfect weekend!!!! 💙🏈🇺🇸 #Texas #roadtrip #TXST #cfb

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Happy birthday Monica! 🫶🏻 We had so much fun celebrating your birthday at none other than a @txstatefootball game with you 🐾 We love you so much & would be so lost without our fearless, loving, supportive, caring, and dedicated leader! 🤗

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TXST kicked off The Hull’s 4th football season…tailgate was a HUGE WIN! Game was a little rough…AND very HOT!!!🥵
On to next week!!!

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A little look into the heart behind our Philanthropy 💌

We’re so proud to support a local organization through the Kindly Hearts Initiative and give back to our community!!🌟

#txstalphaxi #alphaxidelta #tfj #recruitment #txst30

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