Established during 1995, Environmental Corps ( E-Corps ) is an American YouthWorks program which allows youth, ages 17 to 28, to contribute to the restoration and preservation of parks and public lands in Texas.

She raised money for public libraries through her establishment of the Texas Book Festival, and established the First Lady's Family Literacy Initiative, which encouraged families to read together.

He seemed to have the advantage for the nomination in 1844 ; his famous letter of April 27, 1844, in which he frankly opposed the immediate annexation of Texas, though doubtlessly contributing greatly to his defeat, was not made public until he felt practically sure of the nomination.

The plight of U. S. Route 66 in particular, whose disappearance from the map in 1985 turned places like Glenrio, Texas and Amboy, California into overnight ghost towns, began to capture public attention with Route 66 associations springing up in every state as concern over preservation of decaying motels and other roadside infrastructure of the neon era came into view.

* 1876 – Texas A & M University opens as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, becoming the first public institution of higher education in Texas.

Henry Smith ( born 1876 ) was an African-American who was tortured and murdered at a public, heavily attended and promoted lynching on February 1, 1893 at the Paris Fairgrounds in Paris, Texas.

The Court wrote: However, in Powell v. Texas,, the Court upheld a statute barring public intoxication by distinguishing Robinson on the basis that Powell dealt with a person who was drunk in public, not merely for being addicted to alcohol.

* August 1 – The Six Flags over Texas theme park officially opens to the public.

* September 12 – Francis Howell High School ( Howell Institute ) in St. Charles, Missouri, and Stephen F. Austin High School in Austin, Texas open on the same day, putting them in a tie for the title of the oldest public high school west of the Mississippi River.

* Uri Treisman, professor of math and of public affairs at University of Texas at Austin, founder and executive director of the Charles A. Dana Center

* Texas surrendered its claim to New Mexico, which it had threatened war over, as well as its claims north of the Missouri Compromise Line, transferred its crushing public debt to the federal government, and retained the control over El Paso that it had established earlier in 1850, with the Texas Panhandle ( which earlier compromise proposals had detached from Texas ) thrown in at the last moment.

Besides public and church-affiliated schools, Harlingen students attend the University Preparatory School, the Marine Military Academy, Texas State Technical College, or Rio Grande Vocational and Rehabilitation Classes.

It is the oldest public library in the State of Texas.

In 1930, he taught in Pearsall High School in Pearsall, Texas, and afterwards took a position as teacher of public speaking at Sam Houston High School in Houston.

However, it wished to move the voting location from a private home to a public school ; the preclearance procedure required it to seek approval from the Justice Department, because Texas is a covered jurisdiction under Section 5.

* Jacksonville College, a public two-year junior college in Jacksonville, Texas

Schools are not closed, but most public schools in Texas are already into summer vacation by June 19th.

Zilog went public in 1991, but was acquired in 1998 by Texas Pacific Group.

* Creekwood Middle School, a public school in Kingwood, Texas, USA

It was one of his last public appearances before his assassination in Dallas, Texas.

and has the highest-ranked business, engineering, and law programs of any university in the state of Texas.

Meanwhile, Columbia University's liberal faculty members became disenchanted with the university president's ties to oilmen and businessmen, including Leonard McCollum, president of Continental Oil ; Frank Abrams, chairman of Standard Oil of New Jersey ; Bob Kleberg, president of King Ranch ; H. J. Porter, a Texas oil producer ; Bob Woodruff, president of Coca-Cola ; and Clarence Francis, General Foods chairman.

William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University or Rice, is a private research university located on a campus in Houston, Texas, United States.

The university is situated near the Houston Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center.

The original charter of Rice Institute dictated that the university admit and educate, tuition-free, " the white inhabitants of Houston, and the state of Texas ".

In 2003, the Owls won their first national championship in baseball, which was the first for the university in any team sport, beating Southwest Missouri State in the opening game and then the University of Texas and Stanford University twice each en route to the title.

Baylor is the oldest university in the State of Texas operating under its original name.

The lumberjack is the mascot of Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas and pays homage to the timber industry of the East Texas region in which the university is located.

* Clemency Coggins and Orrin C. Shane III Cenote of Sacrifices, ; 1984 The university of Texas Press ; ISBN 0-292-71097-6

Founded by the Society of Mary ( Marianists ) in 1852, St. Mary ’ s is the oldest Catholic university in Texas and the American Southwest.

St. Mary's University, founded in 1852 by Marianist brothers and priests, is the first institution of higher learning in San Antonio and the oldest Catholic university in Texas and the American Southwest.

In addition, the Bill Greehey School of Business is accredited by AACSB International, to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, making St. Mary ’ s the only Catholic university in Texas to achieve this status.

Belton is also home to the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, a private university affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

Thomas attended Texas Tech and was inducted into the university Hall of Fame in 2006.

Founded in 1849, it is the oldest college or university in Texas operating under its original charter.

It is also home to Texas A & M University – Commerce, a fully accredited university with an enrollment of around 10, 000 students, 5, 500 undergraduates, and roughly 4, 500 graduate students.

The Texas bell was presented to the university in appreciation of the service of the school's graduates.

Founded as a private teachers college in 1890 and adopted by the State in 1899, the university is the flagship of four institutions governed by University of North Texas System — a system established in 2003 by the 78th Texas Legislature.

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching classifies the University of North Texas as a research university with high research activity.

In 1988, the university adopted its current name, the University of North Texas.

The University of Texas System has nine separate and distinct academic institutions ; each institution is a university and confers its own degrees.

Texas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech or TTU, is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States.