What we reported

In August, Texas State University regents approved the university’s master plan for 2017-27. The plan seeks to address what the university is anticipating as 1.5 percent annual growth at the undergraduate level and 3 percent annual growth at the graduate level in the coming years. The university plans to build a second pedestrian overpass over Comanche Street. The plan also is forecasting an increase in capacity for the Student Center and Student Health Center. Parking will be addressed with three additional parking garages so students can continue parking on the outdoor edges of campus with faculty and staff parking in internal lots.

The latest

Construction on the $120-million engineering and science building, Bruce and Gloria Ingram Hall, is approximately 56 percent complete. University spokesperson Jayme Blaschke said the project is facing a delay because steel is not readily available after Hurricane Harvey. The university aims to have the project complete in time for students’ arrival this August.

What’s next

Projects that will be under construction by the summer include the Blanco Residence Hall Renovation, the Albert B. Alkek Library Learning Commons, the campus recreation fields, the Roy F. Mitte renovation, the Elliott Hall reconfiguration from a residence hall to offices and classrooms, the Encino Hall reconfiguration and the Jowers Academic Center renovation. This story is one update from The January Issue. View the full list of top 5 stories to follow in 2018 here.