On a side note, the was the most attended Showcase Saturday yet! Over 800 students and 2300 total. V said it ran really smoothly and several headed over ro the FB game & VB game....some positive news! I know the recruiters are working their bums off to recruit prospective students to SFA! V works all hours of the day, weekends, responds to student contact at all hours/modalities/etc.
At recruitment fairs,students often ask her about sports & she's able to give them great info! The other SFA recruiters will refer them to V when they have sports related questions LOL

Pilotgirl said:

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On a side note, the was the most attended Showcase Saturday yet! Over 800 students and 2300 total. V said it ran really smoothly and several headed over ro the FB game & VB game....some positive news! I know the recruiters are working their bums off to recruit prospective students to SFA! V works all hours of the day, weekends, responds to student contact at all hours/modalities/etc.
At recruitment fairs,students often ask her about sports & she's able to give them great info! The other SFA recruiters will refer them to V when they have sports related questions LOL

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Appreciate what V, and others, are doing. The campus was quite busy. No doubt that local establishments had a big day. Other than being a little cool, the weather was great.

Disappointing that our Alumni Association had no engagement beyond the usual game day Alumni Corner.

Thank you V!! This is what we need.. It will spark student interest..

The Board of Regents just updated their page. They had formed a subcommittee to study system affiliation and that subcommittee has apparently now made its recommendation to the full board. Copy/pasted from the BOR report:

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The Board of Regents Subcommittee recommends that the university affiliate with ___________________. The president is authorized to take any action necessary in collaboration with ___________________ to effectuate this affiliation.

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So no name given yet, but apparently this full report and recommendation will be given in open session at the BOR on November 29 before they go into executive session and turn the cameras off. So we should know very early in the meeting which system was selected as the first choice.

Link:
https://www.sfasu.edu/about-sfa/board-of-regents/meeting-information

Big week for the future of SFA. Blocking off some time on my calendar tomorrow to tune in.

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Big week for the future of SFA. Blocking off some time on my calendar tomorrow to tune in.

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Huge. Hope they make a solid decision.

The Board just put out a summary of financial benefit over the next 4 years from each system affiliation option. Gotta scroll all the way down the page.

https://www.sfasu.edu/about-sfa/board-of-regents/university-system

Summary:
University of Texas, $124.3 million
Texas A&M, $33.7 million
Texas State, $7.4 million
Texas Tech, $357,000

Once again, UT wins in a landslide. With actual numbers attached, A&M's offer looks better than it initially did, but still a distant second place. After this batch of information, I am struggling to see what we gain from going with Tech. I keep hearing rumors that a deal with Tech was struck before the process even began, but with these numbers I hope that is not true.

NacMan said:

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The Board just put out a summary of financial benefit over the next 4 years from each system affiliation option. Gotta scroll all the way down the page.

https://www.sfasu.edu/about-sfa/board-of-regents/university-system

Summary:
University of Texas, $124.3 million
Texas A&M, $33.7 million
Texas State, $7.4 million
Texas Tech, $357,000

Once again, UT wins in a landslide. With actual numbers attached, A&M's offer looks better than it initially did, but still a distant second place. After this batch of information, I am struggling to see what we gain from going with Tech. I keep hearing rumors that a deal with Tech was struck before the process even began, but with these numbers I hope that is not true.

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No brainer

124 million is more than the 100 year celebration fundraiser we're doing. We'd be idiots not to take it.

UT looking to get into the Forestry and AG business with the joining of SFA.

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Conspiracy theory time because my mind is racing from the lack of sleep. I'd like to know why UT has put so much effort into bringing SFA into the system. I know SFA has a lot to offer and has a beautiful campus but I feel there is something they don't want A&M to know about right now. I can't pinpoint it. Maybe UT's plans for SFA are bigger than what is publicly being divulged at the moment.

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A: I believe UT wants us BECAUSE we are precisely what they are NOT. Rural, residential, old fashioned and conservative.
Maybe they just want something different.

Of course the subcommittee says UT. Now everyone has to vote.

I know we've got to wait on the official vote, but man, I'm so glad that was the recommendation.

You'd think Flores would have brought these questions up previously?