Tag: Alkek One

Kira Wright

YouStar Studio supervisor makes recording experiences accessible and welcoming for all

Imagine you have just been hired to manage recording studio spaces and teach people how to create their own audio and video recordings. It’s a cool job, right? Now imagine you start your job just as a pandemic causes on-site services to shut down. Before you even meet your co-workers or the people you will …

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Madi Southerland

Busy student discovers new ways to create through the Alkek One competition

The walls of the new first floor lobby of the Alkek Library are adorned with Texas State student projects that demonstrate how technology and creativity align in the new Alkek One areas of the library. Seven student projects were selected among entries to the inaugural competition for art installations to be featured in the Alkek …

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Michael Quinto

Sparks fly in Alkek One Student Gallery photo entry

The walls of the new first floor lobby of the Alkek Library are adorned with Texas State student projects that demonstrate how technology and creativity align in the new Alkek One areas of the library. Seven student projects were selected among entries to the inaugural competition for art installations to be featured in the Alkek …

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Nathaniel Dede-Bamfo

Library GIS specialist can help you elevate your research

Have you ever wondered how businesses determine the perfect location for a storefront; or how health professionals track outbreaks of disease; or even how storytellers in literature and film create fictional lands and locations? Chances are Geographic Information Systems, better known as GIS, was used in those endeavors. GIS involves the use of computer-based technologies …

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Hithia Davis

Hithia Davis can help you put a professional polish on your work

Sometimes the work we do needs a little boost to help it shine. We need someone to refurbish it to give it a more artistic and professional polish. That’s where the Alkek Print Shop and its manager Hithia Davis come in. The Alkek Print Shop is a specialty print service located on the first floor of …

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Alkek Print Shop

Alkek Print Shop offers low cost, specialized printing services

Let’s face it, no one has the time or money to go off campus to print their projects. The Alkek Print Shop offers the convenience of location and low prices for your special printing and print shop services – much more than just making copies.  Located in Alkek One, on the first floor of the library, the …

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View from outside MakerSpace

Alkek One MakerSpace is the place for innovation!

Do you have the inherent need to create things but don’t know where to start? Come learn how to build and fabricate using the MakerSpace’s new equipment in Alkek One on the first floor of the Alkek Library. Training is completely free! The MakerSpace is a fabrication shop where you can create almost anything. Learn …

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Surgery through virtual reality

Create and experience alternate realities in the Immersion Studio

Do you want to see how X-Reality (XR) can help you learn, teach, create and transform? Explore the Immersion Studio in Alkek One on the first floor of the Alkek Library. Learn how to create your own content and use it in your projects or classes. XR is the umbrella reference for all immersive technologies including virtual, augmented …

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Calling all creatives! Help us fill Alkek One walls with artwork

Alkek One invites students or student teams to submit art to display on the new first-floor lobby of the Alkek Library What: Your project can take the form of any medium such as: photography, video, animation, graphic, sculpture, 3D printed object, etc. Use your imagination! Artwork should represent Texas State’s current Common Experience theme of …

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girl playing Yamaha silent piano

Silence is golden in the Alkek One YouStar Studios

If you get the chance to check out our expanded YouStar Studios located in Alkek One, you’ll find some unique campus treasures like our Silent Piano! The Yamaha Silent Piano isn’t just a keyboard, it is a professional, high-quality acoustic instrument that feels just like a real piano, because it is one! What’s special about …

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