Donations

The Hobby Center Capital Campaign

The Capitol Campaign seeks to raise contributions toward student and faculty scholarships, internships, and management fellowships in public service. In addition to providing resources to undergraduate and graduate students, funds generated by the campaign will allow for expansion of the services and programs of the Hobby Center, so that Texas State University can continue to offer the highest level of educational services to its students, faculty and managers in the public and not-for-profit sectors in Texas. The Hobby Center scholarships and fellowships will provide funding to students enrolled in the academic and certification programs at Texas State University. The Hobby Center also provides support for other universities in Texas that offers the Texas Certified Public Manager® (CPM) program. The Hobby Center programs that are created will allow students to be taught by the highest quality faculty that have practical experience in governmental affairs and administration.

Outside funding will allow high quality research to be conducted by faculty and students in those areas that have a significant impact on Texas such as taxation, the economy, and the environment. Research conducted by the Hobby Center will be coordinated with research conducted in other areas at Texas State such as the environment, health, education and criminal justice. Examples of Centers & Institutes with which joint research would be conducted include Texas State University’s Meadow’s Center for Sustainable Water Resources and the Institute for Governmental Innovation.

The Hobby Center focuses primarily on public service and public administration issues important to Texas. The mission of the Hobby Center is compatible with and not competitive to other Texas schools of public administration and public affairs such as The LBJ School at the University of Texas, the Bush School at Texas A&M and the Hobby School for Public Affairs at the University of Houston.

Management and Academic Fellowships For Graduate Study at the Master’s and Doctor’s Level
Donations will raise funds for public service management, research, teaching fellowships and internships.

Public Service Faculty Fellowships
Donations will create fellowships for adjunct faculty teaching in academic and/or the continuing education programs in public service. Donations may carry the name of the donor or the donor’s designee.

Certified Public Manager® (CPM) Participant Scholarships
Donations will create scholarships for participants in the Texas CPM program. Donations may carry the name of the donor or the donor’s designee. Since the CPM program is conducted throughout Texas, the holder of the CPM participant scholarship could reside anywhere in Texas. The scholarships could be used at any of the Texas universities that conduct the Texas CPM Program in cooperation with Texas State. Universities currently offering the CPM Program include Texas Tech (Center for Public Service), Stephen F. Austin State University (Political Science Department), University of Texas of Rio Grande Valley, University of Houston, Texas A&M International University. Several scholarships for the Texas CPM Program have already been established. These include scholarships that were funded by the original gift from former Texas Lieutenant Governor William P. Hobby, The Barney Knight scholarship,  established by the Texas City Management Association (TCMA) and the Steve Springer Scholarship, established in honor of Dr. Steve Springer (retired), professor in the Texas State University Occupational Workforce Leadership (OWL’s) Department and Texas CPM Program.

In addition to individuals, not-for-profit or private sector organizations can make contributions to the Hobby Center. Recipients of donated funds can have their names earmarked for scholarships, fellowships etc. Since the Texas CPM program is offered statewide, scholarship recipients can be located anywhere in Texas and can attend any Texas CPM program.