Twister Marquiss
@twistermarquiss.bsky.social
Writer. Designer. Marketing. Communications.
Higher education and academic affairs.
Wyoming grown, Texas refined.
Higher education and academic affairs.
Wyoming grown, Texas refined.
Pinned
Good leaders create paths of opportunity.
LEGO Dried Flower Centerpiece (10314):
I did not enjoy this build, but it looks amazing.
I did not enjoy this build, but it looks amazing.
November 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
LEGO Dried Flower Centerpiece (10314):
I did not enjoy this build, but it looks amazing.
I did not enjoy this build, but it looks amazing.
This little guy. 🎅🏼
November 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This little guy. 🎅🏼
My plans for Thanksgiving week include some building.
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 AM
My plans for Thanksgiving week include some building.
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Evening glow at McCoy Hall. ✯
November 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Evening glow at McCoy Hall. ✯
On this day 50 years ago — Nov. 10, 1975 — the massive 729-foot freighter S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald suddenly disappeared in a severe storm on Lake Superior, taking with it 29 lives. The last words Capt. Ernest McSorley radioed to another ship: “We are holding our own.”
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
On this day 50 years ago — Nov. 10, 1975 — the massive 729-foot freighter S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald suddenly disappeared in a severe storm on Lake Superior, taking with it 29 lives. The last words Capt. Ernest McSorley radioed to another ship: “We are holding our own.”
If you’re wondering whether you’re aging well, Marlon Brando was 48 when The Godfather was released, and Wilford Brimley was 51 when Cocoon reached theaters.
November 6, 2025 at 1:23 AM
If you’re wondering whether you’re aging well, Marlon Brando was 48 when The Godfather was released, and Wilford Brimley was 51 when Cocoon reached theaters.
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Our Fall 2025 issue of TXSTMcCoy Magazine highlights stories of resilience, leadership, innovation, global perspectives, ESG goals that move society forward, using AI responsibly, and ethics-first workplaces. ✯
TXSTMcCoy Magazine
www.mccoy.txst.edu
October 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Our Fall 2025 issue of TXSTMcCoy Magazine highlights stories of resilience, leadership, innovation, global perspectives, ESG goals that move society forward, using AI responsibly, and ethics-first workplaces. ✯
I did the thing.
October 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I did the thing.
On Game Day, James Franklin was very honorably answering questions about his firing and his life, and someone in the background was holding a sign that read, “Lane Kiffin poops standing up.” And that, in a nutshell, is college football.
October 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
On Game Day, James Franklin was very honorably answering questions about his firing and his life, and someone in the background was holding a sign that read, “Lane Kiffin poops standing up.” And that, in a nutshell, is college football.
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We're excited that Mabel Mba has joined us as social media coordinator for Fall 2025, overseeing McCoy College accounts and content. She is also a grad student teaching in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, where she recently led Mass Comm Week. ✯
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www.mccoy.txst.edu/marcomm/team...
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www.mccoy.txst.edu/marcomm/team...
October 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
We're excited that Mabel Mba has joined us as social media coordinator for Fall 2025, overseeing McCoy College accounts and content. She is also a grad student teaching in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, where she recently led Mass Comm Week. ✯
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www.mccoy.txst.edu/marcomm/team...
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www.mccoy.txst.edu/marcomm/team...
Nearly 57% of graduate application traffic came from digital ads executed by the McCoy College marcomm team, with search ads returning the lowest cost-per-click we've ever seen. Kudos to David Kallison on that campaign. #HigherEdMarketing #DigitalMarketing
Highlighted by a 54% surge in graduate enrollment, McCoy College will serve over 11,000 total students — undergrad and grad students — in Fall 2025, a figure that accounts for 25% of Texas State's overall enrollment. ✯
McCoy College enrollment surges for Fall 2025
September 24, 2025
www.mccoy.txst.edu
October 1, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Nearly 57% of graduate application traffic came from digital ads executed by the McCoy College marcomm team, with search ads returning the lowest cost-per-click we've ever seen. Kudos to David Kallison on that campaign. #HigherEdMarketing #DigitalMarketing
My mom would have been 80 today.
She is missed.
She is missed.
September 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
My mom would have been 80 today.
She is missed.
She is missed.
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McCoy College has seen record growth in enrollment for Fall 2025, up nearly 20% overall. Undergraduate students majoring in our programs increased by 17%, while our graduate enrollment grew by 54%. ✯
Texas State enrollment surges 10%, tops 44,000 for first time
That enrollment surge set several additional records as well, led by a freshman class of nearly 9,400 students and 5,200 graduate students.
news.txst.edu
September 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
McCoy College has seen record growth in enrollment for Fall 2025, up nearly 20% overall. Undergraduate students majoring in our programs increased by 17%, while our graduate enrollment grew by 54%. ✯
My home weather station is predicting some sort of detonation in the sky — so be ready for that, I guess?
September 4, 2025 at 3:26 AM
My home weather station is predicting some sort of detonation in the sky — so be ready for that, I guess?
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Let's do this. ✯
August 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Let's do this. ✯
From earlier this summer: LEGO Sherlock Holmes Book Nook. It’s a book with a mystery adventure inside — including minifigures of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Irene Adler, one of the Baker Street Irregulars with his newspapers, and Professor Moriarty.
August 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM
From earlier this summer: LEGO Sherlock Holmes Book Nook. It’s a book with a mystery adventure inside — including minifigures of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Irene Adler, one of the Baker Street Irregulars with his newspapers, and Professor Moriarty.
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Friday view from McCoy Hall. ✯
August 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Friday view from McCoy Hall. ✯
Though you can see when you're wrong, you know you can't always see when you're right.
—Billy Joel, “Vienna”
—Billy Joel, “Vienna”
August 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Though you can see when you're wrong, you know you can't always see when you're right.
—Billy Joel, “Vienna”
—Billy Joel, “Vienna”
I don’t have all the words for the loss of my friend, Kym Fox. She was an important, steady place in this world, and she is missed.
Alumni, family and friends honor beloved Texas State University Professor Kym Fox
A scholarship has been established to honor Fox’s legacy in journalism.
www.kens5.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I don’t have all the words for the loss of my friend, Kym Fox. She was an important, steady place in this world, and she is missed.
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@txst.edu won the national championship in the American Advertising Federation’s National Student Advertising Competition this past weekend in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, rising above nearly 100 universities with a bold, research-driven campaign for AT&T. ✯
Texas State Wins National Championship in AAF National Student Advertising Competition
www.mccoy.txst.edu
June 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
@txst.edu won the national championship in the American Advertising Federation’s National Student Advertising Competition this past weekend in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, rising above nearly 100 universities with a bold, research-driven campaign for AT&T. ✯
I saw a werewolf drinking a piña colada at Trader Vic’s. His hair was perfect.
June 9, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I saw a werewolf drinking a piña colada at Trader Vic’s. His hair was perfect.
I just learned that it’s not necessarily incorrect to pronounce a hard “h” in “homage,” and y’all I’m shook.
June 3, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I just learned that it’s not necessarily incorrect to pronounce a hard “h” in “homage,” and y’all I’m shook.
Fact: the national animal of Scotland is the unicorn.
May 29, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Fact: the national animal of Scotland is the unicorn.
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Being kind should not be counterculture
May 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Being kind should not be counterculture