Sul Ross State University Joins the Texas
Book Company Family of Campus Bookstores

Sul Ross State University, a member of the Texas State University System, located in Alpine, Texas is the newest member of the Texas Book Company family of campus bookstores.

Named for Lawrence Sullivan Ross, governor of Texas from 1887 to 1891 and president of Texas A&M College from 1891 to 1898, the institution was the successor to Alpine Summer Normal School created to train teachers. In 1969, the Legislature changed the name of the institution, this time signifying full state university status by the name -- Sul Ross State University. The 1970s an off-campus study center was established on the campus of Southwest Texas Junior College in Uvalde to provide opportunities for residents of the Uvalde, Del Rio, and Eagle Pass areas to pursue upper-level and graduate work in teacher education and business administration.

In its eighth decade, the university promotes scientific research in biology, geology, and range animal science, with particular emphasis on Chihuahuan Desert studies, and is involved in cooperative projects with the private non-profit Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute. Through the university's Center for Big Bend Studies, research and educational activities are conducted in the historical, cultural and economic development of the Trans-Pecos region and adjacent areas in Mexico and New Mexico.

Texas Book Company is proud to serve Sul Ross State University, and looks forward to a long successful partnership.