Sam Houston State University history

The one-room Peabody Memorial Library was the first free-standing campus library in Texas; it was constructed in 1901 with funds provided by the George Peabody Foundation.

The institute awarded its first bachelor’s degree in 1919.

1923: Commercial courses offered at Sam Houston Normal Institute

1935: Granted first Bachelor of Business degree

In 1936, the school awarded its first postbaccalaureate degree.

1964: Awarded first Master of Business Administration degree

And here’s a fun fact about SHSU: The College of Criminal Justice opened in 1965 and has since become one of the most prestigious programs in the nation offering degrees in criminal justice and criminology, forensic science, and security studies.

1966: Academic divisions grouped into five schools; Doctor Neal became first Dean of the School of Business Administration and Applied Arts

1972: Renamed College of Business and Applied Arts

He graduated from the Police Cadet Academy in 1973 and won a scholarship to study criminal justice at Eastern Kentucky University in the United States.

1974: Renamed College of Business Administration

Thaksin returned to the United States and in 1978 completed a doctorate at Sam Houston (Texas) State University.

After having attained the rank of lieutenant colonel in the police force, he left the force in 1987 to run his business in the computer field alongside his wife, Potjaman.

He first turned to politics in 1994, when he was asked to be foreign minister.

On the party’s entrance into Prime Minister Banharn Silpaarcha’s government coalition in 1995, he served briefly as deputy prime minister.

Thaksin served as deputy prime minister a second time under Chavalit Yongchaiyudh in 1997.

Thaksin, who campaigned on a populist platform, led his newly created Thai Rak Thai (TRT) Party to a convincing win in national elections on January 6, 2001.

Despite allegations of cronyism and corruption, Thaksin generally enjoyed great public support, and his popularity increased with his swift response to the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami that struck Thailand in December 2004.

Thaksin, in turn, did not assume office but nevertheless remained in charge of an interim government, and elections were called for mid-October 2006.

The Thai government froze Thaksin’s assets in June 2007, and the following February he returned to Thailand to face corruption charges.

Thaksin was tried in absentia, and in October 2008 he was found guilty of corruption and sentenced to two years in prison.

Several months earlier, in November 2009, the Cambodian government had appointed Thaksin as a special economic adviser.

2010: Started offering online MBA program

In July 2011 For Thais Party (Phak Puea Thai), a pro-Thaksin party headed by Thaksin’s younger sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, won the majority of parliamentary seats in the country’s general elections, and in August Yingluck became prime minister.

On 30 May 2012, SHSU-The Woodlands Center opened on the Lone Star College-Montgomery campus.