FALL 2026  |  It’s hard to believe, but as this newsletter goes out to Schreiner alums, we find ourselves well past the mid-semester point of the fall 2026 semester.  Before we know it, final exams will be gearing up.  In so many ways, though, it feels like we are just getting started. It was another record-breaking semester this fall having recruited the largest first-year class in Schreiner’s history (472 students) and achieving the largest overall enrollment in the school’s history (1,572 students).  The campus feels full of people and fully alive – but we’ve been surprised to discover that students brought their scooters to campus with them this year.  Scooters are everywhere!  Which is a good reminder that we never know what awaits us from day to day and from year to year.

A lot of this growth is attributable to the new football program, but women’s flag football and beach volleyball are bringing new students to campus, too.  Next time you’re in Kerrville, stop by the Trailhead and see the new home of beach volleyball!  We also continue to expand our academic portfolio so that Schreiner students have access to timely and relevant majors which complement their exposure to the timeless skills and habits of mind that they are exposed to through the general education program. Among our new, timely offerings are a certification in Sales to our undergraduate curricular offerings and a new graduate track in nursing: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Even more new programs are being planned for next academic year.  Exercise Science has had a new track approved in Professional Golf Leadership; Engineering is developing a new track in Electrical Engineering; and the last component of our suite of Nursing programs will be offered next fall – the associate degree in Nursing leading to RN licensure.

In addition to these program-specific opportunities, Schreiner recently learned that we have received a five-year, $3,000,000 grant from the Department of Education that will impact all Schreiner students. This grant will bring new resources to campus in support of our tutoring and advising efforts, and it will enable us to begin making every Schreiner student AI literate and an effective and ethical user of AI.  It also will enable us to provide higher-level AI certifications to students who want to deepen their knowledge and skills even more in this emerging field.

We only have a few more weeks until the fall semester 2026 comes to a close. If we end the semester in the same way we started it, then there is still much work to do and lots of exciting surprises that await us.  Stay tuned!

-Charlie McCormick, Ph.D.
President

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