Meetings and Events
Council meeting dates and information regarding traditional events
are provided below.
CPUPC Meetings
Above: Council members with Dr. Charles L. Welch/AASCU (January 2024).
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UPCOMING CPUPC Meetings and Events:
--TxHEDS Award Luncheon, Austin, TX
Jan. 22, 2025, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. followed by CPUPC Quarterly Meeting (2nd Q)
(In Person); 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
(Coordinating Board, January 23, 2025)
--2025 Undergraduate Research Day
at the Capitol
April 10, 2025, 9 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
--CPUPC Quarterly Meeting (3rd Q)
April 23, 2025; 3-5 p.m.
(Coordinating Board, April 24, 2025)
--CPUPC Quarterly Meeting (4Q)
July 23, 2025; 3-5 p.m.
(Coordinating Board, July 24)
--CPUPC Quarterly Meeting (1Q FY 26)
October 22, 2025; 3-5 p.m.
(Coordinating Board, October 23)
When scheduling permits, Council meetings are traditionally held Wednesday afternoons before the quarterly THECB meetings.
Annual Texas Higher Education Distinguished Service Award
The 2024 Award Ceremony honored Mr. Emmett and Mrs. Miriam McCoy as the 2024 Texas Higher Education Distinguished Service Award recipients. Their adult children, represented by Brian McCoy, accepted the award on their behalf.
Mr. and Mrs. McCoy were nominated for the award by Texas State University. The nomination referred to the McCoy’s decades-long legacy of partnership with the university, positively impacting students and the surrounding community for generations to come.
Mr. and Mrs. McCoy, with their grown children, also extend their philanthropic support to Sul Ross State University and Texas Tech University. Originally from Galveston, the McCoy’s family roofing business expanded to San Marcos where McCoy’s Building Supply is headquartered. With 78 locations serving communities across Texas, valuable work experience is provided to hundreds of college students in addition to the many college graduates who are proud to say they are McCoy employees.
The Council is pleased to partner with colleagues represented by the Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas (ICUT) and the Texas Association of Community Colleges (TACC) in presenting the annual Texas Higher Education Distinguished Service Award for outstanding service to higher education in Texas.
The Association of Texas Colleges and Universities (ATCU) initially sponsored this award, beginning in 1977. Since 2008, CPUPC, ICUT and TACC have continued the tradition of this award and look forward to the ceremony each January.
Honorees are listed here.
Promoting Texas Research
Council members are pleased to support the following initiatives highlighting and promoting the value of Texas' public university research:
(1) The Council and THECB co-hosted a Higher Education Innovation Leaders Roundtable with DARPA Leadership on March 11, 2024.
(2) NIH All of Us Research Program: A webinar was conducted November 8, with resource information provided below:
--Overview of All of Us and Texas participating institutions, here.(updated 11-7-23)
--Texas All of Us webinar slide deck, here.
--Texas All of Us webinar recording link.
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--Q&A responses from the webinar, here. (added Nov. 30, 2023)
(3) Membership opportunity with the Institute for Research on Innovation and Science (IRIS).
(4) Support programming with the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science & Technology (TAMEST)