The Stark Center is home to the archival collection of legendary fitness pioneer Bonnie Prudden. The collection, approximately 73 linear feet in total, was partially processed in Spring 2026 by graduate students from the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin. Interested researchers can now view the finding aid to the 13.5...
We’ve been making moves at The Stark Center. On Tuesday, a goddess arrived in the Stark Center’s Reading Room, bringing a new look and a fresh sense of triumph to the students and scholars who work in it. From the Blanton Museum of Art’s Collection of Battle Casts, Winged Victory of Samothrace brings the feminine...
I feel obligated to assure you that this blog is in fact about our newest exhibit, Women First! But I want to start by telling you about the Literature and Philosophy lecture course that I took during my very first semester at Saint Edward’s University in the fall of 2006. It was one of four...
As many Longhorn sports fans are now very well aware, the University of Texas Athletics was officially welcomed into the Southeast Conference on Sunday, June 30th, beginning a new era of Longhorn sports history. To commemorate the occasion, the President’s office and Texas Athletics partnered up to host a campus-wide event that Sunday, opening all...
This week at The Stark Center, I’ve been thinking a lot about the history of women’s fitness and physical activity here on The Forty Acres. On Wednesday night, we were fortunate to host the University’s distinguished Tower Fellows. After our director, Jan Todd, addressed the visitors and told them about how the Stark Center was...
