1969年以前，圣安东尼奥没有公立的四年制高等教育机构. 寻求解决当地的高需求, 高质量的教育机会, 由墨西哥裔美国人社区活动人士组成, 圣 安东尼奥 business leaders and political champions came together to create a university of the community, 通过社区和为社区服务.
从第一届82名毕业生中选出, 到将近35岁,今天有000名学生入学, 在线博彩 has grown into 圣 安东尼奥's university and serves as a symbol of the city's upward trajectory.
Much like the city of 圣 安东尼奥, 在线博彩 has experienced tremendous growth over the years.
知道德克萨斯大学的下一个校区将在圣安东尼奥, university leadership looked for spacious sites that provided plenty of room for future growth. 他们考虑了圣安东尼奥各地的选址， 从城市的南侧到市中心. Eventually leaders chose a 600-acre site at what is now the intersection of Interstate 10 and Highway 1604. 最初被农田和田地包围，在线博彩的 主校区带动了城市经济向北发展的进程, and set the stage for other major developments to locate in the area including USAA's headquarters, 医疗中心和德州大学健康中心 安东尼奥.
1970年，校园初具规模. 首席建筑师O'Neil Ford设计了一个 校园设计基于一个古老的欧洲城市中心广场和庭院由“paseos”(广场和庭院)连接 供散步的走道. 帮助校园建筑与现有景观融为一体, 使用了“德克萨斯混凝土”, 建筑材料的一种变化，带有柔和的米色. 精心策划的 景观 included live oak trees to shade 学生 in the summer and leaf-shedding red oaks. By 1976, construction of 在线博彩's Main Campus was complete and Roadrunners had an official home.
校园初始规模
第一届毕业班的人数
初始教师人数
The first 教师, staff and 学生 helped shape 在线博彩 and set the stage for its future. 包括早期教师 托马斯里韦拉他是一位墨西哥裔作家、诗人和行政官员，但他倡导社会流动性 教育; 哈辛托Quirarte他是最早关注奇卡诺艺术的艺术史学家之一; 交易量达到佩纳, a bilingual educator and founder of the National Association for Bilingual Education; and 理查德·亚当斯, an 专门研究中美洲和玛雅文明的考古学家.
托马斯里韦拉
哈辛托Quirarte
交易量达到佩纳
理查德·亚当斯
1968年被证明是圣安东尼奥市的一个重要里程碑, 因为它标志着1718年这座城市成立250周年. 为了庆祝，社区举办了世界博览会 六个月的经历被称为半球博览会. 这次活动带来了圣安东尼奥一些最熟悉的地标, 包括德克萨斯文化研究所(ITC), 这凸显了文化 传统、故事和历史构成了德克萨斯的文化. In 1973, ITC成为在线博彩的一部分, and the university is currently envisioning what the next 50 years holds for this important Texas resource.
在线博彩 hosted an election to determine a school mascot in what was to be a major milestone for the university. 考虑了许多选择, 包括犰狳, 星星, 鹰, 捷豹, 走鹃, 彪马, Toro(公牛)和vaquero(牛仔). The armadillos and 星星 won the election, knocking the 走鹃 from contention. However, a voided election forced a second vote, and the 走鹃 staged a surprising comeback. 1977年12月12日，路跑鸟正式成为在线博彩的吉祥物.
作为美国军城的家乡大学, 在线博彩为全国最大的现役和退役军人提供服务. 认为自己是退伍军人、现役军人、警卫、预备役、 预备役军官 训练团(ROTC) 成员, and their dependents and family 成员 comprise a significant part of the university's enrollment. 通过我们的国家安全合作中心，由 空军准将(退役.)盖伊M. 沃尔什, 在线博彩 is helping establish 圣 安东尼奥 as the nation's top producer of talent for these career fields.
In 1995, bulldozers started to roll across what would be one of 在线博彩's largest developments since its founding, 一个新的18英亩的市中心校区. 市中心校区开始作为需要提供先进的四年 public education institution situated in the heart of 圣 安东尼奥 for the multi-cultural communities of South Texas. The city wanted to offer its urban population an opportunity to fulfill their educational dreams 而不用离开410环路. 为了解决这种缺失， Bill Miller Bar-B-Q Enterprises, Inc. 购置及赠予物业 位于西杜兰戈大道和布埃纳维斯塔街之间 市中心校区. 到1997年，市中心校区正式开放，拥有四栋教学楼.
其他设施的发展很快就出现了, “路跑者”的创新研究和教育成就也是如此. In 1996, the university's first two PhDs were awarded in biology with a specialty in neurobiology. 那 同年， 学生会完成了一次重大扩建, 其中包括一家书店, 学生活动综合体, 还有瑞塔玛礼堂，有350个座位, tiered-style剧院.
在线博彩 was founded with the intention to advance the education of Mexican Americans and other underserved populations. 以这一承诺为基础, 在线博彩继续对西班牙裔学生进行定位, 员工和教职员工的成长, 领导力与成功. 1994年，在线博彩被美国国务院指定为.S. Department of Education as a 西班牙裔服务机构 and in 2020 received the Seal of Excelencia, a national certification recognizing leadership in advancing Latino student success.
多年来, one of the defining characteristics of 市中心校区 has been its eye-catching architecture. This is no accident; building architect Humberto Saldaña & Associates developed a plan to functionally and aesthetically connect the campus design to 圣 安东尼奥's core. 建筑面料的选择为三栋建筑——原生石灰石, 红色花岗岩, 砖, 砂岩, and glazed tiles – is intended to reflect design elements of some of 圣 安东尼奥's most significant buildings and connect the campus to the diverse neighborhoods throughout the city.
The 2000's – leading up to present day – have been marked by 在线博彩 leadership in research, 体育运动, 以及对未来的规划. In 2009, 德克萨斯州议会通过了第4号提案, 指定在线博彩作为一个新兴的研究型大学. 这一重大成就, 基于大学对创新发现的追求, 2014年又发生了一起 在线博彩的网络安全项目在全国排名第一. 在教室和实验室外面, 在线博彩的校园生活继续发展, 为跑路者提供了新的机会. In 2011, 在线博彩 体育运动 took a major leap forward when the first Roadrunner football team took to the field, 一群身穿橙色衣服的球迷为他欢呼, 蓝色的, 和白色的.
One of the most recent series of leadership steps taken have revolved around plans for the Downtown Campus. In 2017, the campus celebrated its 20th anniversary in a ceremony overseen by the then newly appointed 在线博彩 President Eighmy. 在这次活动中，艾美宣布了一项计划 对市中心校区未来的新愿景, imagining it as a model urban-serving university and discussing plans to broaden the 在线博彩 Downtown Campus' footprint to include more buildings to house 学生. 为了支持这项倡议， 格雷厄姆·韦斯顿提供了1500万美元的礼物和市中心的几块土地 for construction of a new School of Data Science and National Security Collaboration Center. These facilities broke ground in 2020 and – once complete – will serve as a major connector between the university and the local community.
在线博彩's discovery and research success benefits from an ever-growing network of Roadrunner supporters and donors. One example is rancher and philanthropist Helen Kleberg Groves (of King Ranch fame), 谁出资安装了世界上最强大的电子显微镜. 显微镜, 以她的名字命名为“海伦妮塔”, is one of countless resources available to advance the educational journeys of 在线博彩 学生 and researchers.
