Jester Center

With 3,000 beds inside and more than one million square feet of housing that comprise an entire city block, Jester Center at the University of Texas at Austin is recognized as the largest dormitory in North America.

Boys State Headquarters is located in the Jester West Second Floor Lounge. Daily office hours for Texas Boys State start the day of registration (Saturday) from 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. (midnight). The telephone number for Headquarters is (512) 471-7527. For calls before registration (Saturday), or after noon on the last day of the program (the following Friday), please contact Robert Jackson, Boys State Chairman, at (830) 303-3114.