Faculty & Staff Success

A&M-Commerce Accounting and Financial Reporting Team Commended by The Texas A&M University System
The accounting and financial reporting team at A&M-Commerce submitted the university's Annual Financial Report (AFR) to the state of Texas in November. They received high...

Dr. Tara Tietjen-Smith Named President of the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education
A&M-Commerce welcomes Dr. Tara Tietjen-Smith as the new president of the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education (NAKHE). The mission of NAKHE is “to fost...

Dr. Sarah Rodriguez Awarded UCLA-Sponsored Grant
A&M-Commerce Professor Sarah L. Rodriguez has been awarded a $10,000 grant for her research project, “A Mixed Methods Study of the Experi...

Free Tuition and More to be Given Away During ‘Fill the Field House Weekend’
A big week is here for Lion Athletics at Texas A&M University-Commerce as the Lion men's and women's basketball teams gear up for “Fill the Field House Weekend.” On Thursday, J...

Dr. Randy Harp Receives Clements Award for Outstanding Leadership in Agriculture
Dr. Randy Harp, dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at Texas A&M University-Commerce, was honored with the V.A. “Bill” & Marty Clements A...

Dr. Fred Fuentes to Shine a Light on LAMP at Harvard Presentation
Dr. Fred Fuentes, executive director for enrollment management at A&M-Commerce, will present “Borders, Bridges and Bad Hombres: The st...

A&M-Commerce Professor Receives National Award from American College Personnel Association
Texas A&M University-Commerce faculty member Katie Koo, assistant professor of higher education, has been announced as a winner of the Emerging Scholars Award from the Ame...

Dr. Joshua Ege’s Art Featured on National Novel Writing Month Site
Professor Joshua Ege from the A&M-Commerce Department of Art was recently featured on the National Novel Writing Month website. For the p...

Dr. LaVelle Hendricks Honored for Tenacity and Service
Dr. LaVelle Hendricks, an A&M-Commerce faculty member, recently received the Community Award for Tenacity and Service from the Texas Of...

Dr. Sarah Rodriguez Receives 2019 ASHE Award
Dr. Sarah Rodriguez, associate professor in the Department of Higher Education & Learning Technologies at A&M-Commerce, was chose...

Dr. Sarah Rodriguez Receives Research Grant from National Science Foundation
Dr. Sarah Rodriguez, higher education and learning technologies professor at A&M-Commerce, is part of a project at Iowa State University entitled “Reinventing the Instru...

A&M-Commerce Faculty, Students Support Multiple Sclerosis Awareness
The College of Humanities, Social Sciences and Art at A&M-Commerce will serve as a sponsor for the RUN A MYELIN MY SHOES team at the upcoming Richmond Marathon, Half Marathon a...

Dr. Ballenger Named Distinguished Educator
Dr. Julia Ballenger, A&M-Commerce educational leadership professor, was recently honored with the Phi Delta Kappa Distinguished Educ...

A&M-Commerce School of Social Work Participates at NASW Conference
The School of Social Work at A&M-Commerce was well represented at the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Conference in Galveston on October 3 through 5. Particip...

KETR Receives National Edward R. Murrow Award
KETR, A&M-Commerce's on-campus radio station, received the prestigious national Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio Television Digi...

Wascovich and Harmening Present Workshop at TASA
Dr. Vaughn Wascovich and Tanner Harmening from A&M-Commerce's Department of Art attended the Texas Association of Schools of Art's (TAS...

Dr. Hsun-Yu Chan Chosen for Junior Faculty Award
Dr. Hsun-Yu Chan has been selected as a recipient of the Augustine “Chuck” Arize Junior Faculty Award. This award recognizes outstanding teac...

Texas Governor Appoints Dr. Beth Jones to TSBVI Board of Trustees
A&M-Commerce Professor Beth Jones has been appointed by Governor Gregg Abbott to the board of trustees for the Texas School for the Blind a...

Dr. Jangsup Choi Co-authors New Book that Reinterprets South Korea’s Rise to International Influence
Dr. Jangsup Choi, associate professor in the Department of Political Science, recently co-authored a book that proposes and tests a new perspective on how South Korea rose from d...

Professor Publishes New Study on Teacher Retention
In a new study published in Educational Policy, A&M-Commerce professor Sarah Guthery and her co-author, Lauren Bailes at the University...