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America’s Fastest-Growing Sport is a “Big Dill” at A&M-Commerce
Students, faculty, staff and community members certainly relish the opportunity to learn and play pickleball at Texas A&M University-Commerce. Dubbed America's fastest-growing sport, pickleball appeals to a wide demographic including men, women, athletes and non-athletes of all ages.
The sport…
A&M-Commerce Students Attend, Compete at Regional Educator Conference
A&M-Commerce students, Susan Macias, Reagan Shaw and D'Andre Harrison (pictured left to right), participated in the Texas Association of Future Educators (TAFE) Region 11 conference in Waxahachie, Texas on Nov. 12.
Harrison received a near-perfect score in the event's Educators…
A&M-Commerce Professors Co-Author, Illustrate Children’s Book
A&M-Commerce Professors LaVelle Hendricks and Dimitra J. Smith are co-authors of a new children's book, “Stan the Can Has No Magic: An educational way to learn about the impact of alcohol use and the road to recovery.”
Available through Amazon,…
A&M-Commerce Student Group Collects Holiday Cards for Troops
The A&M-Commerce chapter of the Texas Association of Future Educators hosted a table at the Rayburn Student Center on Nov. 17-18 to collect holiday wishes for troops deployed abroad.
The group collected 101 cards from students, faculty and staff, which…
A&M-Commerce Team Gets in the Mix at Concrete Competition
A team of A&M-Commerce students competed in the Pervious Concrete Cylinder Competition, held Oct. 23 during the American Concrete Institute's Concrete Convention in Dallas, Texas.
The competition challenged undergraduate university teams from around the world to apply sustainability concepts and…
A&M-Commerce Faculty, Staff Share Expertise at Renowned Competency-Based Education Conference
Representatives from Texas A&M University-Commerce attended the CBExchange conference hosted by the Competency-Based Education Network in Amelia Island, Florida, from Oct. 18-21. The annual event is touted as the foremost conference on competency-based education.
“As founding members of the Competency-Based…
A&M-Commerce Department of Counseling Recognizes, Honors School Counselors
Texas A&M University-Commerce and the Department of Counseling hosted a luncheon in Dallas on Thursday, October 20, to recognize school counselors and celebrate their vital role in the education system. The event honored counselors and mental health professionals from Desoto,…
A&M-Commerce Continues Tradition with 32nd Annual Veterans Vigil
Texas A&M University-Commerce is continuing its tradition of honoring our nation's veterans at the 32nd annual Veterans Vigil, scheduled for November 11, 2022, on the A&M-Commerce campus.
The theme of this year's event is “Forged in Sacrifice,” and the featured…
A&M-Commerce Faculty Member Receives Awards for Podcast
Texas A&M University-Commerce Assistant Professor Charles Woods, Ph.D., was recently honored with a pair of awards for his podcast, “The Big Rhetorical.” Woods' podcast bills itself as “your home for all things rhetoric, composition, technical communications, Ph.D. life, and so…
A&M-Commerce Alum Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from PAS
Texas A&M University-Commerce alum Anthony Robinson was recently honored with the “Lifetime Achievement in Education” award by the Percussive Arts Society (PAS). Robinson received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from Northwestern State University in 1975, and then earned his…
TCU Professor Nona Batiste Graduates With Doctorate From A&M-Commerce at 75
Professor Nona Batiste pursued her life's goal across six decades before graduating from Texas A&M University-Commerce with a Doctor of Education degree at age 75.
Her inspiring tenacity is a testament to her philosophy: If you want something badly enough,…
TAMUC College of Innovation and Design Dean Featured in Interview
Yvonne Villanueva-Russell, Ph.D., who serves as founding dean of the College of Innovation and Design at A&M-Commerce, is featured in an interview with The EvoLLLution, an online newspaper published by Modern Campus.
In the interview, Villanueva-Russell provides insight into paradigm…
A&M-Commerce Grad Student Receives Conference Grant
The Texas Association for the Improvement of Reading (TAIR) awarded A&M-Commerce student William Roby the TAIR Emerging Literacy Leaders Grant.
The $500 grant will fund Roby's attendance at the Texas Association for Literacy Education annual conference on Feb. 24-35, 2023,…
Lion’s Lecture Speaker Series Returns at A&M-Commerce
A&M-Commerce faculty, staff and students gathered on Sept. 29 to welcome the return of the Lion's Lecture Series presented by the Graduate School and First-Year TRAC. Drs. Matt Wood and Sharonda Pruitt entertained the audience with two 20-minute presentations in…
TAMUC Nursing Faculty Member Named as President of State Organization
Denise Neill, Ph.D., an associate professor and head of the Department of Nursing at A&M-Commerce, has been named president of the Texas Organization of Baccalaureate and Graduate Nursing Education (TOBGNE) through Spring 2024. Afterward, Neill will serve as the organization’s…
A&M-Commerce at RELLIS Student Recognized as Outstanding Employee
The Texas A&M University System recognized A&M-Commerce student Tyler Harrison with the Outstanding Student Employee award this summer for his role at the Cybersecurity Operations Center at Texas A&M RELLIS in Bryan, Texas.
Harrison is pursuing a Bachelor of Science…
A&M-Commerce Faculty Member Receives Prestigious Award
The Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration (TCPEA) granted A&M-Commerce Regents Professor Julia Ballenger, Ph.D., with its James A. Vornberg Living Legend Award at the organization's fall meeting in San Antonio, Texas.
TCPEA established the award in 2006 to…
TAMUC Doctoral Candidate Named Deputy Chief Diversity Officer at SFA
A&M-Commerce doctoral candidate Veronica Beavers has been named the inaugural deputy chief diversity officer at Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) in Nacogdoches, Texas. She will continue serving in her previous role as director of SFA's Office of Multicultural Affairs.…
A&M-Commerce Physics Students Present Research at International White Dwarf Workshop
Students Eric Burns and Zorayda Martinez from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Texas A&M University-Commerce presented research at the renowned 22nd European Workshop on White Dwarfs in Tübingen, Germany, from August 15-19.
“White dwarfs are the remains of…
A&M-Commerce Department of Mathematics Hosts First Mathemartist Competition
The Department of Mathematics at A&M-Commerce is accepting entries for its first Mathemartist Competition. Entries will be accepted through Nov. 30 at 11:59 p.m.
The competition, co-sponsored with Cypress Bank, challenges participants to utilize the Desmos graphing calculator to create…