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Director of Athletics Tim McMurray Named Under Armour Athletics Director of the Year
The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) named Tim McMurray, director of athletics at Texas A&M University-Commerce, as the Under Armour Athletics Director of the Year on March 3. The athletic directors who win the ADOY Award are…
Several A&M-Commerce faculty named Eminent Faculty Scholars
Twelve faculty members at Texas A&M University-Commerce received the Eminent Faculty Scholar Award at the annual Eminent Faculty Scholars Award Ceremony on February 25 at the Rayburn Student Center. The Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education (TABPHE) and…
A&M-Commerce faculty selected for Emerging Scholar award
Dr. Sarah Rodriguez, an associate professor of Higher Education & Learning Technologies at Texas A&M University-Commerce, has been selected as the 2020 recipient of the Barbara K. Townsend Emerging Scholar Award by the Council for the Study of Community Colleges…
A&M-Commerce Students Present Research at Annual ASHS Meeting
Four students of Texas A&M University-Commerce presented their research at the annual American Society for Horticultural Science – Southern Region meeting in Louisville, Kentucky. The meeting was held from January 31 through February 2.
The student research–two graduates and two…
Home Economics & Family Consumer Science alumni join at reception
On February 14, the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at Texas A&M University-Commerce hosted the annual Home Economics and Family Consumer Science reception. At the event, the alumni group committed to raise a minimum of $1,000 per year…
Area students compete at annual National History Day competition at A&M-Commerce
More than 100 high school students from across the region gathered on the campus of Texas A&M University-Commerce on February 21 for the annual National History Day regional competition.
Held each year at
the university, this was the first time…
A&M System Chancellor releases memo regarding Coronavirus information
Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp released a memo this month regarding up-to-date information on the Coronavirus.
The memo urged system institutions to provide up-to-date information regarding the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19)
“Like all of you, I am monitoring…
Dr. LaVelle Hendricks honored at 2020 Diversity Summit
On February 18, Texas A&M University-Commerce hosted the Chancellor's Summit on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Awards Ceremony at the Rayburn Student Center. “The purpose of the summit was to bring faculty and staff from the Texas A&M University System together…
A&M System Regents vote to name campus memorial ‘Jones Circle’
The Board of Regents of the Texas A&M University System voted on February 6 to name the new memorial near Gee Library “Jones Circle.” The memorial was unveiled on October 26, 2019, and features a bronze likeness of a young…
Dr. Koo Awarded Research Grant
Dr. Katie Koo, an associate professor in higher education at Texas A&M University-Commerce, was awarded a $3,000 grant for her research topic “What Makes Them Distress?: Campus Climate and Mental Health among International Students.” Her sponsor is the American College…
A&M-Commerce alums named campus teachers of the year in Mesquite ISD
Several Texas A&M University-Commerce alumni have been named Teachers of the Year at multiple Mesquite ISD campuses. Anita Kay Young from Mesquite Academy earned her Bachelor of Science in Education in 1984 her and Master of Education in Educational Administration…
Taylor Phelps named NAADD Rising Star
The National Association of Athletic Development Directors (NAADD) has named Taylor Phelps the 2020 Rising Star Award winner. Phelps works at A&M-Commerce as the associate director for resource development and executive director of the Lion Champions Fund. He also oversees…
A&M-Commerce faculty member delivers lecture at Yale
Dr. Ayal Feinberg, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Texas A&M University-Commerce, was invited to take part in Yale University's Benjamin and Barbara Zucker Lecture Series on January 29. The invited lecture was titled “Quantifying Contemporary Anti-Semitism:…
Sport Management Students ‘Experience’ the Division II National Football Championship
26 undergraduate students and two graduate students in the Department of Health and Human Performance at Texas A&M University-Commerce assisted the Lone Star Conference, NCAA, and McKinney ISD with the 2019 Division II Football Championship at McKinney ISD Stadium on…
A&M-Commerce Rodeo Team Hosting First Home Rodeo in History of Program
The rodeo team at Texas A&M University-Commerce will put its best boot forward as it prepares to host the first home rodeo in the nearly six-year history of the program.
The rodeo will take place on February 21-22 at the…
A&M-Commerce Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Tyler ISD
Texas A&M University-Commerce President Dr. Mark Rudin joined Tyler Independent School District Superintendent Dr. Marty Crawford at a special ceremony on January 22 at the state-of-the-art Tyler ISD Career and Technology Center to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between…
Physics Students Represent A&M-Commerce at 2020 Dallas ISD STEM Expo
Six members
of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) represented Texas A&M University-Commerce
at the 2020 Dallas ISD Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Expo
in Dallas on January 18.
A&M-Commerce
participants included Shandi Groezinger, Cristo Sanchez, Allan Teer, Macon…
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, January
30 and Saturday, February 1, the teams will play…
A&M-Commerce Meat Judging Team Named Grand Champion at National Contest
The Meat Judging team at Texas A&M University-Commerce took home the Grand Champion prize from the National Western Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest held in Denver, Colorado on January 19-20 in its first year of competition.
A&M-Commerce
beat nine other teams…
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 stereotypes and realities of being LatinX in 2020” at the National Diversity in Leadership Conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His presentation will be…