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Narcotics Anonymous Meetings to Begin Oct. 10 at A&M-Commerce
Beginning Oct. 10, Narcotics Anonymous (NA) will hold support group meetings at A&M-Commerce every Thursday at 7 p.m. in room 120 of Binnion Hall. Participation is open to community members seeking assistance in recovery from addiction, and attendance is free…

My European Experience
Passport? Check. Sunscreen? Check. Italian travel dictionary, map of London and a list of fine French restaurants? Check, check, check. I had everything I needed for a trip I had been preparing for since I was a senior in high…

Freshman Success Students Assist with QEP
Over 500 Freshman Success students enrolled in 15 class sections recently participated in an intensive two-part project designed to provide baseline data for the ongoing development of the Texas A&M University-Commerce Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). On the first day, the…

QEP Updates Across Campus
Have you heard the most recent updates about the Texas A&M University-Commerce Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) – Preparing Students for an Interconnected World ?
Dr. Shonda Gibson, Dr. Haydn “Chip” Fox, the QEP Committee Members, and the Graduate Research Assistants…

Working on My Roar: Let The Good Times Roar?
If you were out and about during Lions Roar 2013, you may have seen me running around, “capturing the roar.” I've become a unique blend of freshman-like participant and observer. And it's been a blast!
While some of the other…

First Class of Regents’ Scholars Travels to Europe
The first group of seventeen students in the Regents' Scholars Program at Texas A&M University-Commerce recently returned to campus after a three-week study abroad trip in Europe. Each of the students researched a different project while overseas, focusing on globalization.…

Trafficking Banned Books: Be a Librotraficante!
By Sarah Northam
The Vice President for Student Access and Success, the Dean of the College of Humanities, Social Sciences & Arts, the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, the Office of Hispanic Outreach and the A&M-Commerce Libraries are…

Dr. Salazar Appointed Senior Associate Editor of a Counseling Journal
Dr. Carmen F. Salazar, professor of Counseling in the Department of Psychology, Counseling and Special Education at Texas A&M University-Commerce, has been appointed to a three-year term as Senior Associate Editor of the Journal of Counseling and Development.
“I feel…

Dr. Curt Carlson Receives Award for Cognitive Research
Dr. Curt Carlson, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Texas A&M University-Commerce, was recently awarded the 2013 Junior Faculty Research Award from the university.
Dr. Carlson is the Coordinator of the Educational Psychology Doctoral Program, and his award-winning research revolves around…

First Class of Regents' Scholars Travels to Europe
The first group of seventeen students in the Regents' Scholars Program at Texas A&M University-Commerce recently returned to campus after a three-week study abroad trip in Europe. Each of the students researched a different project while overseas, focusing on globalization.…

NSF to Refurbish La Palma Telescope
Texas A&M University-Commerce faculty and students will increase their ability to make astronomical observations via a newly acquired telescope in the Canary Islands. Starting in January 2015, students may access the remotely operated 1.0-m Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope (JKT) on the…

LEOtrain Receives TSLAC Award
The Texas A&M University-Commerce Library has been awarded $74,997 for the 2014 fiscal year by the Texas State Libraries and Archives Commissions as a TSLAC Library Cooperation Grant to continue the university's LEOtrain project.
LEOtrain was developed last summer to…

Dr. Maria Lamarque Named Hispanic Outreach Faculty of the Year
A&M-Commerce and the Office of Hispanic Outreach and Student Programs has awarded Dr. María Lamarque a Hispanic Outreach Faculty of the Year Award for 2012-2013. The award honors a professor who dedicates his or her experience, knowledge and scholarship to…

Dr. Jan Walker Honored with Emerita Status
Jan Walker, a former professor in A&M-Commerce's Business Administration & Management Information Systems department, has been conferred the title of “Professor Emerita,” signifying her long and distinguished service to the university. President Dan R. Jones presented Walker with a certificate…

12 A&M-Commerce Students Break 2 Guinness World Records
On January 18, twelve Texas A&M University-Commerce students and Climbing Society members attempted to set the Guinness World Record for “Greatest Vertical Distance Climbed in 6 Hours by a Team”. August 2, just twenty-one weeks after the attempt, they found…

Regents’ Scholars Assist with Development of the QEP
The Regents' Scholars have just returned from their study abroad in Europe. Prior to traveling the students completed the Global Competency Aptitude Assessment (GCAA) in an effort to be better prepared for the experience abroad. Upon return, the students presented…

Regents' Scholars Assist with Development of the QEP
The Regents' Scholars have just returned from their study abroad in Europe. Prior to traveling the students completed the Global Competency Aptitude Assessment (GCAA) in an effort to be better prepared for the experience abroad. Upon return, the students presented…
SACS COC Summer Institute
Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Associate Chair, Dr. Shonda Gibson, and Adolfo Benavides, Provost and Vice-President for Academic Affairs attended the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS COC) Summer Institute on Quality Enhancement and Accreditation July 21-24…

Rep. Ralph Hall Finalizes Donation of Papers to University
Congressman Ralph Hall finalized the donation of his personal papers and memorabilia to Texas A&M University-Commerce today in a signing ceremony with President Dan R. Jones at the A&M-Commerce at Rockwall facility. Others taking part in the signing included Randy…

Ralph Hall to Donate Papers to A&M-Commerce
On Tuesday, July 2 at 11am, Congressman Ralph Hall and A&M-Commerce President, Dan R. Jones, will sign an agreement finalizing the donation of Congressman Hall's historical papers to the university. The public signing ceremony will take place at A&M-Commerce's Rockwall…