The Office of Sponsored Programs at A&M-Commerce is hosting Leo Talks during Spring 2019. The lectures are “TED-like” talks that last about 20 minutes and feature presentations from two A&M-Commerce professors per event. “The goal of the series is to…

Two A&M-Commerce Nursing Department students have been invited to present at the Sigma Nursing Honor Society Creating Healthy Work Environments conference. Mundi Gutierrez, Master of Science in nursing student, and Jenna Wallace, Bachelor of Science in nursing student, were accepted…

Nearly 20 staff members were recognized by Dr. Mark Rudin, president of A&M-Commerce, during the Meritorious Service Awards on January 10. The awards, which acknowledge staff members' contributions to the university, recognize both individuals and departmental teams. One new feature…

A&M-Commerce's Writing Program received a Certificate of Excellence from the Conference on College Composition and Communication. The award will be presented in March at the Conference's annual convention, held in Pittsburgh. “The Certificate of Excellence is one of the highest…

Jimmy Shirley, a 1967 graduate of East Texas State University, now A&M-Commerce, and his wife Sherroll donated $25,000 to assist in the creation of a Makerspace in the College of Science and Engineering at A&M-Commerce.  The Makerspace will enable engineering…

The American Institutes for Research has awarded the A&M-Commerce Institute for Competency-Based Education (ICBE) a $15,000 scholarship donation for research completed by Carlos Rivers, operations research analyst for ICBE. Rivers worked with the American Institutes for Research on a project…

The U.S. Department of Justice-National Institute of Justice has awarded a grant for more than $300,000 to two faculty members in the A&M-Commerce Department of Psychology and Special Education.  Drs. Curt and Maria Carlson, associate professors of psychology, will use…

Seventeen graduate students and four faculty members from the Department of Counseling at A&M-Commerce were selected to present their research at the 62nd Annual Texas Counseling Association Professional Growth Conference in Dallas November 14 through 17. The event is the…

Dr. Debbie Mahoney, coordinator of the Master of Science in Nursing program at A&M-Commerce, has been named East Texas Nurse Practitioner of the Year by the East Texas Nurse Practitioner Association (ETNPA).  The award recognizes excellence as an NP in…

Nineteen A&M-Commerce students earned awards for their research presentations at the 15th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium held at West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas, on November 1 and 2. The symposium is open to all Texas A&M University…

Dr. Zhengshan Zhao, Associate Professor for the Biomedical Institute for Regenerative Research (BIRR) and the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, recently received an award from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in the amount of $20,000.  The award was…

“Continuing the Conversation” is the theme for the 2018 Mental Health Matters Day scheduled for November 13 at A&M-Commerce.  J. Danée Sergeant, a survivor of trauma, homelessness and polysubstance abuse disorder who lives with bipolar disorder, will be this year's…

A cooperative research program including A&M-Commerce, Cereal Crops Research Inc. (CCRI), Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, the Texas Wheat Producers Board and agribusiness industry leaders will assist with the continued development of a total wheat management program…

The Latino American Mentorship Program, or LAMP, cultivates leaders at Texas A&M University-Commerce. Recently, this group of students was chosen to present their research, “ROI/MOC: The Return on Investment of Men of Color Programs on College Campuses,” at the annual…

Dr. Rafael Bakhtavoryan, Assistant Professor of AgriBusiness at A&M-Commerce, was recently recognized for outstanding applied research in food distribution and marketing. The Food Distribution Research Society chose Bakhtavoryan's paper as winner of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Research and…

Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp announced today that the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents has named Mark Rudin as the sole finalist for the position of President of Texas A&M University-Commerce. Rudin was selected during a…

Texas A&M University-Commerce has received a National Science Foundation grant totaling more than $1 million to fund a collaborative project titled, “Preparing a Community of Outstanding STEM Teachers for Rural and Urban Northeast Texas.” “I am thrilled to have been…

In the midst of another graduation season, it is easy to get caught up in the distractions of the caps, gowns, regalia and celebrations.  The pomp and circumstance mask the gritty journeys students often face before taking that much-anticipated walk…

Dr. Shonda Gibson, the Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness and Research at Texas A&M University-Commerce, will join The Texas A&M University System on July 2 as Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, System officials announced Thursday. Dr. Gibson will report…

Dr. Mehmet Celik, assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics, received a grant from the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) in the amount of $27,000 to allow a limited number of A&M-Commerce students to participate in a summer math program…