In 2014, the Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) was petitioned for listing under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). This came in response to 90 percent declines in the populations of Monarch Butterflies east of the Rocky Mountains over the past decade…

Greater Texas Foundation has announced the newest class of Greater Texas Foundation Faculty Fellows (GTF Fellows), a three-year program to build research and teaching capacity of tenure-track faculty working in areas related to student success at Texas colleges. The four…

Honors College graduate Bailey Phillips was accepted into nine fully funded PhD programs and has chosen to attend Texas A&M University in the fall after graduating with a bachelor's of science double major in psychology and chemistry.   “It's been exciting…

Assistant Professor in the School of Agriculture, Dr. Doug LaVergne has received a $30,764 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture for a project slated to “Develop a Renewable Energy Technical Assistance Program for Northeast Texas Small Businesses and…

The Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) supported two Spanish literature emphasis graduate students to present research on Mario Vargas Llosa's novels at the XVII International Conference of Hispanic Literature on March 9-11, 2016. Dr. María Lamarque, associate professor of comparative literature…

Professor Virginia Fullwood and former faculty member Dr. Harry Fullwood have graciously donated $100,000 to establish an Endowed Professorship in Accounting. The Fullwood Family Professorship of Accounting will be the first fully funded professorship established specifically for the Accounting Department.…

The NBCC Foundation, an affiliate of the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC), recently selected Siobhan D. Flowers, of Fort Worth, Texas, for the National Board for Certified Counselors Minority Fellowship Program (NBCC MFP). As an NBCC MFP Fellow, Flowers…

College Station, TX – John Sharp, Chancellor of The Texas A&M University System, announced today that Dr. Ray M. Keck has been appointed Interim President at Texas A&M University-Commerce. Keck succeeds Dr. Dan Jones, who served as President at A&M-Commerce…

The Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) sent four political science graduate students to present research on United States and Ukraine relations at a conference in Ukraine in April. Dr. Robert Rodriguez, assistant professor of political science, led the four students, Sarah…

Texas A&M University-Commerce is honored to be awarded $1.6 million from the Chancellor's Research Initiative (CRI) for the purchase of specialized scientific equipment for the new Biomedical Institute for Regenerative Medicine (BIRR) and recruitment of a new professor and two…

Four dedicated graduate students in the political science department attended two international conferences this semester to showcase their impressive research. Sarah Hays, Tyler Henderson, Ricardo Garcia and Ashley Cotton traveled with Dr. Robert G. Rodriguez to the 2nd Pan-American Interdisciplinary…

Dr. Bo Han, assistant professor of business analytics at Texas A&M University-Commerce, and Dr. Shih Yung Chou, assistant professor of management at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, have joined forces to create the “Dr. Shih Yung Chou…

Twenty Texas A&M University-Commerce students recently participated in the Calculus Bowl Competition at the 96th Annual Conference of the Texas Section of the Mathematical Association of America. The competition took place at Stephen F. Austin State University, where one A&M-Commerce…

Two Graduate students at Texas A&M University-Commerce won awards at this year's Federation of North Texas Area Universities' Graduate Student Research Symposium. The Federation of North Texas Area Universities was established in 1968 with guidance from the Texas Higher Education…

The QEP team recently participated in two graduate research symposiums. On April 7, they presented for various judges at the A&M-Commerce Annual Research Symposium, and QEP was fortunate enough to have two of our very own graduate research assistants win…

The Department of Physics & Astronomy along with the Department of Curriculum & Instruction has been awarded $74,941 for a Capacity Building project within the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. The scholarship will ready the department for a Phase-I Noyce…

By: Christopher Woodard The QEP committee has had three successful meetings as we come to the midpoint of the spring semester. During each meeting the committee discusses topics to help further the mission of the QEP. Discussions include more detailed…

By Lexi Magruder This year the Texas chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine (TACSM) met in College Station, Texas, on March 2-4. TACSM partnered with Texas A&M's Distinguished Lecture Series to offer a program of top-notch speakers from…

ProQuest Inc. has awarded Dr. Unal “Zak” Sakoglu a research grant to research and develop efficient Enterprise Information Management systems, which will be able to process large amounts of data. “Developing efficient data management systems to efficiently organize, analyze and…

By Preston Livingston This week, the Texas A&M University-Commerce Libraries join libraries in schools, campuses and communities nationwide in celebrating the dynamic changes that are happening in today's libraries. April 10-16 is National Library Week, a time to highlight the…