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Jared West and Gus McLarry

TAMUC Anglers Win College Fishing Competition

The duo of Texas A&M University-Commerce students Gus McLarry and Jared West took home victory in the Abu Garcia College Fishing Competition held on March 11 at the Sam Rayburn Reservoir in East Texas. The pair bested the field of…
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TAMUC Students Finish Strong at Pathways Research Symposium

A group of 26 A&M-Commerce students presented research at the 17th annual Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) Pathways Student Research Symposium held March 3-4 in College Station, with five students earning top marks at the event. The symposium is a…
TAMUC student Su Gordh

A&M-Commerce Counseling Student Presents at Pathways Research Symposium

A&M-Commerce student Su Gordh presented her research, “How to help couples who are covert narcissists,” at the 17th annual Texas A&M University System Pathways Student Research Symposium held March 3-4 in College Station. Gordh is a first-year graduate student in…
Cheryl Loving poses with award

TAMUC Doctoral Student Recognized by School Counselor Association

The Texas School Counselor Association voted to select A&M-Commerce doctoral student Cheryl Loving as the 2022 Counselor Supervisor of the Year. Loving was recognized at the association's annual conference on Feb. 13. Loving is a second-year student in the Counselor…
TAMUC lion statue

A&M-Commerce Student Commended for Assisting Accident Victim

A&M-Commerce student Maigyne Ishman and others recently received the Extra Mile Award from Greenville ISD for their role in assisting a GISD student involved in a motor vehicle accident in Greenville. Ishman, a student in the Organizational Leadership program at…
Two TAMUC minority graduates

A&M-Commerce Awarded $1.23 Million Grant to Serve Disadvantaged Rural Students in Texas

Texas A&M University-Commerce is the recipient of a $1.23 million Rural Postsecondary and Economic Development (RPED) grant earmarked to benefit disadvantaged students by improving rates of college enrollment, determination and completion among rural students. The RPED grant program is designed…
Percussion students at TAMUC

TAMUC Percussion Students Make Waves at Regional Competition

Students in the Texas A&M University-Commerce Percussion Studio performed well at the Tierras South Texas Percussion Competition in December. This first-annual competition saw high schoolers and university students perform their works on either keyboard or snare drum. A&M-Commerce students finished…
TAMUC lion statue

A&M-Commerce Society of Physics Students Receive National Recognition

The A&M-Commerce chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) won an Outstanding Chapter Award from the organization's national office. The designation is the highest level of distinction, with less than 15% of the organization's chapters receiving the title. The…
Mathematics professor and student working together

Mathematical Association of America Features A&M-Commerce Students’ Research Video

The Mathematical Association of America has selected a research project video by A&M-Commerce students Victor Ezem and Ashlee Story to be featured on its website. Ezem is a mathematics and computer science major, and Story is a computer science major.…
Erayne Gee Hill

A&M-Commerce Graduate Student Named VP of Advertising Firm

Current Texas A&M University-Commerce graduate student Erayne Gee Hill was recently named vice president of Glint Advertising. Hill takes this position after serving for the past 3 years as the director of marketing and communications for the Texas A&M University…
Chemist writing chemical formulas

A&M-Commerce Chemistry Student Receives Recognition at Regional Meeting

A&M-Commerce chemistry student Shea Garland received recognition for Outstanding Undergraduate Poster Presentation in Organic Chemistry at the American Chemical Society's recent 2021 Southwest Regional Meeting in Austin, Texas. Garland is an Honors College student pursuing a Bachelor of Science in…
Alex Ordonez

A&M-Commerce MFA Student Receives Prestigious Arts Fellowship

A current Texas A&M University-Commerce graduate student was recently the recipient of a renowned fellowship from a Dallas-Fort Worth area art gallery. Alex Ordóñez, currently pursuing his Master of Fine Arts degree in Art with a Studio Art emphasis, was…
Taryn Cast

Health and Human Performance Undergrad Selected for Research Funding

The Texas Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine (TACSM) has selected A&M-Commerce student Taryn Cast to receive an undergraduate Student Research Development Award. The university will receive a $1,000 grant to support Cast's research project, “Physical Fitness of…
AFA grant

A&M-Commerce Receives Grant from Agriculture Future of America

The College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at Texas A&M University-Commerce is the recipient of the University Growth Initiative grant from Agriculture Future of America, a group aimed at fostering professionalism, intellectualism and entrepreneurialism through experiential opportunities for agriculture…
A female basketball player dribbling the ball.

Lion Women’s Basketball Narrowly Downed by SMU, 66-58, in Dallas

By Lion Athletics The Texas A&M University-Commerce women’s basketball team outscored the Southern Methodist Mustangs in two quarters and the two teams tied one quarters, but the Mustangs held on for a 66-58 win at the Moody Coliseum on Monday…
Kelli Lahman

TAMUC Student to Receive Outstanding Grad Student-Specialist Level Award

The Texas Association of School Psychologists' (TASP) Awards and Honors committee recently selected Kelli Lahman—a graduate student in the Specialist in School Psychology program at Texas A&M University-Commerce—as the winner of the 2021 award for Outstanding Grad Student-Specialist Level. Lahman…

A&M-Commerce Student Named Terrell ISD Chief of Police

A&M-Commerce student Jerry Valladarez was recently sworn in as the Terrell ISD Chief of Police. Valladarez has been with Terrell ISD since 2013 as a campus police officer. For the 26 years prior, he worked in the Wilmer Police Department,…
Alyssa Lockhart in the barrel racing competition

A&M-Commerce Rodeo Student Named to National Rodeo Honor Roll

Texas A&M University-Commerce Rodeo Team member Alyssa Lockhart was named a “Scholar American” by the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. To qualify each year, students must have earned points at an NIRA sanctioned rodeo, been in college for more than one…
Caleb Painter receives his award

A&M-Commerce Student Receives State-Level Honor From TPWD

Texas A&M University-Commerce student Caleb Painter received a high honor recently as he was presented with the Assistant Instructor of the Year Award from Texas Parks and Wildlife. Painter, a wildlife and conservation science major from Pattonville, Texas, was named…
Brianna Patt

TAMUC Senior Receiving Valuable Experience with Dallas Media Outlet

Texas A&M University-Commerce student Brianna Patt is currently receiving first-hand experience in her chosen field as an intern with Dallas Weekly. Patt, a senior majoring in journalism with a news-editorial emphasis, is also the current opinion editor for The East…
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