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Dr. M. LaVelle Hendricks, Empowering the Dream
By: Bailey Phillips
A higher education is a tremendously valuable tool as we prepare our students for the productive lives they will lead well into their futures. In order for higher education to remain affordable, the A&M-Commerce Foundation depends on…

Plaza Comunitaria, Promoting Life-Long Learning
By: Bailey Phillips
According to the 2010 US Census, there are 50.5 million people of Hispanic origin in the United States compared to 35.3 million in 2000. Hispanics are the largest growing population in the United States with a 43…

Ruth Ann White Day
By: Bailey Phillips
On Friday November 15, 2013 the A&M-Commerce department of Psychology, Counseling & Special Education, department of Educational Leadership and the College of Education & Human Services hosted Dr. Ruth Ann White Day. Dr. White is a retired…

CoEHS Mentor Center
By: Harold Brown
For students who do not fall under University College–but their major is under the College of Education & Human Services–the college's mentor center is a great place to visit for academic advice. The College of Education &…

Decoding Dyslexia
Decoding Dyslexia is a project designed to provide training to a cohort of early childhood teachers from schools noted to be underperforming in reading. A&M-Commerce Special Education faculty partnered with the Dyslexia Specialist from the Region 8 Educational Service Center…

COEHS Congratulations
Congratulations “Chancellor” Joe May
Counseling & Guidance alumnus, Dr. Joe May, has been selected as the Dallas County Community College district's seventh chancellor. His higher education experience includes teaching at the community college and university levels, serving as an academic…

Message from Dean Johnson
Greetings from the College of Education and Human Services at Texas A&M University-Commerce. All of us here in the college, faculty, staff and administration continue the history of service to our community, state and nation by preparing professionals to serve…

TAHPERD Pathfinder Award
Margo Harbison was the recipient of the Pathfinder Award at the 2013 TAHPERD convention, an award established to provide state recognition to women who have demonstrated continuous dedication to the advocacy, recruitment and enhancement of girls and women in the…

Former FLC Students Become NASPA Fellows
The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Undergraduate Fellows Program recently accepted two Texas A&M University-Commerce students.
The NUFP is an opportunity for high-achieving undergraduate students to integrate themselves into the student affairs and higher education fields. Students are…

German-born US Army Veteran Shares Life, Impact of WWII
In the fourth presentation of the East Texas War and Memory Project (ETWMP) Lecture Series on Feb. 5, retired U.S. Army Spc. Karl Clauss spoke on his experiences as a child in Germany during World War II and as an…

Winter Weather Updates, Feb. 6-7
Friday, Feb 7 | 8:45 a.m.: Students who had testing at the One Stop Shop at the main Commerce campus – “Our apologies to students who had testing scheduled at the One Stop Shop this morning. While we notified the…

Apple Exec. Comes to A&M-Commerce
The Texas A&M University-Commerce student chapter of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) invited Apple, Inc. Account Executive Vonn Miller and Systems Engineer Ken Gray to their meeting to discuss the “Opportunities of Developing Mobile Apps for Apple.”
The AIS…

Campus Safety Alert!
The A&M-Commerce University Police Department has released a report of a second incident of indecent exposure that occurred on Wednesday, January 5, 2014 at about 2:30 a.m. The suspect was described as an average height and weight and wearing light-colored…

NEDAwareness Week
In observance of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, the Texas A&M University-Commerce Counseling Center will offer online screening for people with possible eating disorder concerns.
NEDA Week is February 23-March 1. Its goal is to raise awareness about eating disorders…

University Launches Texas Affordable Baccalaureate
Texas A&M University-Commerce is proud to be a part of the Texas Affordable Baccalaureate Program, creating the state's first competency-based bachelor-level degree from a public institution, a bachelor of applied science degree with an emphasis in organizational leadership. This degree…

Counseling Center Presents Mindful Mondays
The Texas A&M University-Commerce Counseling Center has established an open group for students called Mindful Mondays. The group will meet Mondays from 2-3 pm in the Counseling Center, Halladay Building 204.
The goal of the group is to give students…

Counseling Center Offers Group for Social Success
For the third semester, the Counseling Center at A&M-Commerce will host the Becoming Socially Successful group for individuals who experience social anxiety. The group is designed as an eight-week program for 10 people to meet for two hours each week.…

Secrets to Successful Relationships Revealed at A&M-Commerce
The A&M-Commerce Counseling Center's Relationship Roadmap events will begin Feb. 6, concluding with an interactive game show in the style of “The Newlywed Game” on Feb. 12 at 4 p.m. in The Club of the Rayburn Student Center (RSC). Hosted…

Wind Ensemble and Chorale to Perform World Premiere at Meyerson
The Texas A&M University-Commerce Wind Ensemble and Chorale will be performing the world premiere of James Syler's “The Temptation of St. Anthony” on March 25 at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, Texas.
After premiering Syler's “Symphony in…

Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference Slated for February
A&M-Commerce's College of Business and Entrepreneurship will host its third annual Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference (SBECON) on Feb. 19, 2014, in the Rayburn Student Center. The theme of the conference is “Celebrating Entrepreneurship in Northeast Texas: Lessons from the…