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A&M-Commerce Chorale to Perform at the Cathedral Shrine in Dallas
The A&M-Commerce Chorale will perform an a cappella concert at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Dallas on April 22. The performance will include a selection of music by composers such as Palestrina, Roger T. Petrich, Hyun…
Dr. Brittany Hott Granted Funds for Education Research in Local School Districts
Dr. Brittany Hott, associate professor of special education, received a grant in the amount of $3,559. The award from the American Educational Research Association's Education Research Service Projects (ERSP) Initiative will fund the study of rural special education programs. The…
Higher Education and Learning Technologies Faculty Receive Awards for Research Paper from Korean American Research Association
Dr. Katie Koo, and Dr. Kibum Kwon, Assistant Professors for the Department of Higher Education and Learning Technologies, received the 2018 Young Scholar Best Research Award for their research from the Korean American Education Research Association (KAERA).
Dr. Koo will…
A&M-Commerce History Department Hosts Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference
The A&M-Commerce chapter of Phi Alpha Theta hosted the annual North and Northeast Texas regional conference on March 24, 2018. The event took place at the Sam Rayburn Student Center.
Phi Alpha Theta is an honor society for undergraduate and …
Graduate Students Recognized at North Texas Area Research Symposium
Two A&M-Commerce students were recognized for their research presentations at the 2018 Federation of North Texas Area Universities Graduate Student Research Symposium held at Texas Women’s University on Friday, March 23, 2018.
Agribusiness student Armine Poghosyan was awarded the second…
A&M-Commerce Hosts 2018 Annual Research Symposium
A&M-Commerce hosted its annual symposium in the Rayburn Student Center on April 3, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. The symposium combined the university's three research events, the Annual Research Symposium, the Graduate Research Symposium, and the Lion's Innovation Showcase,…
A&M-Commerce S.E.E.D.S. Office Receives Grant for Mentorship Program
The Serving Engaged Empowered & Diverse Students (S.E.E.D.S.) office at Texas A&M University-Commerce has received a grant of $62,310 from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) to develop a “Texas Work-Study Mentorship” program at the university.
Unlike the Texas…
Student-Run ‘Lions After Dark’ Wins Runner-Up at National Broadcast Society Conference
Lions After Dark, an A&M-Commerce student radio program on KETR 88.9 FM, was one of two finalists for the student radio entertainment program competition at the National Broadcast Society National Convention in Washington, D.C., March 3.
“I’m very proud of…
A&M-Commerce Wins Big at TIPA with Ten Awards
Fifteen students representing the A&M-Commerce student newspaper, The East Texan, won ten on-site contest awards at the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association (TIPA) Conference, which took place in Dallas on March 21-24. The ten awards were a program best and they…
VisCom Seniors Impress at Dallas ADDY Awards
On March 8th, the 56th Annual ADDY Awards were held at the Bomb Factory in Dallas, TX. Three VisCom students were awarded with gold medals: Karina Pérez-Fajardo (BFA ‘18) for her XXV International Congress of Entomology poster, Cooper Weinstein (BFA…
A&M-Commerce Partners With Greenville ISD To Launch New Assured Admission Initiative
A&M-Commerce and Greenville ISD leaders made history March 6!
A crowd of students, educators and administrators gathered at Greenville High School to celebrate the new “First Choice” initiative. The program is designed to turn Greenville Lions into A&M-Commerce Lions by…
A&M-Commerce Bangladeshi Student Association Brings Immigration Attorney Harry Joe to Campus
Texas A&M University-Commerce's newly formed Bangladeshi Student Association has invited prominent Dallas-based immigration attorney Harry Joe to speak on campus on April 2. Addressing international students on campus, Joe will focus on the challenges facing foreign students in seeking employment…
Mental Health Advocate and Suicide Survivor Kevin Hines featured as Mental Health Matters Day Keynote
A&M-Commerce welcomed Kevin Hines as the 2018 Mental Health Matters Day Keynote speaker, for his presentation Cracked, Not Broken, on April 2 at 2 p.m. in Ferguson Auditorium.
In 2000, two years after being diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Hines attempted…
No. 5-Ranked Lions Finish Indoor Track Season With Pair of National Championships
The Texas A&M University-Commerce indoor track and field teams claimed two National Championships at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships March 9-10.
The Lion men claimed 5th place, a program best, in the team standings, and the…
A&M-Commerce Participates in Great Colleges to Work For Program and Survey
This spring, A&M-Commerce will participate in The Chronicle's Great Colleges to Work For program, which recognizes institutions of higher education for workplace quality and organizational culture.
Through participation in the program's annual survey, administered by the consulting firm ModernThink, the…
A&M-Commerce Undergrads Make Masterful Showing at Annual Sports Management Case Study Competition
Undergraduate students from Texas A&M University-Commerce's Department of Health & Human Performance and College of Education and Human Services placed second at the 2018 Applied Sport Management Association (ASMA) conference case study competition. They were the only undergraduate team competing…
A&M-Commerce Engineering Students Impress at TEXO Student Construction Competition
Students from A&M-Commerce's Department of Engineering & Technology competed in the TEXO Foundation's annual Associated Schools of Construction Region 5 student competition on February 16-19, 2018, in Addison, TX.
Each year, construction industry partners submit design projects, which teams of…
A&M-Commerce Computer Science Professor Awarded Grant for STEM Professional Development Initiative
Dr. Isaac Gang, Assistant Professor for Computer Science and Information Systems, was awarded $99,890 for his project entitled “2017-2018 Texas Mathematics and Science Partnership Professional Development Network.”
According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 73% of all the new…
A&M System Board of Regents Recognizes National Champion A&M-Commerce Football Team
The Board of Regents of the Texas A&M University System honored the A&M-Commerce Lions football team at their board meeting held on Thursday, February 8.
The Board issued a resolution highlighting the Lions' 2017 accomplishments, which included winning the NCAA…
Dr. Betty Block named Fellow of the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education for Her Leadership and Service
On January 4, 2018, Dr. Betty Block, professor of Kinesiology in the Department of Health and Human Performance at Texas A&M University-Commerce, was named the 25th Fellow of the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education.
A National Association for…