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Carlos Rivers, an analyst for the Texas A&M University-Commerce Institute of Competency-Based Education Operations Research, has been invited to join the National Advisory Board for Postsecondary Competency-Based Education and Learning Research. He will have a special role on the working…

Jessica Pauszek, Texas A&M University-Commerce, has won the 2018 CCCC Emergent Researcher Award for her work, “Archiving Class Identities: Re-circulating Transnational Working-Class Community Writing Through Augmented Reality.” The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) is a constituent organization within…

“The eclectic background of this East Texas football team might have made it an unlikely pick to bring home a national football championship. …And on Friday morning, the school came together to celebrate the team reaching the highest goal: winning…

June Finke '69 and Nathan Finke, Texas A&M University-College Station class of '70, have made a $100,000 gift to A&M-Commerce's nursing program. The endowment enhances ongoing efforts at A&M-Commerce to support research and scholarship in the field of nursing, such…

Derald Harp's Earth-Kind® team was named a 2017 Finalist for the Texas Environmental Excellence Award, the highest environmental honor given by the State of Texas. Harp, Professor of Horticulture in the School of Agriculture, is a member of the Texas…

Nikki Barnett, Student Case Specialist for Campus Life & Student Development, was awarded $189,707 for a “College Campus Initiative” by the Criminal Justice Division (CJD) of the Office of the Governor of Texas. The funds will allow the university to…

Following a historic playoff run and 37-27 victory over the Argonauts of West Florida in the NCAA DII National Championship game, the A&M-Commerce Lions plan a month-long series of celebrations at home both on campus and in the community. Students,…

When Hurricane Harvey struck last August, the Texas A&M-Commerce women's basketball team was one month away from preseason conditioning. Nevertheless, after seeing reports of the devastation, the Lions felt compelled to help with relief efforts during their break between games.…

On January 11, 2018, Texas A&M University-Commerce President Dr. Ray Keck, announced his intention to step down effective August 31. Dr. Keck assumed the presidency at A&M-Commerce in 2016, bringing stability, strategic vision and thoughtful leadership during a challenging time…

A&M-Commerce alumnus and seventh chancellor of the Dallas County Community College District Dr. Joe May will be the commencement speaker for the Fall 2017 commencement ceremonies to be held on Friday, December 15 and Saturday, December 16. A first-generation college…

Tony DeMars was elected as Vice President for Academic Relations at the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) board meeting in Washington, DC. He's held multiple leadership positions at BEA and begins his one-year term as vice president in April 2018. DeMars…

Assistant Dean of Enrollment Dr. Fred Fuentes was appointed by the president of the Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education (TACHE) to serve on the State Board and regional representative of the Northeast Texas area. Fuentes is a 2012…

Over 50 area tuba and euphonium players will present the ninth annual Commerce Merry TUBACHRISTMAS concert on Saturday, December 9th. The performance will take place outdoors on the square in downtown Commerce at 12:30 pm, conducted by A&M-Commerce Professor of…

Dr. Matthew A. Wood, a professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy, has been awarded funds by the National Science Foundation to acquire a new research-grade astronomical observing facility for Texas A&M-University-Commerce. His collaborators on the proposal are Drs.…

Dr. William F. Kuracina, associate professor and head of the Department of History, recently published a research monograph. The piece, titled Politics and Left Unity in India: The United Front in Late Colonial India, challenges contemporary understanding about the struggle…

George Mason University Professor of History, Cynthia Kierner, will deliver “Awful Calamity: Sentiment, Gender, and Nation in the Richmond Theater Fire of 1811” at the Southern Association for Women Historians (SAWH), as part of the Southern Historical Annual Meeting. Kierner's…

President Ray Keck announced today that Keturi Beatty will serve as the University's next Vice President of Advancement. Beatty joined A&M-Commerce as the Associate Vice President for Advancement in July of 2017. Interim Vice President for Advancement, Wyman Williams, will…

In April 2017, Dr. Sharon A. Kowalsky, Associate Professor of History at Texas A&M University-Commerce, began a two-year term as President of the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies (SCSS). SCSS is a regional affiliate of the Association of Slavic, East…

Professor of Management Dr. Mildred Golden Pryor was recently established as a Regents Professor by The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents for 2016-2017. The award recognizes employees who have made exemplary contributions to their university or agency and…

Forty-one students from A&M-Commerce recently attended the Texas A&M University System's 14th Annual Pathways Symposium, hosted by Tarleton State University, and thirteen of those received research awards. The Symposium is open to all Texas A&M University System students, with separate…