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Love Your Life Not Theirs – 7 Money Habits for Living the Life You Want!
Rachel Cruze, the daughter of Dave Ramsey—trusted national bestselling author on the topic of money and radio host, learned the basic principles of handling money properly at an early age. Today, she's using the knowledge and experience that came with…

The Sam Rayburn Speaker Series Continues with “The Struggle is Real”
The Texas A&M University-Commerce Sam Rayburn Speaker Series continues with Ms. Laura Jackson, a survivor of over 25 years of abuse, addiction and trauma, which began when she was only five years old. By 16, she'd had a child of…

Professor Recognized for Achievement in Biharmonic Maps
Ye-Lin Ou, PhD (associate professor of mathematics) has been awarded $35,000 from the Simons Foundation to support his continued study of the geometry of biharmonic maps and biharmonic submanifolds, a field in which he has been working actively since he…

Faculty Research Enhancement Program Award Winners Announced
The Texas A&M University-Commerce Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) has announced the recipients of the 2016-2017 Faculty Research Enhancement Program Awards. The competition was open to all Texas A&M University-Commerce tenure and tenure-track faculty members. The awarded research…

Mosquito Bite Prevention
The most effective way to avoid West Nile virus disease is to prevent mosquito bites. Be aware of the West Nile virus activity in your area and take action to protect yourself and your family.
The following information is from…

University Welcomes Civil Rights Leader Dr. Robert Green
Texas A&M University-Commerce is pleased to host Dr. Robert Green for the return of the Sam Rayburn Speaker Series on Thursday Sept. 8, at 7 p.m. in the Sam Rayburn Student Center conference rooms.
“I am pleased to be able…

Two Confirmed Cases of Human West Nile Virus
Emergency Management Officials are reporting two confirmed cases of human West Nile Virus within the city limits of Commerce.
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) 70 to 80 percent of people infected with West Nile Virus will exhibit…

An Apprenticeship Model for Texas
Texas A&M University-Commerce Department of Curriculum and Instruction professors, Dr. Gilbert Naizer (Project Director), Dr. Martha Foote (Co-Principle Investigator), and Dr. Carole Walker (Co-PI and Project Professional Learning Community Coordinator) have received the Texas Teacher Residency Program grant award for…
Junior Faculty Research Award Competition Recipients for 2016-2017 Announced
The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs has announced the recipients of the 2016-2017 Junior Faculty Research Award Competition. The competition was open to all Texas A&M University-Commerce full-time, tenure-track faculty members. The competition recognizes junior faculty for outstanding research…

A&M-Commerce Reiterates Commitment to Quality Animal Care
Texas A&M University-Commerce Interim President Ray Keck announced today the implementation of a zero-tolerance policy for the neglect and mistreatment of animals by university personnel and students, as well as plans to enhance university oversight of the agriculture department.
The…

Potential Role of Imported Red Fire Ants on Monarch Butterfly Populations
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…

West Nile Precautionary Measures Continue
The City of Commerce, with the assistance of Texas A&M University-Commerce, has been trapping mosquitoes and sending them to the Department of State Health Services as a precautionary measure to test for various diseases. Last week, Emergency Management Officials were…

No Known Human Cases of West Nile Reported
The City of Commerce, with the assistance of Texas A&M University-Commerce, has been trapping mosquitoes and sending them to the Department of State Health Services as a precautionary measure to test for various diseases. Emergency Management Officials have been notified…

A&M-Commerce Art Students Go to China
At the end of spring 2016, some design students from Texas A&M University-Commerce Department of Art along with their teachers took a trip to China for 10 days. Our students were hosted by several Chinese professors and students at the…

University and Center for IT Excellence Host Universities and School District for WebAIM Training
By Sara Wray and Julia Gessner
Texas A&M University-Commerce's Center for IT Excellence and Texas A&M University-Central Texas recently co-hosted a training together presented by Web Accessibility in Mind (WebAIM).
“In collaboration with our sister university A&M University-Central Texas, we…

University Honors College student accepted into nine fully funded PhD programs
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…

Greater Texas Foundation Announces 2016 Class of GTF Fellows
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…

Renewable Energy Program for Northeast Texas Small Businesses and Agricultural Producers
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…

West Nile Precautions
The City of Commerce, with the assistance of Texas A&M University-Commerce, has been trapping mosquitoes and sending them to the Department of State Health Services as a precautionary measure to test for various diseases. Last week, Emergency Management Officials were…

Graduate Students Acknowledge QEP Supported Trip to Merida
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…