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Libraries Awarded $10,000 Grant from ALA and National Endowment for the Humanities
By Sarah Northam
Texas A&M University-Commerce will host a lecture series during the 2015-2016 academic year that focuses on the history of Latino Americans. The series is sponsored in part by a grant awarded to Texas A&M University-Commerce Libraries from…

Planetarium Presents To Space and Back and Dinosaur Passage to Pangaea
By Dr. Cheri Davis
The Texas A&M University-Commerce Planetarium is presenting To Space and Back and Dinosaur Passage to Pangaea this Friday at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m., respectively.
To Space and Back takes audiences on an incredible journey from…

ISACA Scholarship for Business Analytics Students
By Sydni Sopha
Current and future students of the Master of Science in Business Analytics and the Bachelor of Business Administration in Business Analytics programs at Texas A&M University-Commerce have a new scholarship opportunity thanks to the North Texas branch…

Williams Adds TABC Small College Player of the Year Award to Resume
A&M-Commerce’s Darrell Williams adds the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches' Small College Player of the Year award to his already impressive list of honors following the 2014-15 season.
Williams adds the honors after already notching Daktronics/Division II Conference Commissioners Association…

New Degree Programs Through Navarro College Partnership
By Mary Grace Rodriguez
Texas A&M University-Commerce recently signed an articulation agreement with Navarro College in Corsicana to expand on existing programs with the addition of computer science and computer information systems degrees. In a ceremony on May 22, 2015,…

New Medical Benefit for Texas A&M University System Employees
The Texas A&M University System announced today that they will be offering a new medical benefit to employees, retirees and dependents. These persons will now be able to obtain an optional secondary medical opinion at no additional cost to them…

University’s Competency-Based Degree in The Chronicle
The Chronicle of Higher Education published a story on competency-based education featuring A&M-Commerce’s Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences (BAAS) in organizational leadership.
Last year a newspaper article caught Jolene Applegate's eye. It described a new bachelor's-degree program at Texas…

Cooper Street Closure
Cooper Street, which runs adjacent to the Rayburn Student Center, will be closed for construction beginning Thursday, May 21, 2015. Parking lot construction beside the Nursing building is the cause of the closure, and the project's timeline is indefinite since…

Center for IT Excellence Featured in EdTech Magazine
Chief Information Officer Tim Murphy, Director of Infrastructure Services Jeff Faunce and Information Security Officer David Maxwell, were recently featured in an EdTech article titled, “Higher Education Turns to Endpoint Security.”
“Disabling administrative privileges can also stop so-called drive-by download…

Outstanding Physics & Astronomy Teaching Assistants and Learning Assistant Awards
The Department of Physics & Astronomy recently recognized Katie Hesterly and James Thomas as Outstanding Teaching Assistants and Lindy Walton as the Outstanding Learning Assistant.
“The students were nominated by department faculty, and selected at a departmental faculty meeting,” Department…

TABPHE Brings Charter Back to the University
The Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education (TABPHE) recently established a charter at Texas A&M University-Commerce. The TABPHE will provide a statewide connection for a diverse, multicultural workforce to learn, share, direct, lead and influence the educational system…

Men’s Track and Field Wins First Outdoor Championship in 48 Years and Ranks No. 1 in NCAA Division II
The Texas A&M University-Commerce men’s track and field team captured the program’s first Lone Star Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championship in 48 years.
With the championship, the Lions have earned the sixth Lone Star Conference Title this athletic year,…

Lions In the League: Seven Lions Earn Pro Football Bids
Seven former A&M-Commerce football players–Vernon Johnson, Ricky Collins, Charles Tuaau, Seth Smith, Ronald Fields, Joe Bergeron and Ashton Dorsey–signed contracts following the National Football League draft to continue playing as professionals.
“I’m really excited for these guys to get the…

Guests Honored at 2015 Bill Martin Jr Memorial Symposium
The 11th annual Bill Martin Jr Memorial Symposium wrapped up on Friday, May 11. Attendees were treated to keynote speaker and award-winning author, Floyd Cooper, as well as several specialized breakout sessions, a tour of the Bill Martin Jr Library,…

Curtain goes up on new department of theatre
The newly independent Department of Theatre celebrated becoming its own department with an alumni banquet and a special performance of David Lindsay-Abaire's award-winning play, “Rabbit Hole.” Since its inception in 1960, the program has striven to maintain a reputation of…

University Students Attend Disney College Program
Elementary education major, Brianeka “Bre” Smith, recently participated in the Disney College Program. The Disney College Program gives students the opportunity to work and live at Disney World while earning a salary and college credit by taking classes in Florida…

Journalism students visit state convention
Eight students from The East Texan attended the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association (TIPA) State Convention in April. More than 500 students attended the convention, representing two- and four-year colleges, university newspapers, literary magazines, radio, television, yearbook and other student media.…

University is No. 21 in Top 50 Online Graduate Schools
Texas A&M University-Commerce was named No. 21 in the GraduatePrograms.com 2015 rankings for the Top 50 Best Value Online Graduate Schools.
“It is very gratifying to see that our online graduate programs are receiving national recognition,” said Provost and Vice…

Political Science Department and Pi Sigma Alpha Hosted Holocaust Days of Remembrance
The Texas A&M University-Commerce Department of Political Science recently hosted Holocaust Days of Remembrance with the assistance of the Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance and the Pi Sigma Alpha political science honor society. The three day event included…

A&M-Commerce Ranked No. 18 in 50 Best Value Online Business Schools
Texas A&M University-Commerce was named No. 18 in Value Colleges' recently published 2015 rankings for the Top 50 Best Value Online Business Schools.
“I am pleased with this external quality validation for the College of Business at Texas A&M University-Commerce.…