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RJ Mitte, best known for his role as Walter “Flynn” White Jr. on the AMC series Breaking Bad, made his way to A&M-Commerce as part of the Mayo Prestigious Speaker series. Mitte, who was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy as a…

CollegeFish.org awarded Texas A&M University-Commerce the CollegeFish Transfer Scholarship & Pathways Pioneer award for 2015 and awarded senior admissions recruiter and coordinator of transfer initiatives, Dimitri Lyon, the CollegeFish University Transfer Champion Continued Service award for 2015. CollegeFish.org is an…

Senior political science major David Gosbee received the 2014 National Council on U.S. Arab Relations' Qatar Study Abroad Fellowship after a rigorous application process, competing against college students across the country. “This fellowship gives me first-hand experience in a vastly…

The Texas Affordable Baccalaureate Program (TABP) aims to create the state's first public competency-based baccalaureate degree, which allows students to take courses online, in a traditional classroom setting— or a hybrid of the two. Next month, 17 students will be…

The award-winning poet R. Flowers Rivera recently visited the Department of Literature and Languages and read from her collection of poetry, “Heathen.” Rivera spoke to students about creating and publishing. “You write to communicate so you may as well put…

The 2015 Library Services Survey, developed by the Association of Research Libraries at Texas A&M University, will be available to take until April 20. Participants in the survey have the chance to win an Xbox One, Beats Headphones or an…

The William L. Mayo Prestigious Speaker Series will host Breaking Bad actor RJ Mitte on Tuesday April 14 at 7 p.m. in Ferguson Auditorium. The topic of the event is overcoming adversity: turning a disadvantage into an advantage. Mitte has…

The Texas Legislature is currently considering the “I CAN” bill which would push a statewide initiative called the Texas Affordable Baccalaureate Program (TABP). The program offers targeted college degrees for far less than what Texas public university students are currently…

The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations recently selected a group of university students and professors, who had served on their campus's National Council's Model Arab League program, to visit Qatar's capital, Doha through the Qatar Study Visit Exchange and Malone…

Recent graduate Kerry Hendricks was honored by the Xenex Corporation, where he currently works. He flew to Dallas after the first Ebola case and disinfected the hospital using the Xenon UV Disinfection System invented by his company. The company recently…

Art students David Namasky and Jasmine Anwer were selected to participate in the 500X Student Exhibition. This student expo is a juried exhibition showcasing up-and-coming Texas artists. “This is the first time we have ever had two students selected for…

Lions basketball player, Darrell Williams, has been named Daktronics/ Division II Conference Commissioners Association All-American after leading the Lions to their first 20-win season and first appearance in the NCAA in ten years. The senior forward was also selected as…

A&M-Commerce alumnus, Judge George Ashford, walks into his one-of-a-kind Dallas County specialty court for minority boys in trouble each Monday night to teach, preach and live by example. The appointed judge of the Diversion Male Court, Ashford wears a suit…

Provost Adolfo Benavides and the Center for Faculty Excellence and Innovation (CFEI) invite full-time faculty to submit applications for the 2015-2016 Faculty Fellowships for Teaching and Learning.  Recipients of the two competitive fellowships will each be awarded a $4,000 stipend…

Dr. Jessica Brannon-Wranosky was awarded the 2015 John H. Jenkins Fellowship Prize from the Texas State Historical Association. The association gives the fellowship annually for the best research proposal regarding Texas history. Dr. Brannon-Wranosky's proposal focuses on a suffrage book…

With music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and a libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder, “The Magic Flute” offers something for everyone. “It's one of my favorite operas,” said Dr. Jennifer Glidden. Glidden directed the music department's first full opera, embracing the traditional…

The university celebrated the newly expanded Universities Center at its Dallas downtown location this spring. “A little over 20 years ago, Texas A&M University-Commerce—then East Texas State University—began to explore ways to bring higher education to downtown,” said President Jones…

Hailing from Sulphur Springs, Texas, Hannah Kirby has landed a coveted spot on the big stage. Quite literally, the Texas A&M University-Commerce psychology major was the last contestant to be chosen during the blind auditions of NBC's The Voice. “I…

The Texas A&M University-Commerce Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa is offering a $250.00 scholarship to an undergraduate student and a graduate student in the College of Education and Human Services. To apply for one of the scholarships, a letter of…

The annual Teacher Career Fair, hosted by Career Development, will take place on March 25 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Rayburn Student Center. Students will have the chance to meet face-to-face with employers and discuss internship, part-time…