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Winter Weather Updates, Feb. 6-7
Friday, Feb 7 | 8:45 a.m.: Students who had testing at the One Stop Shop at the main Commerce campus – “Our apologies to students who had testing scheduled at the One Stop Shop this morning. While we notified the…

Apple Exec. Comes to A&M-Commerce
The Texas A&M University-Commerce student chapter of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) invited Apple, Inc. Account Executive Vonn Miller and Systems Engineer Ken Gray to their meeting to discuss the “Opportunities of Developing Mobile Apps for Apple.”
The AIS…

Campus Safety Alert!
The A&M-Commerce University Police Department has released a report of a second incident of indecent exposure that occurred on Wednesday, January 5, 2014 at about 2:30 a.m. The suspect was described as an average height and weight and wearing light-colored…

NEDAwareness Week
In observance of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, the Texas A&M University-Commerce Counseling Center will offer online screening for people with possible eating disorder concerns.
NEDA Week is February 23-March 1. Its goal is to raise awareness about eating disorders…

University Launches Texas Affordable Baccalaureate
Texas A&M University-Commerce is proud to be a part of the Texas Affordable Baccalaureate Program, creating the state's first competency-based bachelor-level degree from a public institution, a bachelor of applied science degree with an emphasis in organizational leadership. This degree…

Jim Cramer of CNBCs Mad Money to Be Broadcast to University
Jim Cramer, the host of CNBC’s “Mad Money” and co-host of “Squawk on the Street,” will be featured in a broadcast event sponsored by the A&M-Commerce chapter of The National Society of Leadership and Success. The event, entitled Get Rich…

Counseling Center Presents Mindful Mondays
The Texas A&M University-Commerce Counseling Center has established an open group for students called Mindful Mondays. The group will meet Mondays from 2-3 pm in the Counseling Center, Halladay Building 204.
The goal of the group is to give students…

Dr. Shannon Carter Wins MLA Award
Texas A&M University-Commerce Associate Professor of Literature & Languages, Dr. Shannon Carter, was recently granted the Council for Editors of Learned Journals 2013 Award for Best Public Intellectual Special Issue for her work as guest editor of The Community Literacy…

Counseling Center Offers Group for Social Success
For the third semester, the Counseling Center at A&M-Commerce will host the Becoming Socially Successful group for individuals who experience social anxiety. The group is designed as an eight-week program for 10 people to meet for two hours each week.…

Secrets to Successful Relationships Revealed at A&M-Commerce
The A&M-Commerce Counseling Center's Relationship Roadmap events will begin Feb. 6, concluding with an interactive game show in the style of “The Newlywed Game” on Feb. 12 at 4 p.m. in The Club of the Rayburn Student Center (RSC). Hosted…

Wind Ensemble and Chorale to Perform World Premiere at Meyerson
The Texas A&M University-Commerce Wind Ensemble and Chorale will be performing the world premiere of James Syler's “The Temptation of St. Anthony” on March 25 at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, Texas.
After premiering Syler's “Symphony in…

University Symposium Featured in TTI Researcher
The Texas Transportation Researcher, a publication of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), recently featured an article on the Texas Transportation Hall of Honor induction ceremony for Cotton Belt president Harold J. McKenzie. The ceremony was held at the 8th…

Alumna, Bulawayo, Shortlisted for Etisalat Literature Award
Texas A&M University-Commerce alumna, NoViolet Bulawayo, has had her name placed on the shortlist of finalists for yet another international literary award. The Etisalat Prize for Literature celebrates first time African writers of published fiction books, and if she wins,…

Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference Slated for February
A&M-Commerce's College of Business and Entrepreneurship will host its third annual Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference (SBECON) on Feb. 19, 2014, in the Rayburn Student Center. The theme of the conference is “Celebrating Entrepreneurship in Northeast Texas: Lessons from the…

A&M-Commerce Honors Caddo Indians
On Jan. 28, Texas A&M University-Commerce brought the university community together to pay tribute to the memory of the Caddo Indians who lived in the Commerce area until their relocation to the Oklahoma Territory.
The ceremony was held on the…

A&M-Commerce Wins at EMBS Annual Symposium
Three Texas A&M University-Commerce graduate students recently presented posters at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Engineering and Biology in Medicine (EMBS) Annual Symposium.
The IEEE EMBS Symposium is hosted by the Dallas IEEE chapter as a platform…

Williams Selected to Chancellor’s Academy of Teacher Educators
Dr. Bob Williams, associate professor of agricultural science and technology at A&M-Commerce, has been named an inductee into The Texas A&M University System's Chancellor's Academy of Teacher Educators. The academy acknowledges individuals who exhibit excellence in teaching and is supported…

Touch to Talk
In a dialogue-driven world, Dr. Lucy Pickering, director of the Applied Linguistics Laboratory, is working to improve the augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices that allow individuals with speech impairments to partake in conversations. In the study, “Linguistic Characteristics of…
SACS COC Summer Institute
Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Associate Chair, Dr. Shonda Gibson and Adolfo Benavides, Provost and Vice-President for Academic Affairs attended the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS COC) Summer Institute on Quality Enhancement and Accreditation July 21-24…

Saving Citrus
In the study “An Analysis of the Potential Economic Impact of Huanglongbing on the California Citrus Industry,” assistant professor of agribusiness, Dr. Jose A. Lopez, and graduate student Samantha Durborow conducted an economic analysis of the impact of the disease…