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Texas A&M University-Commerce gathered to celebrate some of its most generous friends and alumni May 2 at the 2011 Donor Appreciation Dinner. Each new giving society member was honored with a personalized video presentation thanking them for their continued investment…

As a Regents Scholar, an aspiring teacher and a midfielder on the Lions soccer team, Brittni Ong has proven herself as a goal-getter. A Fort Worth, Texas native, Brittni's knack for achieving goals began when she was an energetic 4-year-old…

Four years of hard work have finally paid off for 21 Honors College students who graduated May 14. Although seven Honors College students graduated early, these students represent the first full cohort to graduate since the Honors College began in…

On January 9, 2011, two Texas A&M University – Commerce alumni, James and Laci Betterton, died tragically in an auto accident during the snow and ice storms. The newlyweds were recent graduates of the music education program and were teachers…

For Yvonne Clements and her late husband Robert, the friendships forged at Texas A&M University-Commerce were for a lifetime. The couple met on a blind date while both were students at “Old ET,” and more than 50 years later they…

Eleven members of the A&M– Commerce orientation staff received multiple honors at the Region IV National Orientation Directors Association Conference February 18-20 in College Station. Adria Green received the Student Leadership Award and Hollie Smith received the Outstanding Advisor/Director Award.…

A&M-Commerce accounting students achieved a pass rate of 56.82 percent on the CPA exam in 2010, making the university's program No. 8 in Texas for schools with more than 25 students attempting the exam. By comparison, CPA pass rates at…

Alumni and students can transition easily into the high demand field of financial planning now thanks to an online certificate program at Texas A&M University-Commerce. According to Dr. Nathan Harness, assistant finance professor, the program offers students a flexible alternative…

Dr. Tabetha Adkins, assistant professor and director of the Writing Center, was awarded the Junior Faculty Research Award at A&M-Commerce. She made presentations at the Conference on College Composition and Communication in Atlanta and the Thomas R. Watson Conference on…

The Engineering Recruitment Program – Engineering Summer Programs, a summer camp for middle school students directed by Dr. Brent Donham, department head of industrial engineering and technology, received an $18,000 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board grant. Industrial engineering established an…

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention funded $484,687 for the Second Chance Mentoring of Juveniles – Project PRIDE in October 2010. The principal investigator and project director is Carla Asbill and the co-PIs are Dr. Brenda Moore, Dr.…

Dr. Mike McKinney, Texas A&M University System chancellor, Dr. Frank Ashley, vice chancellor for academic affairs, Taylor Fore, A&M-Commerce SGA president, and other members of the A&M System Chancellor's Student Advisory Board met with Governor Rick Perry in Austin earlier…

The Texas A&M University-Commerce Lions will take on the Midwestern State University Mustangs Saturday, Sept. 17 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. The Lions play the MSU Mustangs at noon, as part of a three-game Lone Star Classic Football Festival. Other…

1930s Emmett E. Day, Sr. (B.A. '36) was recently inducted into the Commerce ISD Hall of Honor. 1940s Fred E. Allen (B.S. '49) was recently honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award in Mt. Pleasant. Wayne C. Pierce (B.S. '49, M.Ed.…

Reavis Z. Wortham (B.S. '76, MEd '84) www.reaviszwortham.com On Tuesday, June 7, 2011, Poisoned Pen Press will release The Rock Hole, the first mystery novel in the Red River Series, by well known columnist and magazine writer Reavis Z. Wortham.…

1930s Curtis Anders (Training School) 12-18-10 Evelyn Sanders Burnsed (B.S. '37, M.Ed. '56) 07-19-10 1940s Nita Wiggs Clark (B.S. '45, M.S. '71) 3-3-11 Zinita Fowler (B.A. '40, M.A. '63) 9-3-10 Frances W. Grayson (B.S. '46, M.S. ‘49) 9-10-2010 Joe Mark…

COMMERCE, Texas — Texas A&M University-Commerce is putting more than $1 million back in the pockets of its students this spring thanks to the Money4Me scholarship program. “We understand that the current economic state is making it difficult for students…

COMMERCE, Texas — Micheal Kessner, a 2008 curriculum and instruction doctoral graduate of Texas A&M University-Commerce, has won a Recognition of Merit in the 2008-09 Phi Delta Kappa International Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award Program. An elementary science specialist at Lovejoy…

COLLEGE STATION — Morris Foster of Houston was elected chairman of The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents and James P. Wilson of Sugar Land was elected vice chairman, at a meeting of the governing board. Foster and Wilson…

COMMERCE, Texas – For the sixth year, Texas A&M University-Commerce Department of Mathematics has received a Teacher Quality Professional Development grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. The project, “Preparing for Algebra” is funded for $240,000 for 2009-2011. Dr.…