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Several A&M-Commerce Students and Faculty Participate in DCI
Many students and faculty from Texas A&M University-Commerce participated in Drum Corps International (DCI) during the past summer. DCI has been a leader in producing events for the world's most elite and exclusive marching ensembles for student musicians and performers. …
TAMUC Students’ Children’s Book Places Third at National Competition
A children's book authored and illustrated by Texas A&M University-Commerce students Caitlyn Moniz and Cayce Parris placed third at the higher education level in a competition that culminated at the Educators Rising national conference in Washington, D.C.
The students represented…
TAMUC Alum Named Executive Director at SystemsGo Aerospace Education Program
An article in the Fredericksburg Standard reported that A&M-Commerce alumna Rebekah Hyatt was recently named executive director at SystemsGo, based in Fredericksburg, Texas. According to SystemsGo.org, the program “is an innovative high school rocketry/aerospace curriculum that uses project-based learning to…
TAMUC Alumnus Establishes Accounting Scholarship for First-Generation Students
The new James Earl Estes Endowed Scholarship in Accounting offers financial support to first-generation students who major in accounting at Texas A&M University-Commerce. Mr. Estes, a graduate of East Texas State University (ETSU), generously provided the funds for the endowment.…
A&M-Commerce Opening New Jimmy John’s in NHS Building
A new Jimmy John's location is slated to open on the campus of Texas A&M University-Commerce. The location will replace the Sandella's sandwich shop in the Nursing and Health Sciences Building.
This will be a full-service location honoring gift cards,…
TAMUC Alumna Hired as Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction for Gregory-Portland ISD
A&M-Commerce alumna Cynthia Woody, Ed.D., was recently hired to serve as the executive director of Curriculum and Instruction for Gregory-Portland ISD. G-PISD is located in Southeast Texas, near Corpus Christi. According to an article in The News of San Patricio,…
TAMUC Alum and Film Producer Releases “The Lady Makers”
A&M-Commerce alumnus Tony Hollins recently released a new film titled “The Lady Makers.” Hollins, known professionally as “Tony Tite,” is a writer, director and producer. He is the founder of Tite Creations, a film, television and animation production company in…
Four TAMUC Students Attend MIT Nuclear Physics Summer Program
A&M-Commerce graduate physics students Jake Richter, Rebecca Preston, Benjamin Santoyo and Amber Stinson recently attended the National Nuclear Physics Summer School program presented by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge on July 11-22.
Only 50 students are accepted…
A&M-Commerce Alum Named Interim Police Chief in Rockwall
A two-time graduate of Texas A&M University-Commerce was recently named interim chief of the Rockwall, Texas Police Department. Edward Fowler has more than three decades of law enforcement experience, having served with Rockwall PD since 1990 in a number of…
New A&M-Commerce Animal Welfare Judging Team Hoping to Build on Early Success
Animal welfare judging has emerged as one of the newest ways for Texas A&M University-Commerce students to pursue their interest in animal science. The A&M-Commerce Animal Welfare Judging Team has already experienced success in its first year at the university.…
Lions Announce 2022 Cross Country Schedule
By Lion Athletics
COMMERCE – Texas A&M University-Commerce cross country teams have announced their 2022 schedule, the Lions’ first season in Division I and as part of the Southland Conference.“I’m very excited about the upcoming competitive schedule. We have two…
Updated 2022 Schedule Announced for Lion Soccer
By Lion Athletics
COMMERCE – A revised schedule for the Texas A&M University-Commerce soccer team has been announced on Monday afternoon, following a shift in membership within the Southland Conference.The Lions play a preseason exhibition match against Sam Houston in…
Three A&M-Commerce Students Selected for Prestigious Texas Space Grant Consortium Funding
The Texas Space Grant Consortium (TSGC), which is funded through a NASA training grant, has selected three Texas A&M University-Commerce students—Rebecca Preston, Amber Stinson and Judah Byars—to receive grant funding for the Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 semesters.
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Luis Perez Signed by the Los Angeles Rams
By Lion Athletics
LOS ANGELES – Texas A&M University-Commerce football great Luis Perez has been signed by defending Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams, following a great year one in the United States Football League (USFL), in which he guided…
A&M-Commerce Announces Revised 2022 Football Schedule
By Lion Athletics
COMMERCE – Texas A&M University-Commerce has announced a revised schedule for the 2022 football season, its inaugural season in NCAA Division I and the Southland Conference.The revised schedule still features six home games at Ernest Hawkins Field…
An A&M-Commerce Alum is Making Strides at the American Accounting Association and European Accounting Association
In May 2022, Monica Kabutey, a Texas A&M University-Commerce graduate with an M.S. in Finance and current Accounting Ph.D. candidate, was selected as the 2022 American Accounting Association (AAA) representative to the European Accounting Associating (EAA).
At the EAA Colloquium…
TAMUC Faculty Member Published in Management Teaching Review
The September 2022 issue of Management Teaching Review, a journal published through SAGE Journals, features an article co-authored by A&M-Commerce faculty member Peter Williams, Ph.D., and Robert Morris University faculty member Stuart Allen, Ph.D.
“Remote Oral Doctoral Dissertation Defenses in…
ETSU Alum Named Newest Las Vegas Fire Chief
A graduate of East Texas State University (now Texas A&M University-Commerce) was recently hired by the Las Vegas, Nevada City Council as the city's newest fire department chief. Alum Fernando Gray, Sr. is a career firefighter, beginning his time in…
Hiring International Candidates: Understanding the Process and Leveraging Opportunities
The A&M-Commerce College of Business and the Office of Career Development hosted an event at the university’s Dallas site to help local employers better understand the process of hiring international candidates and the opportunities associated with it.
Stephen Parker and…
TAMUC Alum Selected to Attend Harvard’s Principal’s Center
A&M-Commerce alumna Aretha Jackson was selected to attend Harvard University's Principal's Center where she joined other school principals from around the U.S. to receive leadership and management training from Ivy League instructors. The opportunity was funded through the Charles Butt…