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Sport Management Students ‘Experience’ the Division II National Football Championship
26 undergraduate students and two graduate students in the Department of Health and Human Performance at Texas A&M University-Commerce assisted the Lone Star Conference, NCAA, and McKinney ISD with the 2019 Division II Football Championship at McKinney ISD Stadium on…

Lions Care: Updates
Official information will be updated here as it is released.
Deja Matts – Candlelight Vigil
Monday, February 10, 2020 at 3:33 PM
Please join us in celebrating the life of Deja Matts with our fellow Lion Community. A candlelight vigil…

Kelly Clarkson Surprises A&M-Commerce Alum with Life-Changing Gift
Kelly Clarkson recently invited first-grade teacher and A&M-Commerce alum Eric Hale to her show. Hale is the 2019 recipient of the Queen Smith Award, which recognizes a top urban educator in the country. In the interview, Eric revealed that he…

A&M-Commerce Accounting and Financial Reporting Team Commended by The Texas A&M University System
The
accounting and financial reporting team at A&M-Commerce submitted the
university's Annual Financial Report (AFR) to the state of Texas in November.
They received high praise by The Texas A&M University System for their exceptional
work.
The
ten-member team includes…
Dr. Tara Tietjen-Smith Named President of the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education
A&M-Commerce welcomes Dr. Tara Tietjen-Smith as the new president of the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education (NAKHE). The mission of NAKHE is “to foster leadership in kinesiology administration and policy related to teaching, scholarship and service in higher…
Dr. Sarah Rodriguez Awarded UCLA-Sponsored Grant
A&M-Commerce Professor Sarah L. Rodriguez has been awarded a $10,000 grant for her research project, “A Mixed Methods Study of the Experiences of Undergraduate Latina Students in Computing.” The grant has been sponsored by the Building, Recruiting and Inclusion for…

A&M-Commerce Rodeo Team Hosting First Home Rodeo in History of Program
The rodeo team at Texas A&M University-Commerce will put its best boot forward as it prepares to host the first home rodeo in the nearly six-year history of the program.
The rodeo will take place on February 21-22 at the…

A&M-Commerce Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Tyler ISD
Texas A&M University-Commerce President Dr. Mark Rudin joined Tyler Independent School District Superintendent Dr. Marty Crawford at a special ceremony on January 22 at the state-of-the-art Tyler ISD Career and Technology Center to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between…

Physics Students Represent A&M-Commerce at 2020 Dallas ISD STEM Expo
Six members
of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) represented Texas A&M University-Commerce
at the 2020 Dallas ISD Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Expo
in Dallas on January 18.
A&M-Commerce
participants included Shandi Groezinger, Cristo Sanchez, Allan Teer, Macon…
A&M-Commerce alum Eric Hale named one of two Dallas ISD Teachers of the Year
Dallas ISD teacher and A&M-Commerce alum Eric Hale was recently named one of the two Dallas ISD Teachers of the Year for 2019-20. Hale teaches at David G. Burnet Elementary School and received his master’s in education from A&M-Commerce. He…

Free Tuition and More to be Given Away During ‘Fill the Field House Weekend’
A big week is here for Lion Athletics at Texas A&M University-Commerce as the Lion men's and women's basketball teams gear up for “Fill the Field House Weekend.”
On Thursday, January
30 and Saturday, February 1, the teams will play…

A&M-Commerce Meat Judging Team Named Grand Champion at National Contest
The Meat Judging team at Texas A&M University-Commerce took home the Grand Champion prize from the National Western Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest held in Denver, Colorado on January 19-20 in its first year of competition.
A&M-Commerce
beat nine other teams…
Dr. Randy Harp Receives Clements Award for Outstanding Leadership in Agriculture
Dr. Randy Harp, dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at Texas A&M University-Commerce, was honored with the V.A. “Bill” & Marty Clements Award for outstanding leadership in agriculture, presented by Build East Texas 2019. The award…

Dr. Fred Fuentes to Shine a Light on LAMP at Harvard Presentation
Dr. Fred Fuentes, executive director for enrollment management at A&M-Commerce, will present “Borders, Bridges and Bad Hombres: The stereotypes and realities of being LatinX in 2020” at the National Diversity in Leadership Conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His presentation will be…
A&M-Commerce Alumnus, Professor Given Outstanding Dissertation Award from TCPEA
Josh Tremont, an alumnus of Texas A&M University-Commerce, will receive the Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award from the Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration. He will be honored at a conference that will be held in conjunction with…

College of Innovation and Design and Venture College at A&M-Commerce Making a Difference Early On
They have only been around for less than a year, but the College of Innovation and Design and its associated offering, Venture College, have been making great strides toward student success.
Started in Fall
2019, the CID combines facets of…

A&M-Commerce to Host Inaugural Southern Gospel Brunch Event
UPDATE: EVENT CANCELLED
The inaugural “Southern Gospel Brunch: Celebrating African-American Heritage” event is set for February 8 at the Sam Rayburn Student Center on the campus of Texas A&M University-Commerce.
The event is being
organized by the Office of Intercultural…
Manoranjan Mahadeva Appointed to Executive Council by Governor Greg Abbott
Texas A&M University-Commerce alumnus, Manoranjan “Mano” Mahadeva, was appointed to the Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners by Texas Governor Greg Abbott. Mahadeva's term is set to expire February 1, 2021. The council protects the health, welfare…
A&M-Commerce Department of Music Featured on WFAA
The Texas A&M University-Commerce Department of Music was featured on WFAA's Good Morning Texas with a tuba and euphonium performance. Out of the twelve performers, eight were students and alumni of A&M-Commerce. “I'm very proud of everyone, not only for…
Oscar Joya Receives Apple Corps Award
Oscar Joya, a current student at Texas A&M University-Commerce, was awarded the Apple Corps Annual Award in Mesquite ISD. The Apple Corps program honors outstanding teachers of MISD and inducts two new teachers each month during a district meeting. Joya…