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A&M-Commerce’s Competency-Based Education Program Featured in Recent Article
A recent article in the San Antonio Express-News, written by Senator John Cornyn and Raymund Paredes, discusses the positive impact of competency-based education (CBE) on students and promotes CBE as a viable alternative to traditional education. According to the article,…
A&M-Commerce Alum Mike Conaway to Retire from Congress
U.S. Representative Mike Conaway, an A&M-Commerce Distinguished Alum, recently announced his planned retirement from Congress. At the end of his service, Conaway will have served eight terms. According to a recent article, “Conaway reached the pinnacle of his career last…
Alum Jacob Stahl Honored as Rookie of the Year at NASA
A&M-Commerce alum Jacob Stahl aimed for the moon and
landed among the stars, as the old saying goes.
Stahl was recently awarded the 590 Rookie of the Year
Award by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. The award is…
President Rudin Reflects on First Year at A&M-Commerce
It's been
one year since we welcomed President Mark Rudin to our pride. Hailing from Boise
State University, he brought with him a passion for innovation and a vision for
the future of our institution. We sat down with him…
A&M-Commerce “Quail Professor” Says Temps Could Decimate Texas Quail Populations
Texas’ favorite game bird, the Bobwhite Quail, is in steep
decline and a new research study finds that as little as four days of high
Texas heat could crash Texas quail populations.
It is widely known that if it rains…
A&M-COMMERCE ALUMNA NAMED INTERIM CFO AT TARLETON STATE
Lori Beaty has been named interim chief financial officer and vice president for the Division of Finance and Administration at Tarleton State University, effective September 1, 2019. Beaty earned her accounting degree from A&M-Commerce in 1997.…
A&M-COMMERCE ALUM NAMED LONE FINALIST IN CEDAR HILL ISD SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH
Cedar Hill ISD chose Dr. Gerald Hudson as the lone finalist for superintendent of schools on July 2. The Cedar Hill ISD Board of Trustees will wait 21 days before voting to hire Hudson, in accordance with the law. Hudson…
DR. NATHAN TEMPLETON NAMED PRESIDENT OF ICPEL
Dr. Nathan R. Templeton, associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at A&M-Commerce, was recently named president of the International Council of Professors of Educational Leadership (ICPEL) for 2019-2020. According to icpel.org, the organization “has a strong commitment to…
DR. KRISS KEMP-GRAHAM’S WORK PUBLISHED IN MIDDLE LEVEL EDUCATION SERIES
Dr. Kriss Kemp-Graham contributed a chapter to “Equity & Cultural Responsiveness in the Middle Grades,” a book in The Handbook of Research in Middle Level Education series. Kemp-Graham's chapter is titled, “Black Girls Matter in the Middle: Administrators' Perspectives from…
DR. DIMITRA SMITH’S BOOK PROPOSAL ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION BY INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING COMPANY
Dr. Dimitra Smith's book proposal was accepted for publication by IGI Global, an international academic publisher headquartered in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The title of the book will be “Role of Community Colleges in Developing a Skilled Workforce.” Smith is a professor…
DR. TAN PUBLISHES ARTICLE IN INSIDE HIGHER ED
Dr. David Tan published an article in the February 2019 publication of Inside Higher Ed. His article, “Helping Students Develop Competencies, Teachers Hone Their Own,” discusses significant issues related to competency-based education in higher education. Tan is a professor and…
A&M-Commerce Alumna Voted Teacher of the Year
Debra Howard was recently voted Teacher of the Year for her
campus, Houston Middle School of Garland Independent School District. In
addition to this honor, she was named Secondary Teacher of the Year and will
represent Garland ISD in the…
Mexia High School Class of 1959 Establishes Endowed Scholarship at A&M-Commerce
Mexia High School Class of 1959 presented $45,000 to A&M-Commerce in June 2019 to establish an endowed scholarship fund for future Lions from Mexia, Texas. The town of Mexia, population 7,500, is located 150 miles southwest of A&M-Commerce.
The Mexia…
Physics and Astronomy Professor Receives Research Grant
Dr.
Kurtis Williams, associate professor
of physics and astronomy at A&M-Commerce,
received a $273,424 grant from the National Science Foundation to fund his
study titled, “Using a Large Sample of White Dwarf Stars to Study Stellar
Evolution.” According to the…
Alumna Receives Award for Excellence in Secondary Education
Alumna Debra Jones (Dixon) won the Singer Family Award for Excellence in Secondary Education from the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York, in May 2019. She was nominated by her former student, Dominique James, from Bryan Adams High School…
President Rudin Throws First Pitch at Texas Rangers TAMUC Day
Nearly 600 Lions flocked to Globe Life Stadium in Arlington on
Sunday, June 2, for TAMUC Day at the
Texas Rangers game. President Mark
Rudin threw the ceremonial first pitch of the game that ended with a
Rangers win over…
A&M-Commerce Professor Henley Publishes Fifth Psychology Textbook
Dr. Tracy Henley, professor of psychology and special education at A&M-Commerce, recently published “Hergenhahn's Introduction to the History of Psychology, 8th edition” with Wadsworth-Cengage. The publication marks Henley's fifth textbook. The book is student-friendly, including over 100 historical photographs and…
Research Team Receives Grant from National I-Corps Program
A&M-Commerce's NSF-I-Corps team, led by Dr. Larry Lemanski, received a $50,000 NSF grant for a project titled “Regeneration of Cardiac Muscle using Cardiac Inducing RNA (CIR) Treated Stem Cells.” The NSF-I Corps program will begin in San Antonio in September…
Texas A&M University-Commerce Launches Competency-Based Criminal Justice Program Designed for Police Officers, Law Enforcement
Texas A&M University-Commerce now offers a
competency-based Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with an Emphasis in
Law Enforcement Leadership specifically for first responders, law enforcement
and peace officers with existing work experience, police academy training or
other certifications. This…
A&M-Commerce Hosts Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Research Conference
A&M-Commerce hosted the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Research Conference on May 21 and 22. Event coordinator Dr. Brent Donham, dean of the College of Science and Engineering, explained that the conference “brings together engineering and computer science researchers from the A&M System schools and other TEES members across the state.”