AUSTIN COLLEGE
Steven P. O’Day, President
Elizabeth Gill, Vice President for Academic Affairs & Dean of the Faculty
J. Pernell Jones, Vice President for Business Affairs
Baylee Locker Kowert ’05, Vice President for Institutional Enrollment
Carllos Lassiter, Vice President for Student Affairs & Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer
Gillian Grissom Locke ’07, Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Heidi Rushing ’04, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
PUBLISHED BY
Offices of Institutional Advancement and Institutional Marketing & Communications
AUSTIN COLLEGE MAGAZINE
Cary S. Wacker, Executive Editor
Magazine Co-Editors
Vickie S. Kirby
Leigh-Ellen Romm
Contributing Writers
Leslie Whelan
Carrie Johnson ’24
Magazine Designer/Art Director
Melanie Fountaine
Photography
Vickie S. Kirby, Nicholas Hummert, Cary S. Wacker, Tyra Bennett ’24, Randall Jones ’22, Tara Tran ’25, Alyssa Vyrva ’24
Contact the magazine:
Austin College, Suite 6G
Office of Institutional Advancement
900 North Grand Avenue
Sherman, TX 75090-4400
Editor: 903.813.2414
Email: editor@austincollege.edu
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