This is an archive of Austin College press releases from 2021 and older. Whether you're a prospective student, an alumni reminiscing, or a researcher exploring our journey, this archive offers a glimpse into our past.
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Dr. David Baker, director of Adams Observatory at Austin College’s IDEA Center, urges community members to look to the night sky tonight, December 21. “Two stunning celestial alignments will grace the sky this Monday, December 21: the annual winter solstice, and a historic ‘great’ conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn,” he… [Read More]
Mikidadu Mohammed, Austin College assistant professor of economics, has written the just-released book The Economics and Finance of Commodity Price Shocks. Published by Taylor & Francis/Routledge, it is now available through Amazon and other major book retailers. Mohammed, who joined the Austin College faculty in 2017, teaches courses in international… [Read More]
Austin College presents its annual Service of Lessons and Carols in celebration of the Christmas season on December 2, 2021, at 5 p.m. in Clifford J. Grum Sanctuary of Wynne Chapel. The event is free and open to the public. Masks are to be worn in all public spaces at… [Read More]
Austin College will host the 2021 Public Administration Symposium for faculty and staff on November 18 with a strong lineup of experts discussing “The Economic Impact of Transportation Planning.” The day’s events will occur in the College’s IDEA Center, Room 127. Student and faculty reservations for the luncheon and keynote… [Read More]
Austin College students, led by members of Alpha Phi Omega national service fraternity, hosted the College’s 21st annual ’RooBoo last week, offering a safe Halloween alternative for area children. More than 35 campus organizations gathered to provide small carnival-type games for the children as well as face painting, animal balloons,… [Read More]
Folk singer, musician, and disability rights advocate Gaelynn Lea will perform virtually in an event for the Austin College community on November 11 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Students and faculty are invited to gather in Wynne Chapel to watch the presentation together, with refreshments and drinks available. The event… [Read More]
The Austin College community is saddened to learn of the death on October 30 of Ann Biggerstaff Mason, Class of 1952 graduate and well-loved member of the College community. She was also the wife of longtime basketball coach and athletic director Robert T. Mason, who died in 1999. The family… [Read More]
In a departure from the traditional gender-specific titles of Homecoming king and queen, Austin College students this year voted for a Homecoming Court and then a High Court, the top two vote getters, regardless of gender. The 2021 Homecoming High Court Royalty are seniors Sarah Schuster and Claudia Theriot. … [Read More]
Austin College’s chamber and jazz musicians return to Wynne Chapel in its new Clifford Grum Sanctuary for a performance on Monday, November 15, at 7:30 p.m., directed by Dr. Ricky Duhaime, Austin College Mosher Professor of Music. “After two years of virtual concerts and livestreamed performances, the Music Department is… [Read More]
The Oscar and Anna Laura Page Meditation Garden—completed this fall just east of Wynne Chapel—was dedicated during Homecoming 2021. At the dedication, President Steven O’Day said that the spot that is now the meditation garden had been beautiful before, “but you walked past it on the way to somewhere else.… [Read More]