Austin College hosted the second annual TEDxAustinCollege event in September 2017, featuring members of the Austin College community as speakers:   Rob Kelso ’77 NASA shuttle flight director for 37 years; “Paving the Way to Planetary Settlement” Mankind will becoming a multi-planet species with settlements on the Moon and Mars. It is not a question… [Read More]

American physician Dr. Rick Hodes has dedicated his life to caring for those in great need. Since 1990, that has meant working in Ethiopia as medical director of the American Jewish Joint  Distribution Committee. He visited with students on campus November 30 and presented a lecture hosted by the Posey Leadership Institute and the STAR… [Read More]

Academic departments across campus are developing new, relevant majors and minors to better prepare students to achieve their educational and career goals. Business—Business and economics students have five tracks from which to choose a major: economics, international economics and finance, business administration, business finance, and global management. A minor in accounting also is now offered.… [Read More]

The Austin College Mock Trial team brought home individual and team recognition from competition in several tournaments last fall. Growing in popularity on campus, the program, coached by  Sherman attorney Ed Richardson ’95, now has enough participants to field two teams and thereby increase the program’s impact in competition. Nicolas Rodriguez ’19, captain of the… [Read More]

Jacob Dowell ’18 spent much of summer 2017 thinking about one weekend in November: the dates The 39 Steps, which he would direct, would play in Austin College’s Ida Green Theatre. In fact, he estimates he spent some 300 hours thinking about it before the curtain raised opening night. Theatre faculty offered him the opportunity… [Read More]

Austin College celebrates its 100th year of co-education as two women lead the Austin College student body. Clarissa Caballero Pinedo ’19, voted student body president last fall, and vice president Laurel Hagge ’19 began their Student Assembly roles in January. Both officers have expressed a goal to increase student involvement. “The sense of community here… [Read More]

Austin College’s celebration of a century of co-education—marking the anniversary of the official admittance of women in 1918 at the height of the women’s suffrage movement—will include a  series of events throughout 2018 that feature women and their influence on the world. With more to come, the calendar at press time includes: JANUARY 2018 Annual… [Read More]

The Austin College community lost a legendary professor and good friend December 6, 2017, with the death of Dr. Kenneth W. Street, professor emeritus of political science. He was 90 years old. For more than half a century, his name was synonymous with preparation for careers in law and government at the College, guiding hundreds… [Read More]

By Emily Everts ’18 When studying abroad, you start from scratch and learn how to make a city and new acquaintances your home and your family. You truly become a citizen of the world. At least that is what  happened with me during some remarkable opportunities I had from January to July 2017. First, I… [Read More]