2016 Austin College Posey Leadership Award Co-Recipients Austin College recognized human rights activists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as co-recipients of its 2016 Posey Leadership Award on March 22. The husband-and-wife team spoke on campus and met with student groups that day before giving a presentation at the Global Outreach Forum that evening in Dallas… [Read More]
Class of 2016 Commencement Weekend Events
May 14-15, 2016 May 14: Baccalaureate, 7 p.m. Sid Richardson Center, Mason Complex Speaker: The Reverend Felipe Martinez ’88 Pastor, First Presbyterian Church of Columbus, Indiana May 15: Commencement, 8:30 a.m. Clyde L. Hall Graduation Court Speaker: The Honorable Mike Rawlings, Mayor of Dallas See additional events and details online.
ACcolades for ‘Roos
Honoring a True Scholar-Athlete Kangaroo football player Madison Ross ’16 is the first Austin College athlete to twice earn First Team Academic All-America recognition. A running back, Ross was named Austin College’s Pete Cawthon Outstanding Male Athlete in 2015, and this fall, he continued to build on his outstanding career. He finished the season as… [Read More]
Achievements Beyond Athletics
Making the Grade The Austin College women’s swimming and diving team was honored by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America as a Scholar All-America team. The ’Roos, coached by Bob Filander, were one of four SCAC women’s programs to earn this honor that recognizes teams with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or… [Read More]
Fall & Winter Highlights
2015-2016 By Jeff Kelly, Sports Information Coordinator The Austin College football team completed a solid season in 2015, going 5-5 behind the strong play of running back Madison Ross ’16, who led the SCAC in rushing. Ross was named a First Team Academic All-American for the second straight year. Cooper Woodyard ’17 was the SCAC… [Read More]
An Evening of Inspiration
Saying Thanks to a Leader When President Marjorie Hass welcomes guests to an event she affectionately has dubbed “Todd-A-Palooza,” smiles—lots of them—are in store. Todd Williams ’82 ended his service as chair of the Austin College Board of Trustees at the close of the November 2015 meeting, so an evening of recognition was in order;… [Read More]
News from the Football Field
Football to Make Switch to Southern Athletic Association Beginning in 2017, the Austin College football team will compete as an affiliate member of the Southern Athletic Association (SAA). Both Austin College and Trinity University will join the SAA in football only, continuing membership in the SCAC across all other sports. “We are so pleased that… [Read More]
Teaching Excellence
Jacqueline Moore Named Texas Professor of the Year Students of Jacqueline Moore, Austin College professor of history, have long known she is a great teacher. Announced in fall 2015 as Texas Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), Jackie’s… [Read More]
Faculty Authors
Light Cummins’ Book Highlights Texas Artist Texas native Light Cummins was in seventh grade when he attended the State Fair of Texas in 1958 and had his first introduction to the large golden warrior statue at the front of the Hall of State. Since that visit, Cummins has had a lifetime of association with the… [Read More]
President Hass Leads Higher Education Board
President Marjorie Hass was appointed chair of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) in February. Four new officers and 14 new members assumed responsibilities on the 40+-member Board of Directors at the close of the NAICU annual meeting in Washington, D.C. NAICU is the national public policy… [Read More]
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