Ideas Worth Spreading
The success of the inaugural TEDxAustinCollege, “Adding Value to a Changing World,” in September 2016 set the tone for a busy and energetic fall term. Campus members of Alpha Phi…
The success of the inaugural TEDxAustinCollege, “Adding Value to a Changing World,” in September 2016 set the tone for a busy and energetic fall term. Campus members of Alpha Phi…
Lemuel Scarbrough Jr. made his first Annual Fund gift to Austin College upon graduation in 1958. The Austin businessman was a faithful donor to the College over the next 50-plus…
Allison McBee Dawson ’03 was named vice president for Institutional Advancement at Austin College in March 2016, following an extensive national search. She provides leadership and direction for the advancement…
A $300,000, three-year Department of Justice grant awarded in fall 2016 provides full-time personnel and programming to improve prevention and awareness of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking…
Three individuals joined the Austin College Board of Trustees in 2016: Greg Almond ’88 Whitewright, Texas Furniture Marketing Group Sally Robinson Nation ’64 Dallas, Texas Nation Foundation Joe T. Sanders…
Shock rocked the Austin College community—twice—during Fall Term 2016, with the sudden deaths of Dr. Jack Pierce, McGaw Chair in Health Sciences and professor of biology, on September 26 and…
“I hope by the time I grow up the whole prairie will be restored back to its old healthy ways again.” Children from more than 20 school districts have learned…
The ancient city of Sicyon lays buried deep under the topsoil on a low plateau near the sea of Corinth. Centuries ago, the city was a major player for the…
Honors Convocation 2016 Homer P. Rainey Awards Ginger Chauncey, associate registrar, and John West, director of Abell Library, received the 2016 Homer P. Rainey Awards in recognition of outstanding achievement…
The May 2016 Commencement address was provided by the Honorable Michael S. Rawlings, mayor of Dallas. Rawlings received an honorary doctorate during the ceremony as did the Reverend Felipe Martínez,…