A Tradition Restored
Hundreds of Austin College students have celebrated significant events of their college years with a “dip” in Margaret Jonsson Fountain at the west end of Windsor Mall. That dip usually…
The Search for Austin College’s 16th President
President Marjorie Hass announced in December 2016 that she would leave Austin College to assume the presidency of Rhodes College on July 1, and the College’s Board of Trustees immediately…
News from the Board of Trustees
Board of Trustees chair David Corrigan ’81 welcomed Gail Utter of Sherman to the board this spring. Gail is a financial advisor, managing director – investments with Utter Wealth Management…
Historian Tries Hand at Mystery Tale
Austin College history professor Hunt Tooley published his first adventure-mystery novel, Anima and the Goat, in 2016. Setting the story in London in the 1880s, Tooley draws from his expertise…
College Receives $1.2 Million Grant
STEM Teacher Education Scholarships Offered Students planning careers in teaching may find their Austin College education more affordable thanks to a recent $1.2 million National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Teacher…
Grants and Updates
A grant from Humanities Texas will help fund the Austin College Center for Southwestern and Mexican Studies Summer Institute for High School Teachers of English and Spanish later this month.…
Honors Convocation Highlights
Dr. Roger Platizky, Henry L. and Laura H. Shoap Professor of English, was presented the Homer P. Rainey Award for Outstanding Achievement and Service to Austin College. He has taught …
Fulbright Scholar Studies Indigenous Music
Dr. Lisa Thomas, Austin College organist, was named a Fulbright Canada Scholar last fall and spent January through May at the University of Alberta as The Fulbright Visiting Research Chair…
Service Goes Full Circle
As incoming freshmen, members of the Class of 2017 were the first to participate in what has become a regular part of freshman orientation: “First We Serve,” a two-hour volunteer…
Another Class Crosses the Stage
Commencement is always exciting for seniors and their families, friends, classmates, and faculty. The May 2017 event was no exception. For once, the week was fairly free of the threat…