ACtivators assist in leadership at the annual Senior High Youth Connection, which brings several hundred Grace Presbytery young people and counselors together at Austin College each January. A gift of $250,000 from Grace Presbytery of North Texas in October 2015 provided half the funding necessary to endow the College’s ACtivator youth ministry program, a key… [Read More]

The Austin College community was saddened by the death of retired faculty member Dr. Nelson DeVega on October 25, 2015, in Houston, Texas. Dr. DeVega joined the Spanish faculty in 1973 and retired in 1996 as professor of Spanish. Members of the faculty commented on DeVega’s passion for teaching, his booming voice and colorful personality,… [Read More]

  An Update Fossil fuels are incredible. Just one gallon of gas can propel my car from Sherman to Dallas. Imagine if you had to push a car from Sherman to Dallas. These products of ancient photosynthesis afford us luxuries previously unavailable to kings and queens, but as we all know, there are two problems.… [Read More]

A Legacy of Leadership A large number of current and former participants in ACtivator programs gathered to celebrate 20 years of outreach. Many of the alumni who participated in the program as students now work in church ministry in one form or another. The Legacy Continues: Family members of the honorees joining the celebration of… [Read More]

APO’s ’Roo Boo serves hundreds of children each year. Though service really is its own reward, Austin College members of Alpha Phi Omega (APO) national service fraternity have received an award for service programming Members of APO have been volunteering at Austin College and the local community since 1970 when the Phi Xi chapter, made… [Read More]