Effective Fall Term 2013 Granted Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor: Philip Barker, political science Renee Countryman, psychology Stephanie Gould, chemistry John McGinn, music John Richardson, chemistry   Tenured Faculty Promoted to Professor: Lourdes Bueno, Spanish Max Grober, history Michael Higgs, mathematics and computer science Todd Penner, religious studies   

Robert Cape, Austin College professor of classics, was honored this spring by the Classical Association of the Middle West and South with the organization’s highest award for service to the group and the classics profession. Presented in Latin at the group’s annual meeting, the award recognized Cape’s contributions in promotion of the study of Latin… [Read More]

An excellent faculty is foundational to the Austin College experience, and many alumni count current and emeritus faculty among their continuing mentors. Each spring, three faculty members are recognized for teaching excellence at the Austin College Honors Convocation. One receives the College’s Excellence in Teaching Award; the others are put forth as the College’s nominees… [Read More]

Dr. Sheila Amin Gutiérrez de Piñeres was selected as vice president for Academic Affairs at Austin College this spring following an extensive national search. She begins her duties July 1, providing collaborative academic leadership for faculty, academic staff, and students. “With her passion for the liberal arts, her considerable scholarship, and her award-winning teaching experience,… [Read More]

Austin College and its students have always relied on the generosity of alumni, neighbors, and friends to sustain the mission of this 164-year-old institution. During spring 2013, two new programs were introduced to connect the Austin College family with philanthropic opportunities. The Austin College Family Fund Leadership Council plays an important role in supporting Austin… [Read More]

The IDEA Center has already seen visitors throughout the summer — at left, Board of Trustee spouses take a tour of the nearly-completed facility — and the campus observed the summer solstice on June 21 as the building’s “gnomonhole” directed light on to the atrium floor to the precise point measured. The move from Moody… [Read More]

Four Austin College students are among only 40 students from around the country and the world accepted to the summer Powerhouse Theater Training Program at Vassar College. They will spend six weeks attending morning classes in acting, voice, movement, directing, and writing, then afternoon and evening sessions in rehearsals, workshops, and crew work in design,… [Read More]

Todd Williams ’82 stepped into the position of chair of the Austin College Board of Trustees upon the retirement from that role of Robert Johnson ’53 last November. Todd has served as a member of the board since 2001 and as vice chair for several years. After retiring from a successful career with Goldman Sachs… [Read More]

Alumni may recall mad dashes from the library or athletic field to make it to the dining hall in time for meals, but today’s students don’t worry so much about timelines. Beginning last fall, students have unlimited access to the dining hall from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week. Full service is… [Read More]

A Weekend to Celebrate Remarkable Women by Luan Beaty Mendel ’75 We came from California and the nation’s capital, from Dallas and from Denison — 33 women spanning graduating classes from 1952 to 2013. Friends and strangers, alumni, mothers and daughters of alumni, and others with a connection to Austin College, we converged on the… [Read More]