Austin College’s celebration of a century of co-education—marking the anniversary of the official admittance of women in 1918 at the height of the women’s suffrage movement—will include a series of events throughout 2018 that feature women and their influence on the world. With more to come, the calendar at press time includes: JANUARY 2018 Annual… [Read More]
In Memoriam: Kenneth Willow Street
The Austin College community lost a legendary professor and good friend December 6, 2017, with the death of Dr. Kenneth W. Street, professor emeritus of political science. He was 90 years old. For more than half a century, his name was synonymous with preparation for careers in law and government at the College, guiding hundreds… [Read More]
Finding Me Beyond My Comfort Zone
By Emily Everts ’18 When studying abroad, you start from scratch and learn how to make a city and new acquaintances your home and your family. You truly become a citizen of the world. At least that is what happened with me during some remarkable opportunities I had from January to July 2017. First, I… [Read More]
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 came at the hands of other students, who happily tossed the celebrant into the fountain’s pool. For the last year or so, however, those celebrations… [Read More]
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 began to facilitate the selection of the 16th president of the College. Trustee Scott Austin ’83 was named to lead the search committee, and he… [Read More]
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 Group of Wells Fargo Advisors. Lee Dean Ardell ’74 and Jeff Landsberg ’81 completed their terms on the board in May and moved to the… [Read More]
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 on European history to tell the tale of the fictional Charlotte Drummond, a journalist with rare independence for a woman of the time. “She is… [Read More]
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 Scholarship grant that creates the Austin College STEM Education Leadership Scholars (ACSELS) program. Designed to provide financial and programmatic support to recruit and develop strong… [Read More]
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. Pairs of English and Spanish teachers from schools around the state will meet on campus for the immersive program that aims to strengthen and develop… [Read More]
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 English and other cross-disciplinary classes at Austin College for 28 years. He also sponsors the ACCARES organization, is president of the Iota Chapter of Phi… [Read More]
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