Grants and Updates
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…
New to the Austin College Board of Trustees in 2016
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…
Campus Saddened by Two Faculty Deaths
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…
Lessons from the Prairie
“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…
History Unearthed
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…
Spring 2016 Highlights
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…
Commencement 2016 Honorees
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,…
Faculty Retirements
Several Austin College faculty retired at the close of the spring 2016 term. Jerry Johnson Professor of Business Administration and Economics 1983-2016 My 17-year-old son, Evan, died tragically just…
JanTerm Adventures at Home and Abroad
January Term is special. Taking only one course provides a change of pace, a chance to study a subject outside students’ regular academic interests or to delve deep into one…
Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn
2016 Austin College Posey Leadership Award Co-Recipients Austin College recognized human rights activists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as co-recipients of its 2016 Posey Leadership Award on March 22. The…