May 14-15, 2016 May 14: Baccalaureate, 7 p.m. Sid Richardson Center, Mason Complex Speaker: The Reverend Felipe Martinez ’88 Pastor, First Presbyterian Church of Columbus, Indiana May 15: Commencement, 8:30 a.m. Clyde L. Hall Graduation Court Speaker: The Honorable Mike Rawlings, Mayor of Dallas See additional events and details online.

Saying Thanks to a Leader When President Marjorie Hass welcomes guests to an event she affectionately has dubbed “Todd-A-Palooza,” smiles—lots of them—are in store. Todd Williams ’82 ended his service as chair of the Austin College Board of Trustees at the close of the November 2015 meeting, so an evening of recognition was in order;… [Read More]

Jacqueline Moore Named Texas Professor of the Year Students of Jacqueline Moore, Austin College professor of history, have long known she is a great teacher. Announced in fall 2015 as Texas Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), Jackie’s… [Read More]

Light Cummins’ Book Highlights Texas Artist Texas native Light Cummins was in seventh grade when he attended the State Fair of Texas in 1958 and had his first introduction to the large golden warrior statue at the front of the Hall of State. Since that visit, Cummins has had a lifetime of association with the… [Read More]

President Marjorie Hass was appointed chair of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) in February. Four new officers and 14 new members assumed responsibilities on the 40+-member Board of Directors at the close of the NAICU annual meeting in Washington, D.C. NAICU is the national public policy… [Read More]

The exhibit “Tim Tracz: Collaborations—30 Years Making Art” was one of the campus highlights of Fall Term 2015. Tim Tracz, now the Craig Professor in the Arts, joined the Austin College faculty in 1986. He never expected to stay for his full career, but stay he did—and his students have been the lucky recipients of… [Read More]

Dr. Kenneth Street The Kenneth W. Street Advocacy Courtroom was dedicated during Homecoming 2015, honoring the longtime faculty member whose name has long been synonymous with law and public service preparation at Austin College. The campus community and alumni from many decades gathered for the standing-room-only event. Jacqui Cooper ’73, Dennis Gonier ’83, Tom Hall… [Read More]

Sharing Expertise to Help Others Analyzing problems and finding solutions are foundational to the liberal arts experience. Those skills were recognized last fall when Austin College received the Crusader Award from the Dallas nonprofit, Alley’s House, for outstanding service to the agency. Faculty and students of the Psychology Department developed outcome measurement tools and ongoing… [Read More]

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]