Dr. Claire M. Wolnisty, Austin College assistant professor of history, has written a new book, A Different Manifest Destiny: Southern Identity, Citizenship, and Survival in Nineteenth-Century South America. The book, available in hardback or ebook versions, was just published by the University of Nebraska Press. Wolnisty, who joined the Austin College faculty in Fall Term 2019, specializes in… [Read More]

Austin College, Grayson College, and GoGetTested Team Up on COVID Testing to Keep Each Campus Safe Local college students return to campus; no-charge PCR testing makes it work How can schools keep students and faculty safe while holding classes on campus? PCR testing is key, say Austin College and Grayson College officials — so they’re working with GoGetTested.com to… [Read More]

Austin College’s 2020 Todd A. Williams Executive-in-Residence Lecture will be presented via Zoom on October 16 at Noon by Melissa Thompson ’84, senior vice president for talent acquisition at the Nielsen Company in Dallas. View the Recorded Presentation Austin College President Steven P. O’Day will join Thompson for a “fireside chat” on “Moments that Matter: A Career Conversation,” in which the guest… [Read More]

Dr. Keith Kisselle, Austin College associate professor of biology and environmental science, will present “Threats to the Canadian Boreal Forest: My Sabbatical with the National Resources Defense Council” on October 7 at 5 p.m. via Zoom. The lecture is part of the Bernice S. Melvin Sabbatical Series hosted by the College’s Robert and Joyce Johnson… [Read More]

Austin College senior Nancy Pineda-Gama of Dallas, Texas, has been awarded a 2020 IME BECAS/ HACEMOS Dallas Scholarship for this academic year. Successful applicants evidenced academic achievement, personal strength, and leadership. The scholarship is designed to assist Mexican students and/or students of Mexican origin residing in the United States. The recipient selection process included consideration… [Read More]

Austin College’s Saritha Bangara to Offer Keynote Address Austin College students and faculty have the opportunity to interact with medical students and health professionals in Mexico during the Fifth International Conference on Health Sciences Research, “COVID-19 Research: Challenges and Progress,” presented virtually October 28-30, 2020. Saritha Bangara, Ph.D., Austin College assistant professor of public health… [Read More]

The fifth annual TEDxAustinCollege will be held Saturday, October 3, beginning at 9 a.m., offering community and campus members an opportunity to share ideas. Millions of viewers worldwide have seen videos of the annual TED Conferences, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers have spoken for 18 minutes on a diverse mix of “ideas worth… [Read More]

Crimson and gold are Austin College’s official colors, but green runs deep, too Environment Texas has again recognized Austin College for its commitment to renewable energy. The group recently released a report that lists Austin College as one of more than 40 colleges and universities around the country to achieve 100% renewable energy use for its electrical… [Read More]

The Austin College community is saddened by the death of longtime Austin College senior trustee Louis H. Zbinden Jr. on September 11, 2020. The Presbyterian leader served on the active board and the College Relations and Church Relations committee from 1973 to 1985, and remained a member of the senior board until his death. A… [Read More]

Dr. Kevin Gannon, professor of history and director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa, will present Austin College’s A.J. Carlson Lecture via Zoom on September 10 at 5 p.m. His lecture is “Hope Among the Hopeless: The Fierce Urgency of the Liberal Arts in a Time of Crisis.”… [Read More]