Dr. Elena Olivé, Austin College associate professor of Spanish, is one of 10 recipients around the world of the “Josep Maria Batista i Roca – Memorial Enric Garriga Trullols” Award from the Institut de Projecció Exterior de la Cultura Catalana (The Institute of Foreign Projection of Catalan Culture]. The prize has been awarded for 32 consecutive years… [Read More]

Dr. Greg Kinzer, Austin College professor of English, has been appointed Dean of Humanities. He began his duties for the role on August 1. The three divisions of Humanities, Sciences, and Social Sciences each have a dean appointed for a six-year term by the president upon advice from the vice president for Academic Affairs, who… [Read More]

A recent staffing restructure at Austin College has created a new Marketing and Communications team led by Dr. Lynn Z. Womble of Sherman as Chief Marketing and Communications Officer of the College. The restructuring combines the Office of Public Affairs, part of the President’s Office, and Advancement Communications, an arm of Institutional Advancement, to create… [Read More]

Austin College President Steven O’Day has announced that Gillian Grissom Locke is the College’s new vice president for Institutional Advancement. She had held the role of interim vice president for several months and had worked since 2016 as associate vice president for Institutional Advancement and executive director of leadership gifts. “Gillian’s experiences at Austin College… [Read More]

As Fall Term 2020 gets underway, several Austin College educators begin work with recent promotions and newly granted faculty tenure. “Tenure and promotion are one of the means by which the academic quality and excellence of Austin College is developed and maintained,” said Dr. Beth Gill, vice president for Academic Affairs and dean of the… [Read More]

Traci Howard Moore joins Austin College this fall as the director of student success and transition. A member of the Academic Affairs staff, Moore’s work provides another resource to ensure student success in the classroom and in other elements of the college experience. She joins several other campus resource professionals who are dedicated to assisting students… [Read More]

Austin College officially opened its 172nd year Monday evening with the traditional Opening of School Convocation. Things looked a bit different than usual, with the ceremony held on the Clyde Hall Graduation Court rather than inside Wynne Chapel so that seating for the faculty, seniors, and freshmen gathered could be set six feet apart to… [Read More]

Several new faces are among the Austin College faculty as classes begin today. Tenure-track faculty join the sociology, psychology, and English departments, and visiting faculty will fill positions in English and education. Several adjunct faculty will fill in as needed. Tenure-Track Faculty Tenure-track faculty are those in positions that may become long-term appointments if faculty… [Read More]

Things may look a bit different as Austin College prepares to open its 172nd year in the midst of COVID-19 restrictions, but the anticipation that always accompanies the start of a new academic year remains. Returning students are eager to be back on campus, and some 375 first-year and transfer students are experiencing the usual… [Read More]

The Service of Perspective and Reflections, held at Austin College each August, signals the start of the new academic year. President Steven O’Day speaks to the faculty and staff of the College about the highlights of the past academic year and the plans for the year to come. This week’s event, which also included a… [Read More]