Three new Austin College staff members join the Student Affairs Division this fall and, with their colleagues, will welcome new students to campus next week. Tim Millerick, vice president for Student Affairs, said he is pleased with the addition of these individuals and the talents and experiences they bring to their positions in Student Services,… [Read More]

The Austin College community is saddened to learn of the death of retiree Orange Hughes Jr. on August 3, 2020. Orange served as a member of the College’s Physical Plant staff from September 1975 to March 14, 1997, when he retired. He worked for the College in varying roles from October 1972 through August 1975… [Read More]

The Austin College community is saddened to learn belatedly of the death of retiree Jimmie Mansfield, 74, on July 16, 2020. He was employed at Austin College from 1986 to 2005 as a plumber, painter, and finally, as Lake Campus Manager. He retired in 2005. The community expresses condolences to Jimmy’s wife, Vicki, who served… [Read More]

The Austin College community mourns the death today, July 29, 2020, of Dr. Bernice Melvin, professor emerita of French. Since retiring from Austin College in 2015, she had lived in Charlottesville, Virginia, enjoying the closeness to her daughter, Alyssa, and her family. Bernice’s daughter posted the message below on Bernice’s Facebook page this morning: A… [Read More]

Austin College President Steven P. O’Day announced today the postponement of the August 8-9 Commencement weekend for the Class of 2020. College leadership selected August 9 as the alternate date this spring when it became clear the traditional May Commencement exercises would not be possible due to COVID-19 restrictions. Today, President O’Day announced the decision… [Read More]

Austin College 2020 graduates Bridget Tolle of Oklahoma City and Paola Matus of Sherman have been accepted to the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program for the 2020-2021 academic year. They will serve as Assistant Language Teachers, teaching English to Japanese high school, middle school, or elementary school students. The competitive teaching exchange program is… [Read More]

The Austin College community is saddened to learn of the death of senior trustee Betty Robbins Davis Hurst of Longview, Texas, on June 13, 2020. Betty was elected to the College’s Board of Trustees in 1986 and served on the College Development Committee until she was named a senior trustee in 1994. She particularly supported… [Read More]

Austin College’s Sneed Prairie Restoration Project is the 2020 Texas Environmental Excellence Award winner in the Education category, awarded by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The award marks the latest in a history of environmental leadership at Austin College. More than 11,000 Grayson County area schoolchildren and their teachers visit Austin College’s 100-acre Clinton… [Read More]

Austin College’s Dr. Jeremy Posadas is a presenter this week for the webinar “Liberating People and the Planet: Christian Responses at the Intersection of Economics, Ecology, and Religion” hosted by Vanderbilt Divinity School’s Wendland-Cook Program in Religion and Justice. The webinar, free and open to the public, is set for June 24, at 11 a.m.… [Read More]

Dr. Kevin Simmons, Austin College professor of economics, is recognized internationally for his expertise in the economics of natural hazards. When tornado and hurricane seasons are underway, he routinely receives calls from media outlets from Houston to Dallas to Oklahoma City, and from the New York Times to USA Today. In his classroom, he is… [Read More]