Sherman Independent School District Superintendent Dr. David Hicks joined Austin College First Lady Cece O’Day to welcome 489 Special Olympians from 25 different area schools to the Austin College campus for the annual basketball tournament on January 23. See the Photos! This year’s event was themed “Serve for the Future,” and included the morning tournament… [Read More]

The Austin College Advocacy Program will host the 3rd Annual Kangaroo Brawl on January 25-26 in the Grayson County Justice Center and Courthouse in Sherman, Texas.  Sixteen teams from Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Florida are registered to compete. The Austin College team, now in its 5th season coached by Sherman attorney Ed Richardson ’95, completed a… [Read More]

Kelle Kennemer, formerly of Collin College police department, has been named the new director of Public Safety/Police Chief for Austin College. She was sworn in January 6 on campus with several area law enforcement officers in attendance. Kennemer is an advanced licensed peace officer in the State of Texas with 17 years of law enforcement… [Read More]

Herschel Walker to Present Insight and Motivation NFL legend and 1982 Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker will headline 2020’s commemoration of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in Sherman on January 20. Walker is keynote speaker for the 16th annual Grayson County Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Breakfast starting at 7:15 a.m. at… [Read More]

Back in 1982, James Perry arrived on campus as a 25-year-old patrolman looking to strengthen his resume then move on to a municipal police force somewhere. “Instead of moving on, I found ways to move up internally over the years,” he says “I’ve stayed energized with new responsibilities and able to fulfill new expectations.” Now,… [Read More]

Dr. Mindy Landeck, assistant professor of East Asian Studies, challenged her Japanese language students to design greeting cards for the Lunar New Year as part of their culture study. The cards, called nengajo, were designed with the zodiac animal for the Year of the Rat.       “It is an important Japanese custom to… [Read More]

Jian Hu, Ph.D., assistant professor of cancer biology at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center will present “Will Brain Tumors Ever Be Cured?” at the 6th annual Austin College Women’s Health and Cancer Forum on Thursday, December 5. Hu will deliver the keynote at 4:30 p.m. in IDEA Center 127; the forum is free and open to the… [Read More]

The Theatre Department will present an evening of Student-Directed One-Act Plays December 6 and 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Ida Green Theatre of Ida Green Communication Center. The presentation is free to the campus community. The directors are students from the directing class, and the productions are their first forays into directing as well as… [Read More]