‘Roo Notes

Laurie Coker ’66 is an author, poet, illustrator, actor, and teacher. She and her husband live in Austin where she works as a substitute teacher. In October 2012, Laurie’s book…

Jason Brewster ’94 wasn’t aware of any Austin College alumni having attended Stanford Graduate School of Business when he applied for admission, but Mike Dorsey ’03 was a fellow student…

G. Thomas Vick, Jr., ’77 of Vick Carney & Smith L.L.P., in Weatherford, Texas, has been elected chair of the Texas Bar Foundation Board of Trustees. Vick took office in…

Nothing Lost in Translation 'Roos in Tokyo gathered for brunch and a walk around the city on February 24. They posed for a photo in front of Shibuya Station/Shibuya Crossing,…

Lisa M. Brown, associate professor of psychology, joined alumni Jodi Jordan 07, Eric Dean ’01, Phil Deardorff ’05, Emily Kennedy Deardorff ’09, Jade Rutledge ’09, and Kim Skidmore ’08 in…

Dan Brazeale ’66, professor of philosophy at the University of Kentucky, received his institution’s highest award for faculty this spring, named a recipient of the Provost’s Distinguished Service Award. The…

Mentors and Friends Jeff Ward ’83 had been a high school summer exchange student in Germany so when he had the chance to participate in a study abroad program in…

By Akshara Vivekananthan ’13 Imagine finding a new passion several years after graduation from college. Perhaps the lesson in the life of Erich Thompson ’79 is that passions sometimes find…

After graduating from Austin College with a degree in biology, Caleb Roth ’00 became a research assistant at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. He began graduate school and worked…