Henry Owen ’05/MAT ’06 is Executive Director of John Knox Ranch, a Presbyterian summer camp and retreat center near Wimberley, Texas. He grew up in the Presbyterian Church and continued his leadership and spiritual development at Austin College through the ACtivators program. After graduation, he taught second grade in Austin, Texas, for a few years… [Read More]

Robert Lively ’68 has written a new book, On Earth as it is in Heaven … A New Take on Grace, released by Treaty Oak Publishing in Austin, Texas. Bob is an honorably retired Presbyterian minister, having served for four decades as pastor, teacher, certified pastoral counselor, campus minister, and recovery center chaplain. He has… [Read More]

Rizwan Jagani ’15 released the album Endless Night of his viola instrumental performance, completed in the final semester of his 2019 master’s degree in Music at Carnegie Mellon University.  The album includes some of his favorite musical theatre pieces, each including original orchestrations, produced tracks, and viola parts. Rizwan’s recording professor assisted him with the… [Read More]

Dilan Shah ’17 worked for a year after graduation and spent another year backpacking around the globe to enrich his sense of global citizenship. In fall 2019, he began his medical school career as a Dorman Scholar in the inaugural class at the Texas Christian University and University of North Texas Health Science Center School… [Read More]

Continuing Their Family Traditions The Class of 2023 includes 50 students following family members into ’RooNation. Many have siblings, cousins, aunts, and uncles who attended Austin College recently or years ago. Space doesn’t  allow all of those students to be shown but pictured below are those students whose legacy connections are parents and/or grandparents (and… [Read More]

The 2019 Legends honorees, pictured left to right with President Steven O’Day, are Deb Hunter, Jeff Robbins, Kaitlin Elledge, Jason Johnson, Kevin Krause, Marcus Schulz, Jason Burton, and Kaitlin Shores. 2019 Athletic Hall of Honor inductees: Kaitlin Elledge ’11 (soccer) Jason Johnson ’93 (football) Kevin Krause ’92 (baseball) Jeff Robbins ’84 (football) Kaitlin Listol Shores… [Read More]

2000 Kelly Hamilton married Sarah Bruno in June 2018. Vanessa Brown and Kari Bergman were members of the wedding ceremony. After earning his master’s degree from Washington University in 2002, Kelly co-founded and ran a magazine publishing business in St. Louis for 13 years. In 2017, he entered a Ph.D. program for industrial organizational psychology.… [Read More]

2001 Mike Johnston MAT ’02 and his wife, Erin, welcomed their daughter, Moa Summer Johnston, on May 29, 2019. Melissa Johnston McKenzie ’04 is the new addition’s aunt. 2006 Dennis Kelly Jr. and Emily Webb Kelly ’10/MAT ’11 are the parents of Claire Sawyer Kelly, born August 18, 2019. Big brother John Dennis, born in… [Read More]

Honoring talented alumni is a highlight of Homecoming, from the career and community success of the Distinguished Alumni and First Decade Awardee to the continued commitment to Austin College of the Heywood C. Clemons Volunteer Service Award and the Cindy Bean Service-to-Alumni Award honorees. Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients Amanda Clausen Hammel ’95 is Senior Vice… [Read More]

Homecoming & Family Weekend 2019 was one of the largest gatherings of alumni on campus in many years. The campus was a sea of crimson and gold … and purple. Much of the turnout was for the Centennial Celebration of Kappa Gamma Chi, Austin College’s oldest continuing organization of women. The group’s signature colors are… [Read More]