Bulletin Board
A MOB OF PREACHERS: Alumnae met up at the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators National Conference in Galveston, Texas, in February 2019. From left to right are Rev. Katy Walters ’07, Associate Pastor of New Braunfels Presbyterian Church in New […]
Class Notes
1962 Cervando Martinez reports he is still employed at The University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, seeing patients, doing research, and teaching, though he says he is winding down in preparation for retirement. He also keeps up […]
A Distinguished ‘Roo
Sallie Sampsell Watson ’78, the General Presbyter for Mission Presbytery, was named a 2019 Distinguished Alumna of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary “in grateful recognition for distinguished service to the Church.” Sallie holds a Master of Divinity degree from Austin Presbyterian […]
An Official Swearing In
Robert Burns ’86 was sworn in January 1, 2019, as Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of Texas at Dallas. Chief Justice Burns had previously served for 12 years as the Judge of The Criminal […]
Welcome Home to Texas
Tim Kennedy ’98 has had two distinct career paths since his Austin College days. Upon graduation, he headed to Washington, D.C., for a 13-year career on Capitol Hill, at the White House, and at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. […]
Movin’ On Up
Adam Groshans ’05 is President of Mercy Health—Springfield, Ohio, having moved into the position permanently after a brief interim role. He had been on staff as Chief Operating Officer for two years. Before joining Mercy Health, Adam served on the […]
From Camper to Director
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 […]
Alumni Bookshelf
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 […]
Making Beautiful Music
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 […]
Empathetic Physician in Training
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 […]
‘Roo Legacies
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 […]
Honoring Our Sports Legends
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) […]
‘Roo Mates
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. […]
Joeys
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 […]
2019 Alumni and Volunteer Awards
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 […]
Crimson & Gold … and Purple
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 […]
In Memoriam
Alumni ’41 Mrs. Edith “Deedy” Hawkins Bennett ’41 Drucilla Dickerson DeArmond ’41 Thomas Murphy ’42 Kitty Lus Druck ’43 Bette Rector ’47 D. Glynn Smith ’48 Robert Hale ’48 Carl Hefton ’48 Charles Mitchell ’48 Kathryn Mack Phipps ’49 Samuel […]