Not even the hot noonday sun could diminish spirits at the long-awaited groundbreaking ceremony June 3 for Austin College’s IDEA Center. President Marjorie Hass and Board of Trustees chair Robert M. Johnson ’53 welcomed a large crowd of faculty, staff, students, trustees, alumni, and special friends to the site of the College’s planned new home… [Read More]

During the Honors Convocation in April, President Marjorie Hass presented the Homer P. Rainey Award, on behalf of the Austin College Board of Trustees, to John Williams ’84, chaplain, and Karen Nelson, associate vice president for institutional effectiveness and professor of psychology. The annual award recognizes a member of the faculty or staff for outstanding… [Read More]

Work on Austin College housing projects The Village on Grand and The Flats at Brockett Court is moving quickly toward completion as juniors and seniors prepare to call the new structures home for the fall term. The two-story cottages and new three-story suites add 182 beds to the College residence program and will bring many… [Read More]

The Austin College Williams Student Investment Fund team placed third in the Balanced Investment Style category at the Global Student Investment Forum competition this spring at the 11th annual RISE (Redefining Investment Strategy Education) Forum held at the University of Dayton in Ohio. Bobby Patel and Philip Rawlings, both ’11, prepared the RISE competition report… [Read More]

Family, friends, and colleagues of the late Tom Baker gathered on April 6 to honor the long-time Austin College professor of education who died suddenly in June 2009. The spring event included the dedication of a portrait of Baker that now hangs in the main hall of the College’s Temple Center for Teaching and Learning… [Read More]

An eight-day climb up Mount Kilimanjaro culminated with a sunrise ascent to the summit for Lisa M. Brown, professor of psychology, and fellow climbers in February. The group began the final upward trek at 11:30 p.m. under a full moon to be at the summit by 6:30 a.m. Lisa’s reaction: “VERY COOL!” On sabbatical during… [Read More]

An Austin College Record Five Austin College graduating seniors and a 2009 graduate were awarded Fulbright grants this spring in the English Teaching Assistant Program, an Austin College record number awarded in one year, according to Fulbright program advisor Patrick Duffey, dean of Humanities. English teaching assistants increase foreign students’ English language abilities and knowledge… [Read More]

Four years of preparation and weeks of anticipation culminated on a bright and beautiful morning in May as the Class of 2011 entered the Clyde L. Hall Graduation Court for Commencement. President Marjorie Hass presented diplomas to nearly 300 graduates, including 17 Master of Arts in Teaching students on May 15. See the Commencement Photos… [Read More]