“In the future, I hope to be treating underserved patients both locally and abroad, using the skills learned in my academic career.” –Michelle Zhou ’18, Pre-dental student Michelle Zhou ’18 Plano, Texas Major: Business Administration Minor: Art Scholarship Recipient Pre-dental […]
Mark it a success! Hundreds of Kangaroo alumni “came home” and family members gladly reunited with students during the College’s Homecoming and Family Weekend in October 2017. Something was offered for everyone, from Kids College activities for the younger guests […]
John Mendel ’76 visited campus as the Todd A. Williams Executive-in-Residence Lecturer in November 2017 during Global Entrepreneurship Week, interacting with students in several business and economics classes and presenting a campus-wide lecture. That presentation, “Leading by Heart Count, Not […]
Team Unicap won the final round of the Austin College Product Lab Pitch Competition during Global Entrepreneurship Week. Team members isolated a common problem for many: they don’t like tap water. So, they developed a universal filter cap that fits […]
Austin College hosted the second annual TEDxAustinCollege event in September 2017, featuring members of the Austin College community as speakers: Rob Kelso ’77 NASA shuttle flight director for 37 years; “Paving the Way to Planetary Settlement” Mankind will becoming a […]
American physician Dr. Rick Hodes has dedicated his life to caring for those in great need. Since 1990, that has meant working in Ethiopia as medical director of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. He visited with students on campus […]
Academic departments across campus are developing new, relevant majors and minors to better prepare students to achieve their educational and career goals. Business—Business and economics students have five tracks from which to choose a major: economics, international economics and finance, […]
The Austin College Mock Trial team brought home individual and team recognition from competition in several tournaments last fall. Growing in popularity on campus, the program, coached by Sherman attorney Ed Richardson ’95, now has enough participants to field two […]
Jacob Dowell ’18 spent much of summer 2017 thinking about one weekend in November: the dates The 39 Steps, which he would direct, would play in Austin College’s Ida Green Theatre. In fact, he estimates he spent some 300 hours […]
Austin College celebrates its 100th year of co-education as two women lead the Austin College student body. Clarissa Caballero Pinedo ’19, voted student body president last fall, and vice president Laurel Hagge ’19 began their Student Assembly roles in January. […]
Austin College’s celebration of a century of co-education—marking the anniversary of the official admittance of women in 1918 at the height of the women’s suffrage movement—will include a series of events throughout 2018 that feature women and their influence on […]
The Austin College community lost a legendary professor and good friend December 6, 2017, with the death of Dr. Kenneth W. Street, professor emeritus of political science. He was 90 years old. For more than half a century, his name […]
By Emily Everts ’18 When studying abroad, you start from scratch and learn how to make a city and new acquaintances your home and your family. You truly become a citizen of the world. At least that is what happened […]