• AC Home
  • News
  • Events
  • Quick Links
Austin College Logo

Sherman, Texas

Apply

Visit

MENU
  • 2022 Issue
    • From the President
    • … Worth a Thousand Words
    • Planet Hunters
    • Austin College Can Feel Like Home – For Everyone
    • The Joy of Giving While We’re Living
    • They’re Somethin’ in the Water
    • How Many Laps Make a Champion?
    • An UP and Coming Sport
    • Arts Prevail in Pandemic Times
    • How to Not Get Lost in the Woods
    • Healing in the Arts
    • From Ida Green to the LA Scene
    • ‘Roo Notes 2022
    • In Other Words
  • Issues
    • 2021 Issue
      • From the President
      • Seeing 20/20
      • On the Front Lines
      • A Broad Worldview Helps Doctors Face a Global Challenge
      • Finding A New Normal
      • Making A Way
      • This Family is All In
      • A Dream Realized
      • No One Plans for a Pandemic
      • Pastoring in 2020
      • CREATE at 5
      • Transformed: Student Success
      • An Expert in the House
      • A Voice for Good Health
      • ‘Roo Notes 2021
      • In Other Words
    • 2020 Issue
      • From the President
      • Global Life: ‘Roos Around the World
      • Good to Go
      • Just Keep Running
      • Pledged to the Public Good
      • Leaves Book and Tea Shop
      • Public Health Program Provides Popular Major and Minor
      • Power to the ‘Roos
      • ‘Roo Notes 2020
      • In Other Words
    • 2019 Issue
      • From the President
      • TWELVE
      • The Making of a Legend
      • One Legend’s Story
      • Sacred Expressions
      • Powering the Future
      • Fierce and Friendly
      • The Stories of the Stones
      • Truth in Art
      • ′Roo Notes 2019
      • In Other Words
    • Winter 2018
      • Snapshot
      • From the President
      • Along Grand Avenue
      • The President’s Home at Wood House
      • Roots
      • Home Team
      • 100 Years of Co-Education
      • President Steven P. O’Day
      • Giving to Prepare Future Servant Leaders
      • ‘Roo Notes
      • In Other Words
    • July 2017
      • Snapshot
      • Roots
      • From the Interim President
      • Along Grand Avenue
      • Home Team
      • The Adventure of a Lifetime
      • Au Revoir
      • The Momentum of Discovery
      • ‘Roo Notes
      • In Other Words
    • January 2017
      • From the President
      • For Love of the Game … and the Players
      • This Is Us – Diverse and United
      • Snapshot
      • Roots
      • Along Grand Avenue
      • Home Team
      • ‘Roo Notes
      • In Other Words
    • Winter 2016
      • From the President
      • Snapshot
      • Roots
      • Along Grand Avenue
      • Home Team
      • Living the Liberal Arts
      • At Home in the Rainforest
      • ‘Roo Notes
      • In Other Words
    • Summer 2015
      • From the President
      • Snapshot
      • Roots
      • Along Grand Avenue
      • Community Impact
      • Of Gratitude and Wonder
      • Home Team
      • Reimagining the Liberal Arts in A Digital Age
      • Medical Experience in Mexico
      • ‘Roo Notes
      • In Other Words
    • Spring 2014
      • From the President
      • Snapshot
      • Roots
      • Along Grand Avenue
      • Preventing Pandemic
      • Home Team
      • A Wild Semester
      • The Bottom Line is Greener
      • The Business of Learning
      • Blazing Trails
      • An IDEA Realized
      • ‘Roo Notes
      • In Other Words
    • Winter 2014
      • From the President
      • Snapshot
      • Roots
      • Along Grand Avenue
      • Making A Difference in the Natural World
      • The Mentor Advantage
      • ‘Roos Who Write
      • Storytellers’ Gift
      • Strategic Plan
      • Home Team
      • ‘Roo Notes
      • In Other Words
    • Summer 2013
      • From the President
      • Snap Shot
      • Roots: On the Road Again
      • Along Grand Avenue
      • Heard Around Campus
      • The Austin College Experience
      • Looking Back and Planning Ahead
      • Faculty Retirees Reflect
      • The Business of Food
      • Class of 2013 Takes on the World
      • A Legacy of Law
        • What is Pre-Law?
      • Dr. Kenneth Street
      • Making History
      • Home Team
      • ‘Roo Notes
      • In Other Words
    • Fall 2012/Winter 2013
      • From the President
      • Mission Around the Globe
      • My Summer of Learning
      • Views of the Outback
      • Our Identity
      • IDEA Center Challenge
      • Investing in Austin College
      • Snap Shot: Opening Convocation
      • Roots: Majestic Music
      • Along Grand Avenue
      • Home Team
      • ‘Roo Notes
      • In Other Words
    • Summer 2012
      • From the President
      • Detours to Adventure
      • At the Core of Excellence
      • Who Values Education? WE DO!
      • Sowing the Seeds
      • Banned, Buoyed, & Laureled:
      • A Lifetime In College
      • Snap Shot: Commencement
      • Along Grand Avenue
      • Heard Around Campus
      • Home Team
      • ‘Roo Notes
      • In Other Words
      • Roos for Roos
    • Spring 2012
      • From the President
      • Postcards from Abroad
      • Costa Rica Sisters
      • Texas Super Lawyers
      • An American in…Bucharest
      • My Internship in Congress
      • Along Grand Avenue
      • Home Team
      • ‘Roo Notes
    • Winter 2012
      • From the President
      • Along Grand Avenue
      • A Century of Science
        • Digging the Antarctic
        • Science in Everyday Life
        • Alumnus Integral To The Manhattan Project
        • Starry, Starry Nights
        • Telling Her Story
        • Celebrating the Unknown
        • A Look Back
      • ‘Roo Notes
      • In Other Words
    • Fall 2011
      • From the President
      • A New Year Begins
        • Meet the Class of 2015
        • Pieces of Home
        • Enrollee to Student
        • Freshman Legacies
        • The Summer Read
      • Gifts That Matter
        • Making Moments Matter
      • Along Grand Avenue
      • Home Team
      • ‘Roo Notes
      • Honor Roll of Donors
    • Summer 2011
      • From the President
      • Along Grand Avenue
      • Commencement Photos
      • The Many Faces of Success
      • Ghost Light
      • Time
      • In Full Bloom: Lives of Success
      • The Light Shines for Texas
      • Home Team
      • ‘Roo Notes
      • In Other Words
    • Spring 2011
      • From the President
      • From the Editor
      • JanTerm 2011
      • Commencement 2011
      • ACtivator Event #500
      • The Homesick Texan
      • Remembering Chase Gaddy
      • Along Grand Avenue
      • Home Team
      • ‘Roo Notes
      • In Other Words
  • Archives
  • Contact Us
Info For...
  • AC Home
  • News
  • Events
  • Quick Links
Home » Issues » Winter 2018 » Along Grand Avenue

Of Tusks and Teeth

Updated on: January 23, 2018

Michelle Zhou

“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 student Michelle Zhou spent a semester abroad in the Arusha Region of Northern Tanzania, conducting… [Read More]

Filed Under: Along Grand Ave - Winter 2018

Homecoming & Family Weekend 2017

Updated on: January 22, 2018

Homecoming 2017

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 to sports competitions in soccer, swimming, and football; from alumni art exhibits to “An Evening… [Read More]

Filed Under: Along Grand Ave - Winter 2018

Mendel Shares Thoughts on Leadership

Updated on: January 22, 2018

John Mendel

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 Head Count,” challenged students to develop the talents and characteristics that will  make them stand… [Read More]

Filed Under: Along Grand Ave - Winter 2018

Global Entrepreneurship Week Continues

Updated on: January 22, 2018

Landmark Bank

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 any beverage bottle with a standard, threaded neck—and tap water becomes filtered water without a… [Read More]

Filed Under: Along Grand Ave - Winter 2018

TEDx Features Alumni, Faculty, and a Student

Updated on: January 22, 2018

Aaron White

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 multi-planet species with settlements on the Moon and Mars. It is not a question… [Read More]

Filed Under: Along Grand Ave - Winter 2018

Healing for the Desperate

Updated on: January 22, 2018

Rick Hodes

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 November 30 and presented a lecture hosted by the Posey Leadership Institute and the STAR… [Read More]

Filed Under: Along Grand Ave - Winter 2018

Expanding Academic Options Increase Career Opportunities

Updated on: January 22, 2018

public-health-icon

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, business administration, business finance, and global management. A minor in accounting also is now offered.… [Read More]

Filed Under: Along Grand Ave - Winter 2018

Mock Trial Team Excels on the Road

Updated on: January 22, 2018

Mock Trial Team

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 teams and thereby increase the program’s impact in competition. Nicolas Rodriguez ’19, captain of the… [Read More]

Filed Under: Along Grand Ave - Winter 2018

Steps to a Career

Updated on: January 22, 2018

Jacob Dowell

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 thinking about it before the curtain raised opening night. Theatre faculty offered him the opportunity… [Read More]

Filed Under: Along Grand Ave - Winter 2018

New Leaders Hope to Increase Student Involvement

Updated on: January 22, 2018

Clarissa Caballero

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. Both officers have expressed a goal to increase student involvement. “The sense of community here… [Read More]

Filed Under: Along Grand Ave - Winter 2018

  • 1
  • 2
  • Next Page »

GET IN TOUCH

903.813.2000
Austin College
900 N. Grand Ave.
Sherman, TX 75090

Contact Us

GET SOCIAL

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn

GET LINKED

  • Quick Links
  • Human Resources
  • Campus Offices
  • Directory
  • Email

GET CONNECTED

Subscribe to Austin College E-Communication

Connect to AC

Copyright © 2022 - All rights reserved | Privacy Policy | Consumer Information | Site by thrive-logo