Welcome to our Austin College Press Release Archive, where history meets information.
This is an archive of Austin College press releases from 2021 and older. Whether you're a prospective student, an alumni reminiscing, or a researcher exploring our journey, this archive offers a glimpse into our past.
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Traci Howard Moore joins Austin College this fall as the director of student success and transition. A member of the Academic Affairs staff, Moore’s work provides another resource to ensure student success in the classroom and in other elements of the college experience. She joins several other campus resource professionals who […]
Austin College officially opened its 172nd year Monday evening with the traditional Opening of School Convocation. Things looked a bit different than usual, with the ceremony held on the Clyde Hall Graduation Court rather than inside Wynne Chapel so that seating for the faculty, seniors, and freshmen gathered could be […]
Several new faces are among the Austin College faculty as classes begin today. Tenure-track faculty join the sociology, psychology, and English departments, and visiting faculty will fill positions in English and education. Several adjunct faculty will fill in as needed. Tenure-Track Faculty Tenure-track faculty are those in positions that may […]
Things may look a bit different as Austin College prepares to open its 172nd year in the midst of COVID-19 restrictions, but the anticipation that always accompanies the start of a new academic year remains. Returning students are eager to be back on campus, and some 375 first-year and transfer […]
The Service of Perspective and Reflections, held at Austin College each August, signals the start of the new academic year. President Steven O’Day speaks to the faculty and staff of the College about the highlights of the past academic year and the plans for the year to come. This week’s […]
Three new Austin College staff members join the Student Affairs Division this fall and, with their colleagues, will welcome new students to campus next week. Tim Millerick, vice president for Student Affairs, said he is pleased with the addition of these individuals and the talents and experiences they bring to […]
The Austin College community is saddened to learn of the death of retiree Orange Hughes Jr. on August 3, 2020. Orange served as a member of the College’s Physical Plant staff from September 1975 to March 14, 1997, when he retired. He worked for the College in varying roles from […]
The Austin College community is saddened to learn belatedly of the death of retiree Jimmie Mansfield, 74, on July 16, 2020. He was employed at Austin College from 1986 to 2005 as a plumber, painter, and finally, as Lake Campus Manager. He retired in 2005. The community expresses condolences to […]
The Austin College community mourns the death today, July 29, 2020, of Dr. Bernice Melvin, professor emerita of French. Since retiring from Austin College in 2015, she had lived in Charlottesville, Virginia, enjoying the closeness to her daughter, Alyssa, and her family. Bernice’s daughter posted the message below on Bernice’s […]
Austin College President Steven P. O’Day announced today the postponement of the August 8-9 Commencement weekend for the Class of 2020. College leadership selected August 9 as the alternate date this spring when it became clear the traditional May Commencement exercises would not be possible due to COVID-19 restrictions. Today, […]
Austin College 2020 graduates Bridget Tolle of Oklahoma City and Paola Matus of Sherman have been accepted to the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program for the 2020-2021 academic year. They will serve as Assistant Language Teachers, teaching English to Japanese high school, middle school, or elementary school students. The […]
The Austin College community is saddened to learn of the death of senior trustee Betty Robbins Davis Hurst of Longview, Texas, on June 13, 2020. Betty was elected to the College’s Board of Trustees in 1986 and served on the College Development Committee until she was named a senior trustee […]
Austin College’s Sneed Prairie Restoration Project is the 2020 Texas Environmental Excellence Award winner in the Education category, awarded by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The award marks the latest in a history of environmental leadership at Austin College. More than 11,000 Grayson County area schoolchildren and their teachers […]
Austin College’s Dr. Jeremy Posadas is a presenter this week for the webinar “Liberating People and the Planet: Christian Responses at the Intersection of Economics, Ecology, and Religion” hosted by Vanderbilt Divinity School’s Wendland-Cook Program in Religion and Justice. The webinar, free and open to the public, is set for […]
Dr. Kevin Simmons, Austin College professor of economics, is recognized internationally for his expertise in the economics of natural hazards. When tornado and hurricane seasons are underway, he routinely receives calls from media outlets from Houston to Dallas to Oklahoma City, and from the New York Times to USA Today. […]