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Every year, the Austin College faculty recognizes divisional colleagues for excellence in areas of scholarship, teaching, and service. This year, each division added a fourth award, and could offer two awards in one area or create a new area of recognition. Faculty members from each division select the annual awardees. […]

Nearly $13 million gift is Austin College’s largest A gift of nearly $13 million from the estate of William Windsor Richardson of Sherman has provided endowment funds for four new faculty chairs and their related programs at Austin College. Richardson died in 2017, and when his substantial estate was settled […]

Four faculty chairs established in spring 2020 correspond to recently developed academic programs at Austin College. The chairs and programs were endowed through a recent estate gift of William Windsor Richardson ’69 of Sherman. Students in the Humanities, Sciences, and Social Sciences benefit from the programs that encourage students to […]

Duffey Receives Excellence in Teaching Award Dr. Patrick Duffey, professor of Spanish, says teaching has always been the most important part of being a faculty member for him. Honoring his diligence and commitment, this spring he received the 2020 Excellence in Teaching and Campus Leadership Award. Duffey teaches, he said, […]

Austin College senior Seth Howard finished his final semester of undergraduate classes in early May. He had taken final tests, turned in papers, completed projects, and defended an honors thesis. In times other than 2020, he would already have crossed the Commencement stage to receive his diploma, having completed majors […]

The Austin College coaches and team members have announced honors for more than 50 student-athletes with its annual end of the year awards, recognizing many of the standout members of the athletics department’s 18 varsity programs. The 2019-20 athletics year was an historic one for Austin College. The department saw […]

Austin College’s top honors for campus leadership and involvement during the 2019-2020 academic year were announced this week. The annual Student Affairs Leadership Awards highlight the contributions to the campus community of a wide variety of individuals, organizations, and programs. Top honors went to Outstanding Senior Woman Katie Siebert of […]

Senior Ashley Mayorga of West Corvina, California, was named Outstanding Greek Woman. An active member and leader of Kappa Gamma Chi sorority, she also has served the Greek community by leading the Greek Review Board. She also is a member of Greek Council, having served as vice president. She also […]

For more than 40 years, Dr. Victoria Hennessey Cummins shared her lifelong love of history, specifically Latin American history, with Austin College students. She embraced the liberal arts community, and small classes allowed meaningful interaction with students and colleagues. “I had the luxury of having picked a job that lets […]

Earlier this month, orchestras around the world were scheduled to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth with special concerts. May—May 7 in particular—was significant as the date that Beethoven’s  famous Symphony No. 9 premiered in 1824 in Vienna. When the global pandemic led to postponement of those celebrations, Dr. […]

Austin College’s Department of Art and Art History is giving its student work a broad audience through the End-of- Year Online Student Art Show. The works were created on campus in the fall and in the early weeks of the semester; others were created during the remote learning portion pf […]

Offer Live, Online Programming for Adult Education Three Austin College faculty members have “gone public” with unique programming taught live, online with the McKinney, Texas, Public Library System. Through the collaboration, Mindy Landeck, assistant professor of East Asian studies;Tom Blake, assistant professor of English; and Karla McCain, professor of chemistry, […]

Every spring, Austin College faculty members invite superior students to complete the Departmental Honors Program, challenging them to use their disciplinary training to delve deeper into a topic of interest within their major. This year, 20 seniors each completed a thesis or other special project, and their diplomas will indicate […]

Dr. Thomas Newsom ’91 took office as the 21st president of Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant on April 30—beginning his leadership in a time of complexity amid remote learning and social distancing. He is confident as he takes on the challenges. “As we navigate a changing world, I look […]

Austin College will host a Virtual Baccalaureate at 7 p.m. on May 16, coinciding with the originally scheduled Baccalaureate service for the Class of 2020 on campus. All are welcome to participate in the service live on Facebook. After opening remarks from Austin College President Steven P. O’Day to seniors and families, another welcome […]