The 24th annual Veteran's Vigil will take place on November 5 and 6 at Texas A&M University-Commerce. The opening ceremony will begin on Thursday, November 5, at 9:30 a.m. in the Rayburn Student Center (RSC) Conference Rooms with a reception,…

Texas A&M University-Commerce has recently named alumna LeWanna Hobbs the director of Direct Student Access. Hobbs began her journey at A&M-Commerce as a student in the Honors College. After she graduated, she continued with her master's degree in 2011. Her…

Alumnus Mark Seliger has taken numerous photos of U.S. presidents including Barack Obama, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, but he had never taken the photograph of two presidents in the same room, at the same time, for one TIME cover.…

A&M-Commerce alumnus and associate professor of Writing and Language Studies at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and English at The University of Pan-American, Colin Charlton, joins an elite group of 79 UT System professors to receive the 2015…

Alumnus Jim Chester is featured as the Attorney of the Month in Attorney at Law magazine. Chester describes himself as an “attorney for entrepreneurs and an entrepreneur for attorneys.” His notable work includes VENUE, which is a program Chester and…

Alumnus Dr. Larry Acker has been appointed to the newly created position of Director of University Marketing at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. After Acker graduated from Texas A&M University-Commerce with a bachelor's degree in public relations/journalism, he attended Langston for…

Recent Texas A&M University-Commerce graduate, Meagan Alexander, will represent A&M-Commerce in the Kentucky Equine Management Internship. Alexander graduated from A&M-Commerce's School of Agriculture in the spring semester of 2015 and will now represent the university in the prestigious Kentucky Equine…

The Alumni Association at Texas A&M University-Commerce honored seven new Distinguished Alumni and two new Gold Blazers at the annual Alumni Awards Gala on April 25, 2015. Over 175 guests were treated to a reception, formal dinner and awards ceremony…

The Board of Trustees for Adams State University announced it has named Dr. Beverlee J. McClure that next university president. As Adams State's tenth president, she will be the first woman to lead the university, with her appointment beginning July…

Art alumnus Gary Panter has been awarded a fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts in Printmaking/Drawing/Artist Books. Founded in 1971, the fellowship program, now in its 29th year, awards grants to artists working in 15 disciplines. Only…

Recent graduate Kerry Hendricks was honored by the Xenex Corporation, where he currently works. He flew to Dallas after the first Ebola case and disinfected the hospital using the Xenon UV Disinfection System invented by his company. The company recently…

A&M-Commerce alumnus, Judge George Ashford, walks into his one-of-a-kind Dallas County specialty court for minority boys in trouble each Monday night to teach, preach and live by example. The appointed judge of the Diversion Male Court, Ashford wears a suit…

Dr. Donna Walker-Nixon, 1979 graduate from East Texas State University and recipient of the Minnie Stevens Piper Award, has co-edited a collection of fiction, poetry, art, songs, photos and creative non-fiction entitled “Her Texas.” The anthology is multicultural, multiethnic and…

Gary Panter, the Emmy award-winning artist and East Texas State University alumnus, was awarded a New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship. The NYFA was established in 1971, to help support artists by providing cash grants and other resources.…

A&M-Commerce is set to host the 32nd Annual Alumni Ambassador Forum and Luncheon, an annual event that recognizes alumni who have excelled in their chosen career paths by inviting them to serve as ambassadors for a day. Departments across campus…

Texas A&M University-Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony on December 10 to dedicate the recently built equine pavilion to Mary Bonham, now named the Mary Bonham Equine Pavilion. “One of the great joys that Jalinna and I have experienced since…

Alumnus Tadd Myers has a new book out entitled, “Portraits of the American Craftsman.” It is a beautiful collection of photographs documenting small business owners, those who put a piece of themselves into their products, highlighting the meticulous, loving details…

J. Walter Kutz, an alumnus of East Texas State University and an associate professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, continues to nurture the passion he developed at our university and translates it into his work…

Alumnus Ronnie Allman recently submitted a short film to Project Greenlight, the incredibly popular directing contest helmed by Oscar winners Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. Most people would be intimidated by the odds, but Allman is definitely not one of…

At this year's Royal Roar, Ms. Yvonne Clements was inducted into the Rayburn Society, an honor reserved for donors who have contributed over $100,000 to the university. “My goal is to help whenever and however I can, and I definitely…