Campus and Community
Twin Oaks Blueberry Farm Featured in D Magazine
‘Tis the season for blueberries, or so says Charle Fox, the farm manager of Texas A&M University-Commerce's Twin Oaks Blueberry Farm. D Home's May issue features a story on the farm and the sweet fruit it produces.
From late May…
A&M-Commerce Kicks Off 125th Year Celebrations
Fall 2014 marks Texas A&M University-Commerce's 125th year as an institution of higher education in East Texas. On April 24, the university would like to celebrate with the campus and community with a kick-off reveal of what is to come…
India.Arie to Speak and Perform at A&M-Commerce
Four-time Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter India.Arie will address the Texas A&M University-Commerce community as the featured presenter in the next installment of the William L. Mayo Prestigious Speaker Series. The event will be held in Ferguson Auditorium on April…
KETR to Host Conversation with Hall, Jones
By KETR Staff
On April 2 at noon, Texas' 4th Congressional District Rep. Ralph Hall will join Texas A&M University-Commerce President Dan R. Jones for a live broadcast of 88.9 KETR's The President's Perspective.
Hall, the oldest serving member of…
Win a Chance to Meet Bruce Bowen
On March 27th, 2014, Bruce Bowen will be coming to our campus! He will be sharing his experiences as a three-time NBA Champion and the challenges he overcame to be one of the best perimeter defenders in NBA history. The…
Jim Cramer of CNBCs Mad Money to Be Broadcast to University
Jim Cramer, the host of CNBC’s “Mad Money” and co-host of “Squawk on the Street,” will be featured in a broadcast event sponsored by the A&M-Commerce chapter of The National Society of Leadership and Success. The event, entitled Get Rich…
Dr. Shannon Carter Wins MLA Award
Texas A&M University-Commerce Associate Professor of Literature & Languages, Dr. Shannon Carter, was recently granted the Council for Editors of Learned Journals 2013 Award for Best Public Intellectual Special Issue for her work as guest editor of The Community Literacy…
University Symposium Featured in TTI Researcher
The Texas Transportation Researcher, a publication of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), recently featured an article on the Texas Transportation Hall of Honor induction ceremony for Cotton Belt president Harold J. McKenzie. The ceremony was held at the 8th…
A&M-Commerce Honors Caddo Indians
On Jan. 28, Texas A&M University-Commerce brought the university community together to pay tribute to the memory of the Caddo Indians who lived in the Commerce area until their relocation to the Oklahoma Territory.
The ceremony was held on the…
University Planetarium to Hold Grand Reopening
By Dr. Cheri Davis
Texas A&M University-Commerce Planetarium is pleased to announce the “Grand Reopening” premier of its newest show, Dinosaurs at Dusk. The Grand Reopening event will run from 6-9:00 p.m., Friday Jan. 31, 2014 and is free for…
McKinney Avenue Contemporary to show Believe It Anyway!
The McKinney Avenue Contemporary (The MAC) will show “Believe It Anyway!”—five stories from the Christian Bible presented in a series of silent short films—on Jan. 11 at 8:15 p.m. in the Heldt/Hall Theater. The films were created by A&M-Commerce Marketing…
Christmas show comes to the Planetarium Dec. 5
By Dr. Cheri Davis
Texas A&M University-Commerce Planetarium is proud to announce its holiday presentation, “Mystery of the Christmas Star.” Get into the spirit of the holidays by attending this Christmas favorite. The show plays every Friday night through Dec.…
A&M-Commerce Flag to Fly Over Hopkins County Courthouse
Beating out back-to-back winner Texas Tech, A&M-Commerce secured the right to fly the university's flag over the Hopkins County Courthouse in Sulphur Springs after alumni placed the winning bid of $4,750 during the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation's “Fly Your…
Top 10% Day
The Texas A&M University-Commerce Office of Undergraduate Admissions held Top 10% Day on October 14 with over 60 students from 19 area schools in attendance.
“We were so excited with this year's group of attendees,” said Jody Todhunter, Director of…
Trafficking Banned Books: Be a Librotraficante!
By Sarah Northam
The Vice President for Student Access and Success, the Dean of the College of Humanities, Social Sciences & Arts, the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, the Office of Hispanic Outreach and the A&M-Commerce Libraries are…
Still, Video still, 7 min 30 sec looping HD video (2013), by Leigh Merrill
Leigh Merrill received her BFA from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, in 2001, and her MFA from Mills College in Oakland, California, in 2009. Merrill's work has been a part of exhibitions throughout the U.S. in venues such…
Kyle Maynard Challenges Audience to Eliminate Excuses
In Kyle Maynard's experience, reading or hearing motivational material is only as good as what one does with it. The audience that filled A&M-Commerce's Ferguson Auditorium Wednesday night to hear the inspirational life story of 27-year-old Maynard, a two-time ESPY…
New York Times Best-Seller, Athlete Kyle Maynard to Speak at A&M-Commerce
Kyle Maynard, author of the 2005 New York Times best-selling memoir, “No Excuses,” has set records in weightlifting, appeared on television programs such as “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and ABC's “20/20” and crawled to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. Next,…
CLC Unveils Nature Garden
The children who attend Texas A&M University-Commerce's Children's Learning Center have been given a hands-on opportunity to work and learn in the new Nature Garden this summer.
The Nature Garden area of the CLC is a place students can go…
Planetarium Announces New Programming
By Cheri Davis
The Texas A&M University-Commerce Planetarium is pleased to announce its two newest shows playing on Friday nights. Each show lasts an hour. The 7pm show is “Exoplanets: Worlds of Wonder” and at 8pm is “Astronaut.”
Have you…