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A&M-Commerce Takes 18 Pathway Awards

At the recent Texas A&M University System 13th Annual Pathways Research Symposium hosted by Prairie View A&M University, Texas A&M University-Commerce took home 18 awards: 15 in specific disciplines and three for placement overall. Participants included students from all 11…

QEP Team Attends Annual Research Symposium

Members of the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) team participated in the 13th Annual Texas A&M University System Pathways Student Research Symposium. The research symposium was hosted by Prairie View A&M University on November 3 and 4. Two graduate research assistants…

2015-2016 Faculty Fellowship: Mindsets and Retention in Entry Level Mathematics Courses

Please join 2015-2016 Faculty Fellow Rebecca-Anne Dibbs, PhD, as she presents her faculty fellow project: Student Mindset Changes in Entry-Level Mathematics Courses. This presentation will discuss the fellowship study findings in mathematics courses and offer suggestions for helping students adopt…

Honors College Celebrates 10th Cohort

The Honors College is celebrating its 10th cohort this year. Former Texas A&M University-Commerce President, Dr. Keith McFarland, and current Dean of the Honors College, Dr. Raymond Green, led the project to create the Honors College, which welcomed its first…

Texas Affordable Baccalaureate Wins 2016 Star Award

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on Wednesday awarded the 2016 Star Award to the Texas Affordable Baccalaureate program at Texas A&M University-Commerce. Launched in 2014, the Texas Affordable Baccalaureate program is the state's first entirely competency-based bachelor-level degree from…

Commitment to Quality Animal Care

Texas A&M University-Commerce Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. John Humphreys, announced today the completion of several initiatives undertaken by the university to enhance institutional oversight of the agriculture department and university farms. Interim President Ray Keck…

The University System Board of Regents to Hold Special Telephonic Meeting

The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents will hold a special telephonic meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 18, at 3 p.m. in the Board of Regents annex of the Memorial Student Center on the campus of Texas A&M University, College…

Lions Innovation Showcase

Texas A&M University-Commerce Lions everywhere give a creative, innovative and groundbreaking roar! In order to recognize all of the talent exhibited by students, A&M -Commerce is hosting the third annual Lions Innovation Showcase in the Field House on Nov. 18…

25th Annual Veterans Vigil

The 25th annual Veterans Vigil will take place on November 9 and 10 at Texas A&M University-Commerce. The Vigil will kick off with a reception on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. in the Rayburn Student Center (RSC) pre-function area followed by…

Professor Recognized for Achievement in Biharmonic Maps

Ye-Lin Ou, PhD (associate professor of mathematics) has been awarded $35,000 from the Simons Foundation to support his continued study of the geometry of biharmonic maps and biharmonic submanifolds, a field in which he has been working actively since he…
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Faculty Research Enhancement Program Award Winners Announced

The Texas A&M University-Commerce Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) has announced the recipients of the 2016-2017 Faculty Research Enhancement Program Awards.  The competition was open to all Texas A&M University-Commerce tenure and tenure-track faculty members.  The awarded research…

Junior Faculty Research Award Competition Recipients for 2016-2017 Announced

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs has announced the recipients of the 2016-2017 Junior Faculty Research Award Competition. The competition was open to all Texas A&M University-Commerce full-time, tenure-track faculty members. The competition recognizes junior faculty for outstanding research…

Potential Role of Imported Red Fire Ants on Monarch Butterfly Populations

In 2014, the Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) was petitioned for listing under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). This came in response to 90 percent declines in the populations of Monarch Butterflies east of the Rocky Mountains over the past decade…

Greater Texas Foundation Announces 2016 Class of GTF Fellows

Greater Texas Foundation has announced the newest class of Greater Texas Foundation Faculty Fellows (GTF Fellows), a three-year program to build research and teaching capacity of tenure-track faculty working in areas related to student success at Texas colleges. The four…
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University Honors College student accepted into nine fully funded PhD programs

Honors College graduate Bailey Phillips was accepted into nine fully funded PhD programs and has chosen to attend Texas A&M University in the fall after graduating with a bachelor's of science double major in psychology and chemistry.   “It's been exciting…

Renewable Energy Program for Northeast Texas Small Businesses and Agricultural Producers

Assistant Professor in the School of Agriculture, Dr. Doug LaVergne has received a $30,764 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture for a project slated to “Develop a Renewable Energy Technical Assistance Program for Northeast Texas Small Businesses and…

Graduate Students Acknowledge QEP Supported Trip to Merida

The Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) supported two Spanish literature emphasis graduate students to present research on Mario Vargas Llosa's novels at the XVII International Conference of Hispanic Literature on March 9-11, 2016. Dr. María Lamarque, associate professor of comparative literature…
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Virginia and Harry Fullwood Establish The Fullwood Family Professorship of Accounting

Professor Virginia Fullwood and former faculty member Dr. Harry Fullwood have graciously donated $100,000 to establish an Endowed Professorship in Accounting. The Fullwood Family Professorship of Accounting will be the first fully funded professorship established specifically for the Accounting Department.…

Siobhan D. Flowers Awarded $20,000 Counseling Fellowship From NBCC and Affiliates

The NBCC Foundation, an affiliate of the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC), recently selected Siobhan D. Flowers, of Fort Worth, Texas, for the National Board for Certified Counselors Minority Fellowship Program (NBCC MFP). As an NBCC MFP Fellow, Flowers…

Texas A&M University System Names Dr. Ray M. Keck as Interim President At Texas A&M University-Commerce

College Station, TX – John Sharp, Chancellor of The Texas A&M University System, announced today that Dr. Ray M. Keck has been appointed Interim President at Texas A&M University-Commerce. Keck succeeds Dr. Dan Jones, who served as President at A&M-Commerce…
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