Student Success

A&M-Commerce Students Excel at Pathways Research Symposium in Galveston
Forty-six A&M-Commerce students participated in the 18th annual Texas A&M University System Pathways Student Research Symposium held on March 2 and 3 at Texas A&M University at Galveston, and 16 brought home high marks.
The symposium is a student research…

A&M-Commerce Students Present at Texas Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine Conference
Several A&M-Commerce graduate students from the Department of Health and Human Performance made poster presentations at the Texas Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine conference on February 23 and 24 in Waco, Texas.
For the ninth year, the…

A&M-Commerce Researchers Developing Fire-Suppressing Drone Technology
A&M-Commerce faculty and students presented research at the Applied Emergency Management Research Grant Symposium on Feb. 21 in College Station, Texas.
Dr. Burchan Aydin in the Department of Engineering and Technology and students Cody Logue and Venkata Reddy presented updates…

A&M-Commerce Construction Engineering Student Earns Scholarships
A&M-Commerce student Pauline Van received two scholarships at the 2023 TEXO Foundation Student Competition on Feb. 20; the Hill & Wilkinson Scholarship in honor of Luther Hill, and the TEXO Young Constructors Council Scholarship.
A&M-Commerce student Pauline Van (bottom right)…

A&M-Commerce Students Earn Top Marks at Regional Research Forum
Students representing the Department of Biological and Environmental Science at A&M-Commerce presented at the 8th Annual LSUS Regional Student Scholars Forum at Louisiana State University Shreveport on Feb. 17.
From left: A&M-Commerce students Trinity Campbell and Mickilee Ver Steeg.
Trinity…

A&M-Commerce Construction Students Participate in Regional Competition
Two teams of students from the Department of Engineering and Technology at A&M-Commerce participated in the 2023 TEXO Foundation Student Competition in Hurst, Texas, on Feb. 20.
Top row from left: Cody Weaver, Garrett Young, David Rojas, Emmanuel Munoz, Josue…

Hispanic and Latinx Student Union Founded at A&M-Commerce
Hispanic and Latinx students at Texas A&M University-Commerce have banded together to form a new student union with the goal of providing unity and a sense of identity across all Hispanic and Latinx peoples at the university and beyond. Founded…

TAMUC Student and Faculty Featured on Good Morning Texas Segment
Texas A&M University-Commerce student Hannah Escobedo and Adjunct Professor Keisha Whaley were recently featured on a segment of “Good Morning Texas” on WFAA Channel 8 in Dallas-Ft. Worth. Escobedo, a graphic designer for the Brass Tacks Collective, spoke alongside Brass…

Students Finding Success Through A&M-Commerce at RELLIS
Six A&M-Commerce students attending A&M-Commerce at RELLIS in Bryan, Texas, graduated at the Fall 2022 commencement ceremony held at the Brazos County Expo Center on Dec. 16, 2022.
Truman Brown, Computer Information Systems
Chase Burklund, Computer Information Systems
Nicholas Garcias,…

A&M-Commerce Kappa Delta Pi Chapter Celebrates 75 Years
The A&M-Commerce Zeta Mu chapter of Kappa Delta Pi recently celebrated its 75-year anniversary. The chapter was founded in 1948.
Kappa Delta Pi is an educational honor society. Students admitted to the teacher education program at A&M-Commerce who maintain a…

Mastering it at 70: Meet Gaby Neason
It’s no secret that education is a timeless gift and an investment that has no age limit. A case in point is Gaby Neason, a candidate for her Master of Science in Management at Texas A&M University-Commerce.
Born and raised…

Graduates Give High Marks for TAMUC Region 10 Superintendent Certification Partnership
Two A&M-Commerce Region 10 ESC Superintendent Certification graduates shared their experiences in the Fall 2022 edition of Reach!, a biannual magazine published by the Region 10 Education Service Center (ESC).
Ben Dickerson and Michael Gipson were in the 2022 cohort…

A&M-Commerce Society of Physics Students Chapter Maintains Top Status
The A&M-Commerce chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) has received the national organization's Outstanding Chapter Award for the second consecutive year. The designation is the organization's highest level of distinction, with less than 15% of chapters receiving the…

College of Business Student Awarded TXCPA Scholarship
Texas A&M University-Commerce student Quyen Duong was recently awarded an Accounting Education Foundation Scholarship from the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants (TXCPA). Duong will receive $2,500 for the academic year, which will assist her in covering the CPA exam…

A&M-Commerce Chemistry Faculty, Students Present at Regional Meeting
Students and faculty representing the A&M-Commerce Department of Chemistry gave 12 presentations at the 78th American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting held Nov. 6-9 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Drs. Laurence Angel, Bukuo Ni and Thomas West accompanied 14 students, including:…

A&M-Commerce Students Attend, Compete at Regional Educator Conference
A&M-Commerce students, Susan Macias, Reagan Shaw and D'Andre Harrison (pictured left to right), participated in the Texas Association of Future Educators (TAFE) Region 11 conference in Waxahachie, Texas on Nov. 12.
Harrison received a near-perfect score in the event's Educators…

A&M-Commerce Student Group Collects Holiday Cards for Troops
The A&M-Commerce chapter of the Texas Association of Future Educators hosted a table at the Rayburn Student Center on Nov. 17-18 to collect holiday wishes for troops deployed abroad.
The group collected 101 cards from students, faculty and staff, which…

A&M-Commerce Team Gets in the Mix at Concrete Competition
A team of A&M-Commerce students competed in the Pervious Concrete Cylinder Competition, held Oct. 23 during the American Concrete Institute's Concrete Convention in Dallas, Texas.
The competition challenged undergraduate university teams from around the world to apply sustainability concepts and…

A&M-Commerce Grad Student Receives Conference Grant
The Texas Association for the Improvement of Reading (TAIR) awarded A&M-Commerce student William Roby the TAIR Emerging Literacy Leaders Grant.
The $500 grant will fund Roby's attendance at the Texas Association for Literacy Education annual conference on Feb. 24-35, 2023,…

A&M-Commerce at RELLIS Student Recognized as Outstanding Employee
The Texas A&M University System recognized A&M-Commerce student Tyler Harrison with the Outstanding Student Employee award this summer for his role at the Cybersecurity Operations Center at Texas A&M RELLIS in Bryan, Texas.
Harrison is pursuing a Bachelor of Science…