Members of the A&M-Commerce Department of Nursing volunteered at Refuge International's health clinic in Longview on November 13. The clinic offers no-cost health care for people in need. Cold weather drew 600 people into the clinic that day. Volunteers included…

By Jerrod Knight, KETR.org Food insecurity can lead to health and social maladies and can affect some groups that you may not expect. KETR's Jerrod Knight visits a food pantry that exclusively serves students enrolled in college at northeast Texas…

A&M-Commerce College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR) faculty played key roles in organizing the 2019 Swine Skillathon at the State Fair of Texas, and several CASNR student volunteers were instrumental to the successful mechanics of the contest. Several…

As required by Texas Education Code, the Board of Regents of The Texas A&M University System will hold a public hearing to receive input from students and the public regarding the proposed changes in tuition and fees as shown in…

Northeast Texas Children's Museum turned over the keys to its home at A&M-Commerce on October 18, marking the end of its 12-year lease. From its on-campus location, the museum has served thousands of area children. As the Children's Museum continues…

Changing the Game: University, School District and Community Partnerships Conference will take place at A&M-Commerce on October 7. Hosted by A&M-Commerce College of Education and Human Services, the conference will explore and promote the benefits of collaboration among universities, school…

Third-grade teacher Meagan Heath recently accepted the 2019 We Teach Texas Leadership Fellow Scholarship, funded by The Texas A&M University System. The scholarship helps prepare talented teachers for leadership roles in high-needs districts. A&M-Commerce partnered with Commerce ISD to select…

Tyce Kissling, a senior industrial engineering student in the Department of Engineering and Technology at A&M-Commerce, was a third-place winner in the Operations Research Division at the 2019 Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Conference and Expo.  Kissling's project…

A&M-Commerce alum Dr. Nancy Shankle Jordan was recently named the Texas A&M University System's Associate Vice Chancellor and Provost of the RELLIS Academic Alliance. The new RELLIS campus is a collaboration among several Texas A&M System regional universities and Blinn…

A&M-Commerce alum Jacob Stahl aimed for the moon and landed among the stars, as the old saying goes. Stahl was recently awarded the 590 Rookie of the Year Award by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. The award is…

Coy Martin, budget coordinator and analyst for the College of Humanities, Social Sciences & Arts, has been named to the Advisory Board of The National Society of Leadership and Success for 2018-2019. “It was an honor to be selected out…

The History Channel selected Simon Alviar, an A&M-Commerce senior industrial engineering student, to compete in the second season of its popular show “Knife or Death.”  Simon auditioned for the show at the suggestion of his uncle, a master smith, who…

As the Fall 2018 semester begins, so does a new Book in Common series for Texas A&M University-Commerce freshmen. The initiative is designed to bring students together to learn through collective discussion and reflection as they transition into their first…

The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents passed a resolution on Thursday, August 16 honoring President Ray M. Keck, III, and bestowing the title of President Emeritus on the university's 12th president. Keck was asked to serve as the…

A&M-Commerce has appointed Dr. Thomas Newsom as the Associate Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students. Provost Dr. John Humphreys calls the hire “very positive for the university, as [it] will strengthen the university and allow Student Affairs…

Creative Quarterly is an international journal focusing on promoting the work of the creative community. The quarterly journal represents current work in graphic design, illustration, photography and fine art. Each category is judged by an industry leader in that specific…

A&M-Commerce students placed first and second at the 98th Annual Conference of the Texas Section of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Calculus Bowl Competition that took place at El Centro College on April 5. Nineteen teams from universities and…

Fifteen students representing the A&M-Commerce student newspaper, The East Texan, won ten on-site contest awards at the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association (TIPA) Conference, which took place in Dallas on March 21-24. The ten awards were a program best and they…

On January 4, 2018, Dr. Betty Block, professor of Kinesiology in the Department of Health and Human Performance at Texas A&M University-Commerce, was named the 25th Fellow of the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education. A National Association for…

Dr. Robynne Lock, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and Dr. William Newton, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, have been named PhysTEC fellows. PhysTEC is a national partnership between the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics…