The Vampires of Sigma Phi Phi (Syphers), the university's science fiction and fantasy student group, celebrated Halloween this year with a blood drive and the Vampire's Ball. Carter Blood Care sent a donor coach: there were three times as many…

By Lauren Black, journalism student Ms. Cheri Shipman has moved from the professional world of journalism to the role of editorial adviser to The Battalion, student newspaper at Texas A&M University at College Station, to Communications Director at the Irma…

By Kathryn Jacobs Concerning the “Negative Human-Bear Interactions” So Deeply Mourned by the New York Times The interactions of the human-bears are negative, the Times says. Probably it's difficult to be a human-bear. I sympathize. I'm barely human, and I…

NEW! Spanish for Specific Purposes-Business Spanish at Texas A&M University-Commerce. In fall 2012, the Spanish Program at A&M-Commerce began offering Spanish for Business and Spanish for Health Professionals at the UCD campus in downtown Dallas. The courses are content, vocabulary,…

The Spanish Program and the Hispanic Outreach Office organize the Hispanic Film Showcase every semester on campus. The main idea is to bring Hispanic culture to the university community and our students. The themes for the showcase are aligned to…

On the 22nd of October, the first “Objective Journalism” initiative took place at the Performing Arts Center of A&M-Commerce. The Studio 122 hosted a round table discussion where scholars and researchers debated on the issue of “objectivity and bias in…

Dr. Lucy Pickering and three of her colleagues decided to organize a Pronunciation Symposium in Australia. The Australian Council of TESOL Association (ACTA) agreed to run the Symposium within the context of their International TESOL Conference, which took place in…

Liberal Studies at A&M-Commerce is an undergraduate program created for people who have multidisciplinary interests and ambitions. Apart from two required core courses, the students can choose to take classes across the three colleges and within different departments, with a…

A new program has been activated, beginning from last fall, for students who want to pursue a complete Master's Degree in Film and Media Studies. This programs combines the history and theory side of Film Studies that already existed as…

The Vampires of Sigma Phi Phi (Syphers), the university's science fiction and fantasy student group, celebrated Halloween this year with a blood drive and the Vampire's Ball. Carter Blood Care sent a donor coach: there were three times as many…

Dr. Carmen F. Salazar, Texas A&M University-Commerce Professor of Counseling, has been named a Fellow of the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW). She received this award at the American Counseling Association Annual Conference in Cincinnati on March 23.…

By Susan Stewart Last summer, Dr. Eric Gruver of the Honors College and the History Department and Dr. Susan Stewart of Literature and Languages hatched a plan for creating a hybrid set of courses for freshman honors students, “Advanced Writing:…

Dr. JoAnn DiGeorgio-Lutz, Professor and Head of the Political Science Department at A&M-Commerce is leading her students to experience and practice a real-world simulation of the United Nations and its subsidiary organizations. In Model UN class the students form small…

The Master of Science in Applied Criminology, directed by Dr. Melinda D. Schlager (Sociology and Criminal Justice), is entering its second year with 110 students enrolled. The program has been specifically designed for practitioners and professionals working in the field…

Robert G. Rodriguez, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Political Science, was awarded the All-Texas A&M System Student Recognition Award for Teaching Excellence for Fall 2011 and the Globalization Award from the A&M-Commerce Employee Recognition Program in September 2011. He created and…

Ginger Cook, a second year graduate student in the Master of Fine Arts program at A&M -Commerce, represented the University and the Fine Arts program in three venues last year. Cook also participated in an Artistic Production Residency program in…

Dr. Ted Hansen, Professor of Music and Regents Professor at Texas A&M University-Commerce, has received his 15th consecutive award from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) for his work as a composer. His work has been performed…

For the first time, A&M-Commerce is part of the 4th DFW Metroplex Linguistics Conference. The Department of Linguistics and TESOL of UT-Arlington hosted this one-day event where linguists from the Dallas-Fort Worth area present their research. The Applied Linguistic Lab…

Christian F. “Kiki” Hempelmann joined A&M-Commerce this fall to bring his expertise in industry application of natural language processing technology to A&M-Commerce students. He is working on developing the Computational Science degree with a strong foundation in computational linguistics. Dr.…

The Visual Communications program within the Department of Art welcomes assistant professor Casey McGarr to the faculty. McGarr joined the UCD faculty at the Dallas campus teaching both undergraduate and graduate VisCom classes. In addition to McGarr's vast corporate design…