Alumni Success

Alumnus Mike Moses Recognized at Gala
Distinguished alumnus, Mike Moses, will be honored at the 11th Annual Friend of the Year Gala at McLane Stadium in Waco on Dec. 2, 2015, hosted by...

Veteran’s Vigil Opening Ceremony on November 5
The 24th annual Veteran's Vigil will take place on November 5 and 6 at Texas A&M University-Commerce. The opening ceremony will begin on Th...

LeWanna Hobbs Named the New Director of Direct Student Access
Texas A&M University-Commerce has recently named alumna LeWanna Hobbs the director of Direct Student Access. Hobbs began her journey at...

TIME Magazine Cover Features Photograph by Alumnus Mark Seliger
Alumnus Mark Seliger has taken numerous photos of U.S. presidents including Barack Obama, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, but he had never take...

Alumnus Receives 2015 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award
A&M-Commerce alumnus and associate professor of Writing and Language Studies at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and English at...

Alumnus Jim Chester Featured in Attorney At Law magazine
Alumnus Jim Chester is featured as the Attorney of the Month in Attorney at Law magazine. Chester describes himself as an “attorney for entrepr...

Alumnus Appointed Director of University Marketing at Southeastern Oklahoma
Alumnus Dr. Larry Acker has been appointed to the newly created position of Director of University Marketing at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. After Acker graduated f...

Spring 2015 Graduate Accepted to the Kentucky Equine Management Internship
Recent Texas A&M University-Commerce graduate, Meagan Alexander, will represent A&M-Commerce in the Kentucky Equine Management Internship. Alexander graduated f...

Alumni Honored at 2015 Alumni Awards Gala
The Alumni Association at Texas A&M University-Commerce honored seven new Distinguished Alumni and two new Gold Blazers at the annual Al...

Adams State Trustees name Dr. Beverlee McClure 10th President of University
The Board of Trustees for Adams State University announced it has named Dr. Beverlee J. McClure that next university president. As Adams State's tenth president, she will be the f...

Alumnus honored with NYFA Fellowship
Art alumnus Gary Panter has been awarded a fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts in Printmaking/Drawing/Artist Books. Founded in 1971, the fellowship program, no...

Alumnus helps battle Ebola
Recent graduate Kerry Hendricks was honored by the Xenex Corporation, where he currently works. He flew to Dallas after the first Ebola case and disinfected the hospital using th...

Unique Dallas County Juvenile Court Teaches Minority Boys to be Men
A&M-Commerce alumnus, Judge George Ashford, walks into his one-of-a-kind Dallas County specialty court for minority boys in trouble ea...

“Her Texas: Story, Image, Poem and Song”
Dr. Donna Walker-Nixon, 1979 graduate from East Texas State University and recipient of the Minnie Stevens Piper Award, has co-edited a colle...

A&M-Commerce Alumnus Receives New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship
Gary Panter, the Emmy award-winning artist and East Texas State University alumnus, was awarded a New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship. The NYFA was established in...

32nd Annual Alumni Ambassador Forum and Luncheon
A&M-Commerce is set to host the 32nd Annual Alumni Ambassador Forum and Luncheon, an annual event that recognizes alumni who have excelle...

A&M-Commerce Dedicates Equine Pavilion to Mary Bonham
Texas A&M University-Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony on December 10 to dedicate the recently built equine pavilion to Mary Bonha...

Visiting artist celebrates the American craftsman
Alumnus Tadd Myers has a new book out entitled, “Portraits of the American Craftsman.” It is a beautiful collection of photographs documentin...

It’s all about making choices
J. Walter Kutz, an alumnus of East Texas State University and an associate professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, continues to nurture...

The Storyteller
Alumnus Ronnie Allman recently submitted a short film to Project Greenlight, the incredibly popular directing contest helmed by Oscar winners Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. Most p...