Awards and Achievements
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TAMUC Graduate Students Excel at Federation of North Texas Area Universities Research Symposium
Texas A&M University-Commerce graduate students brought home two awards from the Graduate Student Virtual Research Symposium held on April 22. Gladys Katubiya, a master'...
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TAMUC VisCom Program Ranked as a Top 50 National Graphic Design Program
The Visual Communication program at Texas A&M University-Commerce received high acclaim from Animation Career Review, an online ranking body. In the site's annual Graphi...
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A&M-Commerce Researchers Publish Groundbreaking Record of Quail Chick Development
A quail research team at Texas A&M University-Commerce has published the first record of California valley quail chick development. Their research, published in the journ...
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Two A&M-Commerce Students Receive Aspiring Educator Grants
Two A&M-Commerce education students received Aspiring Educator grants from the Alpha State Texas Educational Foundation (ASTEF), an a...
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A&M-Commerce Partners with Rural School Districts for $1.7 Million Grant
Texas A&M University-Commerce, in partnership with Corsicana ISD and nine school districts in the Freestone-Navarro Bi-County Co-op, will benefit from nearly $1.7 milli...
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TAMUC Students Receive Scholarships from Texas Retired Teachers Foundation
A&M-Commerce students Jesseca Flanagan, Britni Sanchez and Gabriel Cunningham (pictured left to right) each received a $750 scholarship from the Texas Retired Teachers F...
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A&M-Commerce Alum Wins Prestigious Garden Club Award
Texas A&M University-Commerce alum Matt Byrd was recently named a winner of the Hull Award from the Garden Club of America. The award is giv...
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TAMUC Students Achieve Highest-Ever Finish in ISACA Competition
A group of Texas A&M University-Commerce students took home second place in a recent competition held by the Information Systems Audit an...
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A&M-Commerce Electrical Engineering Students Reach Finals of AFRL Challenge
A team of students from Texas A&M University-Commerce recently reached the finals of the Beyond 5G Software Defined Radio University Challenge hosted by the Air Force Resea...
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A&M-Commerce Celebrates Spring 2022 Commencement May 13 and 14
Texas A&M University-Commerce will hold Spring 2022 commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 13 and Saturday, May 14. A total of 672 studen...
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A&M-Commerce Personnel, Alumni Honored by Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education
The Texas A&M University-Commerce chapter of the Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education (TABPHE) honored several of the university's personnel and alum...
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TAMUC Student Making a Difference Helping Others in Ukraine
A Texas A&M University-Commerce student was featured in the Washington Post for a story covering American volunteers assisting with rel...
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TAMUC Engineering and Technology Professor Receives Professional Excellence Award
Ayman Elzohairy, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Engineering and Technology at A&M-Commerce, recently received the A&M-Commerce Faculty Senate Awa...
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TAMUC Doctoral Candidate Interviewed on Kelly Clarkson Show
A&M-Commerce doctoral candidate Deon Johnson recently appeared on the Kelly Clarkson Show. Through his non-profit organization, Urba...
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A&M-Commerce Counseling Professor Honored by Faculty Senate
Edith Gonzalez, Ph.D., received the Paul W. Barrus Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching at the A&M-Commerce Faculty Senate Awards C...
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A&M-Commerce Students Place Highly at Physics Meeting
A&M-Commerce physics students presented at the spring meeting for the Texas sections of the American Physical Society and the American A...
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TAMUC Doctoral Student Named Executive Director at Ector County ISD
A&M-Commerce doctoral student Cindy Retana has been a teacher, counselor and principal during her more than 25 years in education. She jo...
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A&M-Commerce Team Places Fifth at Math Bowl Competition
A team of A&M-Commerce students including Hailey Bartula, Sarah Gross and Dawson Knight placed fifth out of 16 teams at the Math Bowl compe...
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TAMUC Mathematics Professor Honored with Distinguished Award
A&M-Commerce Associate Professor Mehmet Celik, Ph.D., received the Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathema...
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A&M-Commerce Alum Named Interim President at SFA
Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) named A&M-Commerce alum Steve Westbrook, Ed.D., as interim president of the university. After...