Awards and Achievements

Drs. Cheriyath and Kopachena Named National Academies Education Fellows
The National Academies have named Drs. Venu Cheriyath and Jeffery Kopachena National Academies Education Fellows in the Life Sciences for the 2013-2014 academic year. The hono...

Sarah Northam Selected to Attend ACRL Immersion 2013
Sarah Northam, Head of Research and Instruction Services at James G. Gee Library at Texas A&M University-Commerce has been selected to at...

Alumnus Wins Ron Howard Film Contest
Ronnie Allman, a Rowlett native, received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Art Direction from A&M-Commerce in May 2011. Now this first-time filmmaker can add a new feather...

New Beginnings Multicultural Gospel Choir Empowers Through Song in Birmingham
A&M-Commerce's New Beginnings Multicultural Gospel Choir took the stage in Birmingham, Ala., on the Day of Commemoration—the culmination of the city's Empowerment Week o...

Dr. Salazar Appointed Senior Associate Editor of a Counseling Journal
Dr. Carmen F. Salazar, professor of Counseling in the Department of Psychology, Counseling and Special Education at Texas A&M Universit...

Dr. Curt Carlson Receives Award for Cognitive Research
Dr. Curt Carlson, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Texas A&M University-Commerce, was recently awarded the 2013 Junior Faculty Res...

Alumna, NoViolet Bulawayo, Nominated for Prestigious Literary Award
A&M-Commerce alumna, NoViolet Bulawayo, has been shortlisted for one of the world’s most prestigious literary awards, the Man Bo...

LEOtrain Receives TSLAC Award
The Texas A&M University-Commerce Library has been awarded $74,997 for the 2014 fiscal year by the Texas State Libraries and Archives Commissions as a TSLAC Library Coopera...

Dr. Maria Lamarque Named Hispanic Outreach Faculty of the Year
A&M-Commerce and the Office of Hispanic Outreach and Student Programs has awarded Dr. MarĂa Lamarque a Hispanic Outreach Faculty of the Y...

Dr. Jan Walker Honored with Emerita Status
Jan Walker, a former professor in A&M-Commerce's Business Administration & Management Information Systems department, has been c...

Elizabeth Shaw First to Graduate from Regents’ Scholars Program
On Aug. 10, Elizabeth Shaw graduated from Texas A&M University-Commerce, becoming the first member of the university's Regents' Schola...

STEM Teacher Development Named Finalist for Technology Award
The Metroplex Technology Business Council (MTBC) has selected the A&M-Commerce STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathemati...

Sophomore Jessica Boren Receives Prestigious Music Scholarship
Texas A&M University-Commerce sophomore Jessica Boren was recently awarded the Clara Freshour Nelson Music Scholarship from the Texas...

A&M-Commerce Ranked #1 in Texas for Teaching Education
A&M-Commerce was recently ranked in the Online College Database's list of “Top U.S. Colleges & Universities for Teaching Education...

The Texas A&M University System Recognizes Dr. Ben Doughty
Dr. Ben Doughty, former Associate Dean of the College of Humanities, Social Sciences & Arts and Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Te...

Lee Whitmarsh Receives Golden Orchard Award
Texas A&M University-Commerce's Director of Visual Communications, Lee Whitmarsh, recently received a Golden Orchard Award for teach...

Library Assistant Receives NSLS Award
Tina Freeman, Library Assistant II-Media for Texas A&M University-Commerce, recently received an Honorary Membership award from the N...

Library Faculty Recognized by TLA
Craig Wheeler, Library Services Coordinator at the Metroplex Center for Texas A&M University-Commerce Libraries, and Sarah Northam, Head of Research & Instruction S...

Doctoral Candidate Receives Fulbright Scholarship
Diana L. Hopes, a doctoral candidate in the department of Curriculum and Instruction at Texas A&M University-Commerce, is the recipient...

Graduate School and Research
A&M-Commerce has won and brought home the “traveling” award for having the most winners at the 10th Annual TAMUS Pathways Student Research Symposium. It was held November 9-...