Campus and Community News

Lion Family Gathers to Mourn, Rejoice at Vigil
Last evening, Wednesday, June 4, 2014, Lions gathered for a candlelight vigil to mourn and rejoice in fellowship for Devin Oliver and Aubree Bu...

Honors College Admits Three CISD Students
For many young, prospective college students, the Texas A&M University-Commerce Honors College is a dream come true because it provides...

Twin Oaks Blueberry Farm Featured in D Magazine
‘Tis the season for blueberries, or so says Charle Fox, the farm manager of Texas A&M University-Commerce's Twin Oaks Blueberry Farm. D Ho...

A&M-Commerce Kicks Off 125th Year Celebrations
Fall 2014 marks Texas A&M University-Commerce's 125th year as an institution of higher education in East Texas. On April 24, the universi...

India.Arie to Speak and Perform at A&M-Commerce
Four-time Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter India.Arie will address the Texas A&M University-Commerce community as the feat...

KETR to Host Conversation with Hall, Jones
By KETR Staff On April 2 at noon, Texas' 4th Congressional District Rep. Ralph Hall will join Texas A&M University-Commerce President Dan...

Win a Chance to Meet Bruce Bowen
On March 27th, 2014, Bruce Bowen will be coming to our campus! He will be sharing his experiences as a three-time NBA Champion and the challenges he overcame to be one of the best peri...

Jim Cramer of CNBCs Mad Money to Be Broadcast to University
Jim Cramer, the host of CNBC’s “Mad Money” and co-host of “Squawk on the Street,” will be featured in a broadcast event sponsored by the A&...

Dr. Shannon Carter Wins MLA Award
Texas A&M University-Commerce Associate Professor of Literature & Languages, Dr. Shannon Carter, was recently granted the Council for Editors of Learned Journals 20...

University Symposium Featured in TTI Researcher
The Texas Transportation Researcher, a publication of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), recently featured an article on th...

A&M-Commerce Honors Caddo Indians
On Jan. 28, Texas A&M University-Commerce brought the university community together to pay tribute to the memory of the Caddo Indians who...

University Planetarium to Hold Grand Reopening
By Dr. Cheri Davis Texas A&M University-Commerce Planetarium is pleased to announce the “Grand Reopening” premier of its newest show, Di...

McKinney Avenue Contemporary to show Believe It Anyway!
The McKinney Avenue Contemporary (The MAC) will show “Believe It Anyway!”—five stories from the Christian Bible presented in a...

Christmas show comes to the Planetarium Dec. 5
By Dr. Cheri Davis Texas A&M University-Commerce Planetarium is proud to announce its holiday presentation, “Mystery of the Chri...

A&M-Commerce Flag to Fly Over Hopkins County Courthouse
Beating out back-to-back winner Texas Tech, A&M-Commerce secured the right to fly the university's flag over the Hopkins County Courtho...

Top 10% Day
The Texas A&M University-Commerce Office of Undergraduate Admissions held Top 10% Day on October 14 with over 60 students from 19 area schools in attendance. “We were so exci...

Trafficking Banned Books: Be a Librotraficante!
By Sarah Northam The Vice President for Student Access and Success, the Dean of the College of Humanities, Social Sciences & Arts, the Prov...

Still, Video still, 7 min 30 sec looping HD video (2013), by Leigh Merrill
Leigh Merrill received her BFA from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, in 2001, and her MFA from Mills College in Oakland, California, in 2009. Merrill's work has been a p...

Kyle Maynard Challenges Audience to Eliminate Excuses
In Kyle Maynard's experience, reading or hearing motivational material is only as good as what one does with it. The audience that filled A&...

New York Times Best-Seller, Athlete Kyle Maynard to Speak at A&M-Commerce
Kyle Maynard, author of the 2005 New York Times best-selling memoir, “No Excuses,” has set records in weightlifting, appeared on television programs such as “The Oprah Winfrey S...