News Bites

Templeton Named Inaugural Presidential Faculty Fellow
A&M-Commerce Professor Nathan Templeton is the university's first Presidential Faculty Fellow. Templeton will assist the university...

Three A&M-Commerce Students Receive Beginning Teacher Scholarship
The Texas Retired Teachers Foundation recently granted its Beginning Teacher Scholarship to three aspiring educators attending A&M-C...

A&M-Commerce Doctoral Alum Selected for Superintendent Post
The Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees recently named A&M-Commerce alum Dr. Deana Steeber as the lone finali...

Joining the Conversation: ‘Legacy of Black Entrepreneurship in the United States’
The Keller Center at Princeton University hosted Texas A&M University-Commerce College of Business Professor of Management Dr. John Humphreys and Associate Professor of...

College of Business Students Sweep Top Honors at 6th Annual ISACA North Texas Student Case Competition
Two teams from the College of Business at Texas A&M University-Commerce participated in the 6th Annual ISACA North Texas Student Case Competition, winning first and third p...

Lewisville ISD Taps A&M-Commerce Alum as New Elementary Principal
Lewisville Independent School District has appointed A&M-Commerce alum Jennifer Driver as the new principal at its Indian Creek Elementary School campus. With 24 years in...

A&M-Commerce Educational Leadership Professor Receives Distinguished Award
Dr. Nathan Templeton, professor for the Department of Educational Leadership at A&M-Commerce, has been selected by the International Council of Professors of Educationa...

TAMUC Leads Quail Research and Collaborative Restoration Efforts
A&M-Commerce Associate Professor Kelly Reyna presented at the Texas House Sportsman’s Caucus in Austin on March 20 about the stat...

A&M-Commerce Alum Named Teacher of the Year at East Side Elementary
Magnolia (AR) School District selected A&M-Commerce alum Connie Browning as Teacher of the Year for its East Side Elementary School campus. Browning earned a master's degr...

A&M-Commerce Alum Reappointed by Texas Governor to State Council
Texas A&M University-Commerce alum Manoranjan “Mano” Mahadeva was recently reappointed to the Texas Executive Council of Physical The...

TAMUC Theatre Faculty Awarded Kennedy Center Medal
Texas A&M University-Commerce Assistant Professor of Playwriting and Theatre Pedagogy Dr. Jackie Rosenfeld was recently honored with...

Lion Alum Arthur McClearin Wins Prestigious Award
Texas A&M University-Commerce alum Arthur McClearin was named the recipient of the 2023 Diversity Broker-Dealer Champion Award by the W...

A&M-Commerce VisCom Program Brings Home Awards from 2023 Dallas ADDY’s
A pair of awards were handed out to work created by the Texas A&M University-Commerce Visual Communication program at the 2023 Dallas ADDY Awards. The ADDY’s, officia...

A&M-Commerce Alum Selected for Rising Presidents Fellowship
The Aspen Institute has selected A&M-Commerce alum Dr. Jerry Thomas to participate in its Rising Presidents Fellowship program. The int...

A&M-Commerce Alum: “They Call Me an Office on Wheels”
A&M-Commerce alum Dr. Samuel Ogbonna is featured in a recent profile published by Focus Daily News in Dallas, Texas, highlighting his 39-...

A&M-Commerce Professor Co-Authors Research on Supporting Women and People of Color in Physics
Dr. Robynne Lock, associate professor of physics and astronomy at A&M-Commerce, is co-author of a paper focusing on the effectiveness of interventions designed to inspire...

New Forney Middle School to be Named After TAMUC Alums
A groundbreaking was held on April 18, 2023, in Forney, Texas, for a new middle school that will be named after long-time Forney ISD educators an...

TAMUC Alum Hoover One of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People of 2023
TIME Magazine has named A&M-Commerce alum Colleen Hoover to its list of the 100 Most Influential People of 2023. Jenna Bush Hager penned Ho...

Three A&M-Commerce Undergrads Earn Aspiring Educator Grants
The Alpha State Texas Educational Foundation (ASTEF) awarded three A&M-Commerce undergraduate students with individual $1,000 grant...

TAMUC Staff Member Honored With Umoja Award for Graduate Students
Nicholas Brown, associate director of residence education at A&M-Commerce, recently won the 2023 Umoja Award for Graduate Students fro...