News Bites

TAMUC Librarian Selected for SPARC Open Education Leadership Program
Sarah Northam, a scholarly communications librarian at A&M-Commerce, was selected from a competitive candidate pool as a 2022-2023 fellow for the SPARC Open Education Lea...

TAMUC College of Innovation and Design Dean Featured in Interview
Yvonne Villanueva-Russell, Ph.D., who serves as founding dean of the College of Innovation and Design at A&M-Commerce, is featured in an...

A&M-Commerce Grad Student Receives Conference Grant
The Texas Association for the Improvement of Reading (TAIR) awarded A&M-Commerce student William Roby the TAIR Emerging Literacy Leade...

A&M-Commerce Alumna Dominates New York Times Best-Seller List
A recent New York Times article, “How Colleen Hoover Rose to Rule the Best-Seller List,” details how one of A&M-Commerce’s most fam...

Lion’s Lecture Speaker Series Returns at A&M-Commerce
A&M-Commerce faculty, staff and students gathered on Sept. 29 to welcome the return of the Lion's Lecture Series presented by the Graduat...

TAMUC Nursing Faculty Member Named as President of State Organization
Denise Neill, Ph.D., an associate professor and head of the Department of Nursing at A&M-Commerce, has been named president of the Texas Organization of Baccalaureate and G...

A&M-Commerce at RELLIS Student Recognized as Outstanding Employee
The Texas A&M University System recognized A&M-Commerce student Tyler Harrison with the Outstanding Student Employee award this summer for his role at the Cybersecur...

A&M-Commerce Faculty Member Receives Prestigious Award
The Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration (TCPEA) granted A&M-Commerce Regents Professor Julia Ballenger, Ph.D....

TAMUC Alum Makes a Mark in Contemporary Art
A recent article on ArtDaily.com highlights contemporary artist Trenton Doyle Hancock, an alumnus of A&M-Commerce. Hancock is a renown...

Dallas Mayor Recognizes TAMUC Alum for Sports Broadcasting Career
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson extended special recognition to A&M-Commerce alumnus Gentry Ace Little on Sept. 2 for his service as a respecte...

TAMUC Doctoral Candidate Named Deputy Chief Diversity Officer at SFA
A&M-Commerce doctoral candidate Veronica Beavers has been named the inaugural deputy chief diversity officer at Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) in Nacogdoches,...

A&M-Commerce Department of Mathematics Hosts First Mathemartist Competition
The Department of Mathematics at A&M-Commerce is accepting entries for its first Mathemartist Competition. Entries will be accepted through Nov. 30 at 11:59 p.m. The compe...

TAMUC Alumnus James Thrower Inducted into Arkansas Black Hall of Fame
A&M-Commerce alumnus James Thrower will be inducted into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame on Oct. 15, 2022. A recent article in the Magnolia...

TAMUC Pride Pathway Program Helps Address Teacher Shortage
An article at HoustonPublicMedia.org highlights the Pride Pathway program at A&M-Commerce as an option for replenishing the teacher pr...

A&M-Commerce at Navarro Students Recognized at Pinning Ceremony
The A&M-Commerce College of Education and Human Services (CoEHS) hosted a pinning ceremony on August 16 in Corsicana. The ceremony recognized incoming transfer students f...

TAMUC Alum Hired as Assistant Professor of Psychology at Northwestern Oklahoma State
A recent article in the Alva Review-Courier reported that A&M-Commerce alumna Leigh Kirby, Ph.D., was recently hired as an assistant professor of psychology at Northweste...

A&M-Commerce Nursing Program Attains High Marks for NCLEX-RN Results
The Department of Nursing at A&M-Commerce is one of 46 pre-licensure programs in Texas to earn a pass rate of 90% or above for the 2021 National Council Licensure Examination-...

TAMUC Alum Cesar Quezada Hired by SMU as Inaugural Director of Mustang Scholars and the First-Generation Initiative
Southern Methodist University (SMU) recently hired A&M-Commerce alumnus Cesar Quezada as its inaugural director of Mustang Scholars and the First-Generation Initi...

A&M-Commerce’s Center for Excellence Featured by International Business School Association
The Texas A&M University-Commerce Center for Excellence (CFE), which is housed in the College of Business, was recently highlighted by an international organization. The...

TAMUC Alum Retires as President of Trinity Valley Community College
A&M-Commerce alumnus Jerry King, Ed.D., announced his retirement as president of Trinity Valley Community College (TVCC) in Athens, Te...