Nationwide Media Highlights
The Atlantic Wire | August 23, 2012
Brody Burks ‘03, started a minor firestorm on the internet with a FOIA request he sent to the White House, seeking the Presidential beer recipe.
Peace Corps | September 3, 2012
The Peace Corps had a table at the Austin College Study Abroad Fair. Local representative and returned Peace Corps volunteer Erin Curtiss will discuss opportunities to live, learn, and work with a community overseas.
SCAC Sports | September 26, 2012
Katy Williams ‘10, a former Austin College women’s basketball All-American, was among a group of speakers at the American Southwest Conference’s annual Student-Athlete Advisory Committee meeting in Dallas.
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Regional and Local Media Highlights
Austin College | August 28, 2012
Austin College is included in the updated edition of the influential book Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges, released on August 28.
Dallas Morning News | September 7, 2012
Rachel (Blacketer) Hedstrom ’00, Mrs. Texas International, helps to send off WWII veterans on a two-day trip paid for by Honor Flight DFW, a nonprofit network of volunteers formed in 2008 to take veterans to see the World War II Memorial and other monuments.
Dallas Morning News | September 15, 2012
Local playwright and actor, David Marquis ‘73, may have created something unique with his trilogy of I Am a Teacher plays. See attached article. REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION OF THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS.
KXII News | August 30, 2012
Austin College is being recognized for its capacity to change lives and is included in the updated edition of an influential book, Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges.
KXII News | September 13, 2012
Students got together on the Austin College campus to learn more about volunteer and internship opportunities with local non-profits.
KXII News | September 13, 2012
David Marquis ’73 returns to his alma mater, Austin College, to present I am a Teacher, Part three.
KXII News | September 17, 2012
Austin College opens its doors to the public with several events this month topping it all off with a comedic play at the end of September.
KXII News | September 18, 2012
A local Austin College student, Sameen Wajid ‘13 was inspired to create a website to raise funds for Pakistani women in need.
KXII News | September 18, 2012
Athletics director David Norman has announced that Andrea Vangoss has been named the new head softball coach for the Kangaroos.
KXII News | October 3, 2012
Texoma college students tune into presidential debate.
KTEN News | August 30, 2012
An internship in Pakistan was all it took for Sameen Wajid ‘13 to decide she was going to try to make a difference.
Longview News Journal | September 8, 2012
East Texas Baptist University’s head football coach, Mark Sartain ’82, traveled to Sherman for their second game of the year against Austin College. Sartain was a member of their 1981 NAIA Division II National Championship team.
North Texas E-News | August 27, 2012
The 2012 Freshman Common Read for Austin College students is The Year of the Flood, by Margaret Atwood.
North Texas E-News | August 30, 2012
Austin College faculty, staff, and student leaders were prepared for the arrival of freshmen students who moved into residence halls and began their transition to the new academic year as college students as the College began its 164th academic year.
North Texas E-News | September 18, 2012
Austin College hosted a folk dance workshop in conjunction with Austin College Think Transatlantic Campus Week.
North Texas E-News | September 18, 2012
Andrea Vangoss has been named the new head softball coach for the Kangaroos, athletics director David Norman has announced.
Sherman Herald Democrat | August 29, 2012
The Global Outreach Fellowship at Austin College provided a “life changing experience” for Sameen Wajid ‘13 last summer in Karachi, Pakistan and now the AC senior is providing a life changing experience for Pakistani women.
Sherman Herald Democrat | August 31, 2012
Freshmen move in at Austin College.
Sherman Herald Democrat | September 2, 2012
Austin College is included in the updated edition of the influential book Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges.
Sherman Herald Democrat | September 2, 2012
Textbook choices abound for local college students.
Sherman Herald Democrat | September 5, 2012
Austin College has been selected as one of 25 colleges in the United States as grant recipients and project partners with the German Embassy in Washington, D.C., in an interdisciplinary campaign, “Think Transatlantic: United States and Germany in the 21st Century.”
Sherman Herald Democrat | September 14, 2012
Light Cummins, Austin College faculty and former state historian, was keynote speaker at the TCOG annual luncheon.
Sherman Herald Democrat | September 14, 2012
More than 35 local service organizations met with Austin College students in the Wright Campus Center for the school’s Help Now & Help Later Non-Profit and Volunteer Fair.
Sherman Herald Democrat | September 21, 2012
Austin College faculty to present below ground research for public.
Sherman Herald Democrat | September 28, 2012
A group of Austin College students spent part of Thursday morning building their faith and a shelter.
Sherman Herald Democrat | September 30, 2012
Bike safety advocated by Austin College club, the Roo Riders.