Compiled by Heidi Rushing, Public Affairs Marketing Specialist
International and National Media Highlights
Fortune.com | June 27, 2018
Caryn Schenewerk ’99, senior counsel and director of government affairs for SpaceX, comments on how commercial space launch makes life complicated for airlines.
Washington Post | June 14, 2018
Watch live: Congressional Baseball Game returns, one year after shooting. (Austin College baseball coach Mike Ramsey in this year’s Congressional charity baseball game) (link unavailable)
Dallas and Regional News
DallasInnovates.com | June 4, 2018
Communities Foundation of Texas North Texas Giving Day expands to Grayson county with kick-off event at Austin College.
Local Media Highlights
Herald Democrat | June 19, 2018
Local historian Donna Hunt explores the life of Denison education legend, Mr. B. McDaniels, who was a ‘30s era alumnus of Austin College.
Herald Democrat | June 13, 2018
Cary Wacker, associate vice president for institutional advancement and director of the Center for Community & Regional Development at Austin College, comments on the connections between Austin College and community arts organizations as Sherman City Council approves Cultural District for Texas Commission on the Arts application.
Herald Democrat | June 11, 2018
Sherman Museum hosts “Dino Days” program this summer, with the help of Austin College intern Holly Kapp ’20.
Herald Democrat | June 9, 2018
Austin College announces the speakers and theme “Changing Currents” for the third annual TEDxAustinCollege event, to be held September 29 on campus.
Herald Democrat | June 9, 2018
Austin College baseball Coach Mike Ramsey heads to D.C. for Congressional charity baseball game.
Herald Democrat | June 9, 2018
The National Hispanic Institute (NHI) Great Debate returns to Austin College for three days of debate competitions.
Herald Democrat | June 9, 2018
Biology faculty Dr. Wayne Meyer gives presentation on the endangered species of birds, the least tern, at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge.
Herald Democrat | June 9, 2018
Austin College names Dr. Elizabeth A.Gill as new Vice President for Academic Affairs.
KTEN News, Sherman, Texas | June 7, 2018
Austin College Baseball Coach Mike Ramsey to coach in Congressional baseball game in Washington, D.C. on June 14.
KTEN News, Sherman, Texas | May 25, 2018
Dr. Steven Goldsmith, biology faculty, offered information regarding mosquitoes and related diseases they carry.
Blogs and Online Media
North Texas e-News | June 29, 2018
The spring after the USSR’s “Iron Curtain” fell (1991), Austin College organized a spring break to the Mexican border with encounters to help us understand the “Poverty Curtain.” Henry Bucher, faculty emeritus in the Humanities, explores peace and poverty on the U.S. border with Mexico.
North Texas e-News | June 27, 2018
Professor Emeritus Henry Bucher considers national interests of the U.S. in relationship to Korea and other regional peace initiatives.
North Texas e-News | June 19, 2018
Henry Bucher, faculty emeritus in the Humanities, looks to the history of Abrahamic religion for answers in the immigration debate.
North Texas e-News | June 17, 2018
Professor Emeritus Jerry Lincecum reminisces on what a small world we live in after making connections with fellow travelers.
North Texas e-News | May 11, 2018
Professor Emeritus Jerry Lincecum ruminates on the chuck wagon, “the original food truck.”
North Texas e-News | May 8, 2018
Austin College receives gift for Wynne Chapel renovation from the Mary K. and Clifford Grum Foundation of Lufkin, Texas. Clifford Grum, who died in December 2016, was a 1956 alumnus and former Trustee of the college.
GoodGodProject.com | May 24, 2018
Ambassador Ron Kirk ‘76 sits with Dr. George Mason, a Christian Theologian and Baptist Pastor in Dallas, for his program “Good God,” in which discuss the positive contribution of faith to public life.
News ’Roos Can Use
Links to articles about current issues in higher education and topics that are relevant to #RooNation.
Inside Higher Ed | July 2, 2018
College Transparency Act. Senator John Cornyn (R_TX) last week quietly signed on to a bill that would overturn the ban on a federal postsecondary student-level data system.
Inside Higher Ed | July 28, 2018
The Impact of Justice Kennedy. The news Wednesday that Justice Anthony M. Kennedy was stepping down from the Supreme Court could have a major impact on future rulings on the constitutionality of colleges’ consideration of race in admissions. Justice Kennedy was the author of the two most recent Supreme Court decisions — both involving the University of Texas at Austin — upholding universities’ right to consider race in admissions.
The Chronicle of Higher Education | June 27, 2018
A College Considers Taking the ‘Liberal’ Out of ‘Liberal Education’. But the word “liberal” may be in the cross hairs at the University of Colorado. The university’s Board of Regents heard a proposal last week to remove “liberal” from the phrase “liberal education” in a portion of its governing law that characterize the university’s mission.