Ivette Vargas-O’Bryan, associate professor of religious studies at Austin College, is a Visiting Scholar for the lecture series Asian Art 101 at the Crow Collection of Asian Art in Dallas. Her lecture on Himalayan Art is on Thursday, January 14, at 6:30 p.m. The event is open to the public at $20 per person, $5 for students (with… [Read More]
In Memoriam: Honey Minshew
The Austin College community is saddened to learn of the death on January 5 of Distinguished Alumna and Senior Trustee Honey Altman Minshew ’63. Services will be held at First Baptist Church Sherman at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, January 9, with Dr. Mike Lawson and Rev. Steve Rice conducting. Burial will be a private ceremony at… [Read More]
Daseke Presents Williams Lecture
Don Daseke, president and CEO of Daseke, Inc., will present “Why Keep Learning?” in Austin College’s annual Williams Executive-in-Residence Lecture and Luncheon Thursday, October 30, at 11 a.m. in Mabee Hall of Wright Campus Center. Mr. Daseke received the 2014 Entrepreneur of the Year Southwest Region Award from Ernst & Young. This prestigious business award… [Read More]
Designing a City
Most elementary school students readily agree that their city should include a playground or a swimming pool. Students in Austin College’s 2013 Thinking Camp also know that a city needs a hospital, a library, a police station, businesses, schools, roadways, even a water treatment plant. Now in its 11th year, the Thinking Camp provides a… [Read More]
Think Transatlantic Campaign
After two months of Think Transatlantic activities focusing on German-U.S. relations, Austin College students gathered for an awards ceremony recently to recognize student achievements during the programming. Karl Lehman, regional sales manager of Lufthansa German Airlines, was a featured speaker at the awards program and closing event. Austin College is one of 25 colleges in… [Read More]
Think Transatlantic Art & Music
Austin College’s Think Transatlantic program will host “An Evening of Art and Music” on Friday, November 2, in Craig Hall from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The events are free and open to the public. At 4:30 p.m., a German Expressionism-Inspired Student Art Exhibition will be held in the Craig Hall Student Gallery. At 5 p.m.… [Read More]
Greg Rohan is Williams Lecturer
The annual Williams Executive-in-Residence Lecture at Austin College will feature Greg Rohan, president and an owner of Heritage Auctions, speaking on Thursday, October 4, in Mabee Hall of Wright Campus Center. The event begins at 11 a.m. with a luncheon and panel presentation by Austin College business alumni discussing their own career paths. Rohan’s presentation,… [Read More]
Austin College Announces Think Transatlantic Program
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.” Ruth Cape and Wolfgang Lueckel of the German faculty are coordinating the Austin College… [Read More]
ATP Students Explore India
Austin College teacher education students in the Austin Teacher Program and 84 Grayson County elementary school students spent the last weeks of July exploring India, a nation nearly 9,000 miles away—all from classrooms in Jefferson School. See the photos. The half-day learning program, Thinking Camp, is in its 10th year—and set a new participation record… [Read More]
Container Store Founder Shares Success
Garrett Boone, co-founder of The Container Store, credits his entrepreneurial success to three early goals: operate his own business, create the perfect retail company, and explore the concept. Those goals, Boone said, helped him build The Container Store from one small location at Preston Road and Forest Lane in north Dallas in 1978 to today’s… [Read More]