María Teresa Kumar, the 2019 Austin College Posey Leadership Award recipient, delivered a charge to the campus community and area guests to participate in intersectional conversations about difficult topics. “This is our Democracy—love it, care for it, and tend to it,” she said. “It is time for all hands on deck.” As the co-founder and… [Read More]

Austin College presents the seventh Austin College Student Scholarship Conference March 21-23, 2019. The conference features student-faculty collaborative projects and independent projects, including research, intellectual scholarship, and creative works. Students involved represent many academic disciplines across campus. The conference is sponsored by Austin College’s Robert and Joyce Johnson Center for Faculty Development and Excellence in… [Read More]

Contemplative Pedagogy and Mindfulness Dr. John Dunne will open the annual Austin College Cunningham Lectures on March 28 at 11 a.m. with “The Art and Science of Human Flourishing: Contemplative Pedagogy in Action,” in Sherman Hall’s Hoxie Thompson Auditorium. Dunne is the Distinguished Chair in Contemplative Humanities at the Center for Healthy Minds at University… [Read More]

College to Host 2019 Posey Leadership Award Recipient María Teresa Kumar Austin College will host Emmy-nominated national journalist and civic innovator María Teresa Kumar as the recipient of the College’s 2019 Posey Leadership Award March 26 on campus and March 27 in Dallas. Lauded as one of the most influential American Latinos under 40, Kumar… [Read More]