Austin College hosts the 2021 Dr. Kenneth Street Law Symposium on Thursday, February 25, from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Lawyers, students, and others interested in the law profession are welcome to attend the virtual discussion of timely issues in law and ethics. Austin College students will be invited to virtual sessions in Hoxie Thompson… [Read More]

Senior Freyja Coe is representing Austin College today, February 24, at the Texas Undergraduate Research Day with her poster presentation “Using Mathematics to Optimize Distribution of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in North Texas.” Normally held every other year at the Texas Capitol, the Undergraduate Research Day is being held virtually in 2021. More than 60… [Read More]

The Austin College community is saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Thomas Nuckols, 87, on February 21, 2021. He joined the faculty in 1965 and retired as professor emeritus of religion in 1998. During those 33 years, he taught a variety of religious studies courses, as well as his own academic specialty of… [Read More]

The Western Intellectual Tradition and Professionalism & the Humanities programs present two events February 16 that highlight the work that can be accomplished by students in the programs. Both events will be presented virtually. Dr. Tom Blake, director of Western Intellectual Tradition, is coordinating the events. Students and faculty can find Zoom instructions on campus… [Read More]

The Austin College community is saddened by the death on February 7 of Dr. Jack J. Jernigan, professor emeritus of English, and extends sympathy to his family. He was 97 Dr. Jernigan joined the Austin College English faculty in 1967 and spent the next 22 years in dedicated service to the College. He retired August… [Read More]

As the Spring Term begins at Austin College, student organization leaders are rethinking their event calendars as they recognize that Covid restrictions continue to reshape their regularly scheduled campus activities, just as they did in the fall term. Those restrictions may have been most felt last fall with the absence of ’Roo Boo. Normally, nearly… [Read More]

“Legacies of American Slavery” Network Austin College today became one of seven colleges and universities selected by the Council of Independent Colleges in Washington, D.C., to serve as Regional Collaboration Partners for the multiyear project “Legacies of American Slavery: Reckoning with the Past.” The initiative will consider the ongoing effects of slavery on American life,… [Read More]

The Austin College community is saddened to learn of the death of Dr. Thomas Kimes, emeritus professor of mathematics, on February 4, 2021. As is often the case with Austin College faculty, he arrived on campus with plans to remain only a few years. He joined the faculty in 1962, and he has said that… [Read More]

Austin College is now home to “I AM 400,” a 4 x 12-foot banner highlighting the work of father and son artists Jerome and Jeromyah Jones and their project marking the 400 years, as of 2019, of the African journey in America. The Austin College banner hangs in the Dining Hall in Wright Campus Center.… [Read More]

Austin College Group Earns Second Place When the music world paused to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven on December 17, 2020, young people around the world were also celebrating their own musical accomplishments. They were the winners of the international Best Beethoven Performance Competition in honor of the composer’s… [Read More]