The Austin College Theatre Department will present the student-written and directed musical Seeking Grace this week, Thursday through Saturday, (October 24-26) at 7:30 each evening in Ida Green Theatre of Ida Green Communication Center. The production is free with a valid Austin College ID; other tickets are $8 each. The dialogue includes significant profanity. Performances by the… [Read More]

Austin College and Texas Tech University signed memorandums of understanding today (October 17) to solidify agreements that will allow Austin College students to “fast track” a master’s degree in Mass Communications from Texas Tech, with Texas Tech faculty conducting graduate courses on Austin College campus. Courses taken as part of the graduate curriculum, or as… [Read More]

Austin College’s Cunningham Lectures/Marsupial Mindfulness series continues Tuesday, October 22, with Dr. Melani Massey of the Brain Performance Institute presenting “Optimize Brain Performance, Stress, and Mindfulness” from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Hoxie Thompson Auditorium of Sherman Hall. The session is free and open to the public. A clinical social worker and mindfulness instructor,… [Read More]

The Austin College community mourns the death of Professor Emeritus of Economics Hugh Garnett early today, October 14. Dr. Garnett taught at the College from 1981 until his retirement in 2003. He remained active in campus events until recent months when his health kept him away. UPDATE: A memorial service will be held Saturday, November… [Read More]

The Austin College Music Department will present the one-act opera Speed-Dating Tonight!  by Michael Ching. On Friday and Saturday, October 4 – 5, at 7:30 p.m., and on Sunday, October 6, at 2 p.m., all in Ida Green Communication Center’s Beardsley Arena Theatre. The performances are free and open to the public, though seating is limited… [Read More]

Austin College graduate Kelby Archer ’09 will be the featured speaker at the Environmental Studies Lunch Talk at noon on Tuesday, October 8, in Wright Campus Center, Room 231. He will present “Toward a Meaningful Life: Unconventional Advice from a Wanderer at Heart.” The session is free and open to the public. Attendees may bring… [Read More]

HIV Treatment Today Dr. Steven Pounders, a Dallas physician and 1981 alumnus of Austin College, told students and guests at the Austin College Leadership in Public Health Lecture that by giving people hope, you give them a lot. The forum held on September 26 was co-sponsored by Austin College’s Posey Leadership Institute and Public Health… [Read More]

Becky Visosky, J.D., executive director of the Catholic Pro-Life Community, will speak at Austin College on Tuesday, October 8, at 11 a.m. in Hoxie Thompson Auditorium of Sherman Hall. Hosted by the College’s Catholic Student Association, she will present a lecture entitled, “The Great Sacrifice: An overview of what the “right to abortion” promised, what… [Read More]