Austin College’s free ’Roo Bound program for area children in kindergarten through 5th grade continues for Fall Term 2019 Fall this Saturday, November 16, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. This month’s session is “Hoppy Holidays!” Austin College members of the sororities Iota Eta and Theta Sigma Chi will host the event, as they will… [Read More]

Alumna to Speak on Leadership, Entrepreneurship, STEM Kat Yarbrough Kuzmeskas ’07, CEO and co-founder of SimplyVital Health, Inc., will present her talk, “Thinking Outside the Box of Your Major: Leadership and Entrepreneurship in STEM,” at a Lecture on Science and Leadership sponsored by the Austin College Posey Leadership Institute and STEM Teaching and Research (STAR)… [Read More]

Powerlifting Federation’s 14th North American Regional Bench Press Championships Senior Seth Howard Wins Big at Bench Press Championships for USA Team When Seth Howard’s name was called over the loud speaker as a Homecoming king nominee a few weekends ago during the football game’s halftime, an empty space was left on the field alongside the… [Read More]

Tim Millerick inducted into his Alma Mater’s Athletic Hall of Fame Former Winthrop Viking and BSU graduate Tim Millerick was inducted into the Bridgewater State University Athletic Hall of Fame on October 19, 2019, during the recent Homecoming Weekend on the campus in Massachusetts. Mr. Mike Storey, assistant athletic director and emcee for the evening,… [Read More]

Dr. Jessica Healy, associate professor of biology, will talk about the ability of hibernating animals to survive conditions that would kill other mammals, such as extended stays in below freezing temperatures and months without food. Healy will present her talk, “Have Squirrels, Will Travel: Adventures in International Hibernation Research,” at the 2019-2020 Austin College Bernice… [Read More]

The instrumental ensembles of Austin College under the direction of Dr. Ricky Duhaime will present their annual fall concert on Monday, November 11, at 7:30 p.m. in Ida Green Theatre of Ida Green Communication Center on the Austin College campus. Regular concert attendees should note the change of venue as Wynne Chapel remains under renovation.… [Read More]

Amy Sierra and Evan Powell were crowned Austin College 2019 Homecoming queen and king at halftime of the football game Saturday afternoon, October 26. Homecoming queen Amy Sierra, a junior from Dallas, Texas, is completing a biology major and an art minor. She is a Resident Assistant, a captain of the Aussie Dance Team, and is a member of… [Read More]

Shelley McKinley ’91, vice president of Microsoft’s Technology and Corporate Responsibility Group and Austin College’s 2019 Todd A. Williams Executive-in-Residence speaker, encouraged students, faculty, and guests to be bold and curious in her lecture October 25. The Todd A. Williams Executive-in-Residence Lecture connects Austin College students with leading business executives who speak about their practical… [Read More]

The Austin College Center for Southwestern & Mexican Studies awards summer internships each year to a number of students who have an interest in the historical, cultural, social, economic, and political issues between Mexico and the southwestern United States—and Texas in particular. On October 22, the 2019 interns made presentations to faculty and fellow students… [Read More]

The annual ’Roo Boo at Austin College, hosted by the local chapter of Alpha Phi Omega national service fraternity, will be held Wednesday, October 30, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in Sid Richardson Center of the Robert T. Mason Athletic-Recreation Complex, off Brockett Street and just east of the football stadium. ’Roo Boo spreads into… [Read More]