Austin College’s Sneed Prairie Restoration Project is the 2020 Texas Environmental Excellence Award winner in the Education category, awarded by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The award marks the latest in a history of environmental leadership at Austin College. More than 11,000 Grayson County area schoolchildren and their teachers visit Austin College’s 100-acre Clinton… [Read More]
Posadas Talks Religion, Economics, and Ecology
Austin College’s Dr. Jeremy Posadas is a presenter this week for the webinar “Liberating People and the Planet: Christian Responses at the Intersection of Economics, Ecology, and Religion” hosted by Vanderbilt Divinity School’s Wendland-Cook Program in Religion and Justice. The webinar, free and open to the public, is set for June 24, at 11 a.m.… [Read More]
Simmons Recognized for Classroom Teaching
Dr. Kevin Simmons, Austin College professor of economics, is recognized internationally for his expertise in the economics of natural hazards. When tornado and hurricane seasons are underway, he routinely receives calls from media outlets from Houston to Dallas to Oklahoma City, and from the New York Times to USA Today. In his classroom, he is… [Read More]
New Faculty Chairs Created
Four faculty chairs established in spring 2020 correspond to recently developed academic programs at Austin College. The chairs and programs were endowed through a recent estate gift of William Windsor Richardson ’69 of Sherman. Students in the Humanities, Sciences, and Social Sciences benefit from the programs that encourage students to identify connections across disciplines and… [Read More]
Estate Gift Supports New Faculty Chairs
Nearly $13 million gift is Austin College’s largest A gift of nearly $13 million from the estate of William Windsor Richardson of Sherman has provided endowment funds for four new faculty chairs and their related programs at Austin College. Richardson died in 2017, and when his substantial estate was settled recently, the College received more… [Read More]
Faculty Recognized by Their Own
Every year, the Austin College faculty recognizes divisional colleagues for excellence in areas of scholarship, teaching, and service. This year, each division added a fourth award, and could offer two awards in one area or create a new area of recognition. Faculty members from each division select the annual awardees. Winners from the previous year… [Read More]
Traveling the Road of Learning Together
Duffey Receives Excellence in Teaching Award Dr. Patrick Duffey, professor of Spanish, says teaching has always been the most important part of being a faculty member for him. Honoring his diligence and commitment, this spring he received the 2020 Excellence in Teaching and Campus Leadership Award. Duffey teaches, he said, because he never likes to… [Read More]
Student Research is All About the Weather
Austin College senior Seth Howard finished his final semester of undergraduate classes in early May. He had taken final tests, turned in papers, completed projects, and defended an honors thesis. In times other than 2020, he would already have crossed the Commencement stage to receive his diploma, having completed majors in business finance and economics.… [Read More]
Greek Awards for Organizations & Students
Senior Ashley Mayorga of West Corvina, California, was named Outstanding Greek Woman. An active member and leader of Kappa Gamma Chi sorority, she also has served the Greek community by leading the Greek Review Board. She also is a member of Greek Council, having served as vice president. She also has been a member of… [Read More]
Awards Recognize Student Leadership
Austin College’s top honors for campus leadership and involvement during the 2019-2020 academic year were announced this week. The annual Student Affairs Leadership Awards highlight the contributions to the campus community of a wide variety of individuals, organizations, and programs. Top honors went to Outstanding Senior Woman Katie Siebert of Medina, Texas, and Outstanding Senior… [Read More]
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