Compiled by Heidi Rushing, Office of Public Affairs  International and National Media Highlights  C-SPAN | June 7, 2019 History faculty Dr. Felix Harcourt comments on the correlation between violence and U.S. political change as part of a two-day Purdue University conference that aired on C-SPAN. SCAC Sports | July 22, 2019 The Intercollegiate Tennis Association… [Read More]

Compiled by Public Affairs  International and National Media Highlights  BoxScoreNews | June 3, 2019 Pete Cawthon Sr., legendary football coach at Austin College from 1923 to 1927, is nominated for the 2019 College Football Hall of Fame. LA Sentinel | June 6, 2019 Rusty Hicks ’02 is elected Chair of the California Democratic Party. NHI… [Read More]

Compiled by Heidi Rushing, Public Affairs Marketing Specialist International and National Media Highlights  College Board | May 8, 2019 Vice president for Institutional Enrollment Nan Davis, who also serves as a Trustee for the College Board, is celebrated for her retirement from Austin College and for receiving the Homer P. Rainey Award for Outstanding Achievement and… [Read More]

Compiled by Public Affairs Interns Ethan Starr and Jessica Zapata International and National Media Highlights WXYZ News Detroit | April 4, 2019 High School water polo players and future ’Roos Cade Griffith and Zachary Griffith are featured in a story about NCSA (Next College Student Athlete), a recruiting company based in Chicago that helps high… [Read More]

Compiled by Ethan Starr, Public Affairs Intern International and National Media Highlights CNN | March 28, 2018 NASA’s planet-hunting TESS mission has revealed a new exoplanet roughly the size of Saturn. The planet is described in a paper that will be published in The Astronomical Journal co-authored by Dr. David Baker, Physics faculty and Director… [Read More]

Compiled by Jessica Zapata and Ethan Starr, Public Affairs Interns International and National Media Highlights Forbes | February 13, 2019 Austin College is highlighted in an article about prestigious colleges and universities that have spring application deadlines. Dallas and Regional News Dallas Morning News | February 24, 2019 Senior trustee Todd Williams, a vocal advocate for school… [Read More]

Compiled by Heidi Rushing, Public Affairs Marketing Specialist  International and National Media Highlights ModernGhana.com | January 2, 2019 Mikidadu Mohammed, Assistant Professor of Economics at Austin College, writes about the looming financial crisis in Ghana. Dallas and Regional News Dallas Morning News | January 25, 2019 In an op-ed for the Dallas Morning News, Professor of… [Read More]

Compiled by Jessica Zapata ’19, Public Affairs Intern International and National Media highlights Swimming World Magazine | October 31, 2018 The Austin College men’s water polo team, the only such program in the entire state of Texas, scores its first win of the inaugural season in the 2018 Division III Eastern Championship tourney at Johns Hopkins… [Read More]

Compiled by Jessica Zapata, Public Affairs Intern National and Regional Media Highlights Texas Tribune| September 19, 2018 Dr. Kevin Simmons, professor of economics, offers information regarding hurricane recovery and how it starts well before the storms hit. USA Powerlifting | September 15, 2018 Austin College junior Seth Howard ’20 competed in the USA Powerlifting Bench Press Nationals in Scranton, Pennsylvania, placing 2nd… [Read More]

Compiled by Public Affairs Office Interns International and National Media Highlights E Paris Extra | August 17, 2018 Jenilyn Fowzer Saunders ’08 will travel to Puerto Rico and serve on a mortuary response team to provide aid following the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. JDNews | August 16, 2018 Dr. Kimberly Redmond-Carr ’89 has been named… [Read More]