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'Roos in the News
'Roos in the News

Compiled by Institutional Marketing and Communications Interns Megan DeVaney and Sarah Putnicki

International and National Media Highlight

Inside Hook| September 19, 2022
An article about a 49-year-old who started playing college football highlights the record set by Tom Thompson ’11, who was a member of the AC football team during the 2009 season at age 61. After jumping over many eligibility hurdles, he became the kicker for the team as well as the oldest football player in NCAA history.

COLOSSAL | September 7, 2022
Kevin Peterson ’01 has a new exhibit of art at Thinkspace Projects in Los Angeles. His work focuses on dichotomies between despair and optimism, with an aim to shine a light of hope on climate crisis today.

The Justice | September 13, 2022
Brandeis University welcomes former President of Austin College Dr. Marjorie H. Hass onto their Board of Trustees.

Patch | September 6, 2022
Montserrat College of Art has elected five new members to their Board of Trustees, including Blyth Hazen '85.  Hazen studied art and philosophy at Austin College, earned an MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, and has served on the faculty at Montserrat since the late ’90s teaching Animation & Interactive Media.

Dallas and Regional News

D Magazine | September 2022
Holly Hull Miori ’05, who works as senior director of development at the University of Texas at Dallas, has been named Board President for Aware, a component of the Dallas Foundation that awards grants to organizations that provide exemplary services to Alzheimer’s patients and their caregivers.

Dallas Business Journal | September 23, 2022
Amy George ’04 has been named a VP and Trust Officer for Bank of Texas. Located in the bank’s Sherman branch, she will focus on expansion in Grayson and Collin counties. She will join a highly experienced team of trust officers and associates that have more than 40 years of service to the Sherman community.

Dallas College | September 23, 2022
Dallas College (formerly DCCCD) has announced the recipients of the Erin Tierney Kramp Encouragement Foundation scholarship. These students are selected for embodying courage and perseverance in the face of adversity. Recipients may continue their education by applying for the Kramp Transfer scholarship at Southern Methodist University or Austin College.

Dallas Morning News | September 16, 2022
Dwight Putnam ’93 graduated with an art degree, but these days his sculptures are a little different. Putnam is currently working out of Scottish Rite for Children orthopedic hospital to sculpt prosthetics that improve the lives of pediatric patients who are missing limbs. He works with a team to create more than 300 individualized limbs a year that aid in activities ranging from sports to walking to class. His art not only changes the lives of many, but it also allows Putnam watch them grow, develop, and as Putnam says, “run the race of life.”

The MAC | September 4, 2022
Laura J. Lawson ’10 is presenting a solo exhibition titled Venus and Mars: Climates in Dialogue at the MAC gallery in Dallas.

Local Media Highlights

Herald Democrat | September 29, 2022
Austin College's annual free Fall lecture hosted by the Center for Southwestern and Mexican Studies will be taking place on October 6, 2022, at 11a.m. in Wright Campus Center. Dr. Roxana Fitch will be speaking on “25 Years and Counting: Writing and Updating an Online Spanish Slang and Dialect Dictionary.”

Herald Democrat | September 20, 2022
Austin College welcomes the public to the IDEA Center for a fall equinox observation on September 22.

KTEN | September 23, 2022
Austin College brought together a group of north Texas leaders, writers, and educators to discuss racial violence and resistance, hoping to learn from the lessons of the past to improve relationships in future. The convening was sponsored by a grant from the Council of Independent Colleges.

KTEN | September 22, 2022
Students, faculty, and guests gathered to stare at the floor in Austin College’s IDEA Center Atrium on the fall equinox. As sunlight hits the gnomon hole, an opening in the roof, it shines a beam on the floor that moves toward a point on the built-in solar calendar where it strikes at precisely solar noon. Although it only lasts a moment, everyone finds it exciting, especially if you love astronomy.

KXII | September 23, 2022
Austin College hosted a free, two-day conference dedicated to the discussion of the history of racial violence and resistance in the North Texas region. The event hosted a wide variety of speakers, from historians to authors who aid in spreading information surrounding these topics. Dr. Felix Harcourt, Assistant Professor of History, explained that the intention behind the conference was to improve communication about these topics in order for history to not repeat itself.

KXII | September 9, 2022
New turf, new scoreboard, and new bleachers. Austin College football coach Loren Dawson says that this renovation was a long time coming and thanks to President O’Day and David Norman, Austin College is no longer the only college in the south without a turf field.

Blogs and Online Media

North Texas e-News | September 21, 2022
Austin College Physicist David Baker demonstrated the workings of the Gnomon Hole located in Austin College’s IDEA Center to staff faculty, and students. It is one of a kind on a U.S. College Campus and displays the sun’s movement during the Fall Equinox, which took place on Thursday, September 22, at solar noon.

North Texas e-News | September 24, 2022
Dr. Sheila Jaswal presented the A.J. Carlson lecture addressing “Being Humans in STEM: Promoting campus equity and inclusion through partnering with students” on Wednesday, September 28. This lecture is to honor the late Dr. A.J. Carlson, who was a part of the Austin College History Faculty from the 1960s through the 1990s.

North Texas e-News | September 19, 2022
The Sherman Symphony Orchestra has received a grant of $10,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support its educational outreach programs. The Sherman Symphony’s education programs engage developing minds by providing affordable, high-quality music education, said conductor Daniel Dominick, Professor of Music at Austin College. These include a free ticket program, a “practice partners” mentoring program, and the new Austin College Summer Music Camp—a collaboration between the Sherman Symphony and Austin College— a day camp for middle and high school students.

North Texas e-News | September 16, 2022
The Adams Observatory invites the public to campus for a Star Party. Skygazers should expect to see double stars and globular clusters through the telescopes. Sherman Public Library children’s librarian, Cassie Wickline, will be there offering a special children’s space-themed story time.

North Texas e-News | September 9, 2022
Dr. Jessica Healy, Associate Professor of Biology at Austin College, presented at the Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center on September 10 about the behavior and biology of Opossums, the only marsupial native to North America--making them distant relatives to kangaroos.

North Texas e-News | September 10, 2022
Theater for Hope presented The Secret Garden, directed by Webster Crocker ’87. The production cast featured Austin College students including Lily Boessen ’23 and Luke Rostyne ’26.

News ’Roos Can Use

Chronicle of Higher Education | September 28, 2022
New research into the college enrollment decline suggests that while money is one important factor for those opting out of college, there are a wide range of other considerations that might draw them back in.

Chronicle of Higher Education | September 27, 2022
As fewer students opt to take SAT/ACT exams, the “student list” business is changing. This article explores how that might make college access less equitable and offers some ideas for the future.

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