Compiled by Mike Sinclair, Public Affairs Intern
International and National Media Highlights
PR Newswire | November 24, 2015
Charla Aldous ’82 has been named a recipient of the Texas Lawyer newspaper’s 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award in addition to her recent appointment to the Austin College Board of Trustees.
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference | December 1, 2015
Madison Ross of Austin College has been selected to the CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team for the second straight year.
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference | December 14, 2015
Austin College basketball player Austin Freet has been named the SCAC Men’s Basketball Co-Player of the Week.
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference | December 16, 2015
Austin College basketball player Mikayla Gascich has been selected the SCAC Character & Community Female Student-Athlete-of-the-Week.
Arizona Daily Star | December 2, 2015
Austin College is selected as one of the best colleges in the southwest by the Arizona Daily Star (no link available).
FOX Sports | December 7, 2015
Carolina Tar Heels coach Larry Fedora ’85 talks about his coaching career.
Dallas and Regional News
KERA | November 18, 2015
Ron Kirk ’76, former mayor of Dallas, is an advisor for a new rapid transit bullet train project.
Brownsville Herald | December 9, 2015
Future Austin College student Marina Wise-Herring officially declares her intent to play softball for Austin College.
Dallas Morning News | December 11, 2015
Austin College Trustee, and senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Dallas, Joe Clifford, met with Dallas religious leaders to form a task force in condemnation of the armed protests against local mosques.
Port Isabel Press | December 12, 2015
Future Austin College student Marina Wise-Herring signed a letter of intent with Austin College to play softball.
Uvalde Leader-News | December 2015
Betty Jane Bassett ’51 has passed away.
Local Media Highlights
Austin College | December 1, 2015
Austin College football player Madison Ross has been named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team.
Austin College | December 2, 2015
The Austin College community is saddened by the death of former Austin College staff member Margaret “Margie” Garner.
Austin College | December 9, 2015
Erik Gentzel, a senior from McKinney, has been selected the SCAC Men’s Co-Swimmer of the Week.
Austin College | December 14, 2015
The Austin College Phi Xi chapter of Alpha Phi Omega has received the Chapter of Excellence Award—Gold Level this fall.
Austin College | December 17, 2015
Austin College has received a grant of $140,000 from the M.B. & Edna Zale Foundation of Dallas, Texas, to fund an Executive-in-Residence Professorship at the College.
Herald Democrat | December 15, 2015
Austin College men’s basketball player Austin Freet has been named the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Co-Player of the Week.
KXII – CBS, FOX Television News | December 1, 2015
Austin College football player Madison Ross has been named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team.
KXII – CBS, FOX Television News | December 2, 2015
The Sherman Symphony Orchestra presented its Christmas Pops Concert in the Mason Complex at Austin College.
KXII – CBS, FOX Television News | December 9, 2015
One Austin College student talks about her experience as a refugee from Myanmar to the United States.
KXII – CBS, FOX Television News | December 14, 2015
Austin College men’s basketball player Austin Freet has been named the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Co-Player of the Week.
KXII – CBS, FOX Television News | December 16, 2015
One Austin College student speaks out in response to recent terrorist attacks.
KTEN – ABC, NBC, CW Television News | December 8, 2015
Dr. Jacqueline Moore, history faculty, has received the Texas Professor of the Year award.
North Texas e-News | December 4, 2015
Dr. Henry Bucher, Austin College Professor Emeritus, talks about the history of the Kurdish people.
North Texas e-News | December 8, 2015
The twelfth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Breakfast will feature a keynote address by Michael J. Sorrell, the 34th President of Paul Quinn College.
North Texas e-News | December 8, 2015
Dr. Henry Bucher, Austin College Professor Emeritus, talks about the stories of three different Muslim women.
News ‘Roos Can Use
Links to articles about current issues in higher education and topics that are relevant to the #Roonation.
The Hechinger Report | December 4, 2015
New studies find that growing proportions of American students may be going hungry.
National Public Radio | December 5, 2015
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan announce their plans to fund technology in education, but will it be effective?
Inside Higher Ed | December 16, 2015
U.S. Senate lawmakers reached a bipartisan agreement to revive the expired federal Perkins Loan Program for two years, though the deal would tighten some of the eligibility criteria.