A&M-Commerce College of Business Hosts 2019 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference
The A&M-Commerce College of Business will host the 2019 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference (SBECON) on May 15 from noon to 2 p.m. in the Alumni Center. This year’s conference will continue the format begun in 2018 featuring “Lunch and Learn” mini-conference sessions to make it more convenient for business owners, managers, employees and aspiring entrepreneurs from the area to participate. SBECON will focus on...
A&M-Commerce Department of Music Presents Gala Performance in Dallas
A & M-Commerce Department of Music will present “Music at the Moody” March 5, at 7:30 p.m. COMMERCE, TX— A gala performance featuring almost 200 students and a faculty soloist from the A&M-Commerce Department of Music will fill Moody Performance Hall in Dallas with enchanting melodies during “Music at the Moody” on March 5 at 7:30 p.m. “This gala performance at the Moody serves a two-fold purpose of showcasing the...
A&M-Commerce Launches Pride Promise PLUS Tuition Assistance Program
COMMERCE, TX—A&M-Commerce recently launched Pride Promise PLUS, a tuition assistance program intended to help remove financial barriers and make a college education accessible to all students. The program pays tuition that is not covered by other forms of financial aid, including grants, scholarships, exemptions, benefits and waivers. Pride Promise PLUS is open to freshmen and transfer students with a 3.0 or greater GPA and...
A&M-Commerce Office of Sponsored Programs Hosts Leo Talks
COMMERCE, TX— The Office of Sponsored Programs at A&M-Commerce is hosting Leo Talks during Spring 2019. The lectures are “TED-like” talks that last about 20 minutes and feature presentations from two A&M-Commerce professors per event. “The goal of the series is to bring our faculty, staff, students and community together to share ideas and to get to know each other in a relaxed setting,” said Dr. Matt Wood, vice provost for...
A&M-Commerce College of Business Earns AACSB Reaccreditation
COMMERCE, TX— The College of Business at A&M-Commerce has received a five-year extension of accreditation from AACSB International, an association founded in 1916 to advance quality management education worldwide. The college has been AACSB accredited since 1976. “Reaffirmation of our long-held AACSB accreditation is a direct reflection of the outstanding work and transformational learning that occurs every day in the...
A&M-Commerce Opera Production of “Serse” Wins National Competition
COMMERCE, TX— The A&M-Commerce Opera production of George F. Handel’s “Serse” has been recognized by the National Opera Association’s Opera Production Competition. A&M-Commerce was one of only three universities in Texas to receive the honor in 2018. “This is a very prestigious award and a wonderful honor for all involved,” said Jennifer Glidden, assistant professor of music, voice and opera. “It takes a village to put...
Late A&M-Commerce Professor’s Painting Donated to the University
By: Daniela Chamorro COMMERCE, TX—A painting by the late Dr. Michael Miller, professor and the director of the Studio Art Graduate Studies program, was donated to Texas A&M-Commerce by his sister Teresa Miller-Wiggins. Dr. Miller passed away in 2016 after an influential 23-year career. In February 2017, A&M Commerce’s art department displayed a gallery of Dr. Miller’s paintings to honor his legacy as both an artist and a...
A&M-Commerce Offers Free Writing Course
The Department of Literature and Languages at Texas A&M University-Commerce is offering a free graduate-level writing course to anyone age 65 or older interested in improving their skills. A similar class taught by Dr. Fred Tarpley in 2009 gave birth to Silver Leos Writers Guild and a number of guild members are already enrolled in the class. Life Writing (English 497/597) will be team-taught by Literature and Languages faculty...
A&M-Commerce Hosts Luncheon to Celebrate Lyon Center for Gamebird Research
April 25, 2024 – COMMERCE, TEXAS: Texas A&M University-Commerce hosted a luncheon at the Hilton hotel in Rockwall, Texas, on Tuesday, April 16, to celebrate the university’s planned Ted and Donna Lyon Center for Gamebird Research. A&M Gamebird Research The Lyon Center, which will be located along Highway 24 in Commerce, Texas, approximately 1.5 miles south of the university campus, will feature a state-of-the-art...
