While winter storms played havoc with weather conditions and class schedules, they also gave Texas A&M University-Commerce the chance to test its emergency response system. The university has a complex structure in place for situations that require closing the university and, according to A&M-Commerce officials, the response went with only […]

The first Student Forum of the spring semester was held at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 16, in the Pride Room of the Sam Rayburn Student Center. Vice President for Student Access and Success Dr. Mary Hendrix led the discussion during which students had an opportunity to voice concerns and […]

Texas A&M University-Commerce is increasing the amount of international contacts they have with universities, embassies, and other global programs with each passing semester as part of a globalization trend. This process is being facilitated by Global Initiatives, a department that specializes in creating avenues for the university to advertise for […]

A brush fire broke out just north of the Commerce McDonald’s and the Corners at Commerce apartment complex earlier this afternoon. The Commerce Fire Department and Commerce Police Department were dispatched to the scene, as was the Campbell Fire Department for assistance. CFD Fire Chief Brian McNevin said the fire […]

Freshman A&M-Commerce student and football player Kenzee Jackson was cited for theft after he entered the Sam Rayburn Student Center cafeteria without paying for his meal or displaying an A&M-Commerce I.D. card and proving that he had purchased a meal plan. Jackson was let in the exit door by another […]

The Texas A&M System Board of Regents passed a college reorganization proposal that was discouraged by the majority of A&M-Commerce faculty, according to input from faculty senate members and a university-wide survey. The Board of Regents passed the college reorganization proposed by the A&M-Commerce administration on Feb. 4. The proposal […]

Commerce Police Department officers shut down The Rail Bar on the night of Saturday, Feb. 5, during the Sigma Chi event, “Hurricane,” due to the discovery of underage drinking.   Red-shirted freshman football player Alan Beatty and fellow A&M-Commerce student Carlos Alberto Ruiz were arrested for minor in consumption […]

Enrollment at Texas A&M University-Commerce increased by more than 11 percent in the Spring 2011 semester, according to Dean of Enrollment and Retention Division Stephanie Holley.   “Currently, our enrollment is 10,671, up 11.4 percent from spring 2010,” Holley said.   The enrollment increase is the result of a […]

Students from a freshman success class taught by Faculty Senate President Dr. Lavelle Hendricks were given iPads by Texas A&M University-Commerce at the beginning of the spring semester as part of a pilot program to determine the effectiveness of the new technology in improving students’ abilities to learn. The iPads, […]

The Cambodia Service Learning Project is teaming up with alumni of Holy Child Academy in Sharon, Penn., to create the Sharon Reading Room in Battambang, Cambodia.   Political science department head and associate professor Dr. JoAnn DiGeorgio-Lutz, who teaches the Cambodia Service Learning Project class, is an alumna of […]