Outside the Classroom

A&M-Commerce Announces Homecoming 2013 Theme
By Rachel Evans Today Texas A&M University-Commerce announced their Homecoming 2013 theme: “Our Pride Cannot Be Tamed.” This circus-th...

“Big Pink” 2013: The Fight of Our Lives
From Tuesday October 1 to Thursday October 3, Big Pink Volleyball will be coming back to the campus of Texas A&M University-Commerce at the...

New Beginnings Multicultural Gospel Choir Empowers Through Song in Birmingham
A&M-Commerce's New Beginnings Multicultural Gospel Choir took the stage in Birmingham, Ala., on the Day of Commemoration—the culmination of the city's Empowerment Week o...

My European Experience
Passport? Check. Sunscreen? Check. Italian travel dictionary, map of London and a list of fine French restaurants? Check, check, check. I had everything I needed for a trip I had b...

The 2013 Veteran’s Vigil
The 2013 Veteran's Vigil will be held November 6 and 7 at Texas A&M University-Commerce. Beginning on Wednesday at 9:30 am in the Rayburn Student Center Conference Room, a vig...

Veterans Take Center Stage in New Lecture Series
By Courtney Crumpton The East Texas War and Memory Project, in collaboration with the Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Alpha Theta honor societies, is prou...

Working on My Roar: Let The Good Times Roar?
If you were out and about during Lions Roar 2013, you may have seen me running around, “capturing the roar.” I've become a unique bl...

First Class of Regents’ Scholars Travels to Europe
The first group of seventeen students in the Regents' Scholars Program at Texas A&M University-Commerce recently returned to campus aft...

First Class of Regents' Scholars Travels to Europe
The first group of seventeen students in the Regents' Scholars Program at Texas A&M University-Commerce recently returned to campus aft...

Faculty profiles
Mark Moreno received his M.A. and Ph.D. in history from Washington State University, specializing in identity, warfare and state-building in 19th century Mexico and world hist...

Sarah Carthel as Lions Assistant Volleyball Coach
By Rand Champion A&M-Commerce head volleyball coach Craig Case today announced the hiring of Sarah Carthel as the Lions’ assistan...

12 A&M-Commerce Students Break 2 Guinness World Records
On January 18, twelve Texas A&M University-Commerce students and Climbing Society members attempted to set the Guinness World Record fo...

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Comes to A&M-Commerce
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi has allowed the colonization of a chapter on the Texas A&M University-Commerce campus for the upcoming y...

9th Annual Bill Martin, Jr. Symposium
The Texas A&M University-Commerce Department of Curriculum and Instruction held its 9th annual Bill Martin Jr. Symposium recently in th...

A Spirit of Sam Rayburn
A Spirit of Sam Rayburn celebration took place on February 26 in honor of a new university tradition. On campus spirit days, and in celebration of noteworthy events, the Sam Raybu...

Children’s Learning Center Celebrates Week of the Young Child
The Children's Learning Center at Texas A&M University-Commerce celebrated Week of the Young Child April 15-19 with several events for p...

Children's Learning Center Celebrates Week of the Young Child
The Children's Learning Center at Texas A&M University-Commerce celebrated Week of the Young Child April 15-19 with several events for p...

Gold Medal Olympians Come to Campus
By Taelor Duckworth with Sydni Walker contributing Texas A&M University-Commerce was showered in gold on April 16 as it welcomed Olympic gold medalists, Ryan Lochte and Mis...

Music Department Hosts Believe It Anyway! Event
The Texas A&M University-Commerce Music Department is hosting Believe It Anyway! at 7:30 p.m. April 26 in the Jack and Lou Finney Concert H...

Celebrating Student Workers
On Thursday, April 12, over 300 student workers and faculty were brought together by the offices of Financial Aid and Career Development for the 3rd Annual Student Appreciation...