Department of Institutional Effectiveness and Research (IER)

Texas A&M University-Commerce welcomes Devin Girod as the university’s new Vice President for Philanthropy and Engagement. Mr. Girod was selected following a national search. Girod comes to A&M-Commerce from the Trust for Public Land (TPL), a U.S. non-profit organization. He began working with TPL in 2017 as the Texas Director of Philanthropy before transferring to […]

The Faculty Senate, Staff Council and Student Government Association (SGA) want to emphasize and reiterate the principles of Texas A&M University-Commerce and The Texas A&M University System. A&M-Commerce supports all people who work for and attend our university. As our vision statement makes clear, the university strives to “serve an inclusive community where all are […]

The Ken Chapman Scholarship provides a new opportunity for first-generation students from Hopkins County to pursue agriculture studies at Texas A&M University-Commerce. Starting this fall, the scholarship will be awarded annually to a student pursuing a major in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR). Priority is given to students from Hopkins County […]

Atmos Energy and Texas A&M University-Commerce are digging into an exciting new gardening program to benefit Northeast Texas schools and communities. Atmos Energy presented a $35,000 check to university representatives on February 11 to kick-start the initiative. The program, dubbed “Lion Gardeners on the Go,” will help schools and communities establish fruit, vegetable and pollinator […]

A&M-Commerce and Texas Woman’s University (TWU) will serve as co-sponsors for the 2022 Texas Association for Literacy Education (TALE) Annual Conference on March 4-5 at the Plano Event Center in Plano, Texas. Juan Araujo, Ph.D., serves as an assistant dean and associate professor in the College of Education and Human Services at A&M-Commerce. He said […]

Cadets in the Hunt County Sheriff’s Office Law Enforcement Academy located at A&M-Commerce participated in No-Shave November in 2021 as a fundraiser for Texas Oncology. The cadets recently presented a check for $1,000 during a ceremony at the Hunt County Sheriff’s Office in Greenville. Texas Oncology will use the funds to purchase gas cards to […]

A recent collaboration between Texas A&M University-Commerce and the National AIDS Memorial brought four sections of the AIDS Memorial Quilt to campus to honor more than 700,000 lives lost to AIDS in the 40 years since the first cases were reported. The panels were prominently displayed in the Health and Human Performance gymnasium in the […]

Representatives from the Department of Engineering and Technology at A&M-Commerce attended a Dec. 15 luncheon at Paris Regional Medical Center (PRMC), where the department was recognized for providing personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic. A&M-Commerce attendees included Brent Donham, Ed.D., dean of the College of Science and Engineering; Perry Moler, Ph.D., assistant professor and […]

Dr. Ruiliang Yan, Associate Professor of MKT, recently coauthored (with Dr. Zixia Cao, University of Colorado Denver) a paper entitled “Product nutrition, innovation, advertising, and firm’s financial gains” in the Journal of Business Research. This research studied the firm’s investment and return on product nutrition, a subject that has a significant impact on everyone’s health […]

Students in the “Must Love Dogs” signature course at Texas A&M University-Commerce will help celebrate the grand opening of a long-awaited dog park in Commerce, Texas on Nov. 29. Signature courses provide an opportunity for faculty to highlight their knowledge and passion for a topic of their choosing, often outside of their discipline. Aimed at […]