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Wildcat Week 2023

Ä¢¹½´«Ã½â€™s fall enrollment tops 6,000

    Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ welcomes more than 6,000 students this fall, marking the university’s sixth consecutive year of record enrollment. The enrollment of 6,219 reflects an increase of 4.6% over last year and more than 19% over the past five years.  This fall’s record enrollment includes 1,021 new freshmen who come from every region … Continued
Dillard Science and Engineering Research Center

Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ celebrates grand opening of science, research facility

The Gayle and Max Dillard Science and Engineering Research Center (SERC) – home of Ä¢¹½´«Ã½â€™s Nuclear Energy eXperimental Testing Laboratory and the future home of one of the first advanced reactors in the United States – opened on Friday with more than 300 people on hand to celebrate the occasion and tour the … Continued

Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ pre-law students with Riley, center, at the SMU Dedman School of Law.

Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Pre-Law partners with SMU for scholarship

Students in the pre-law program at Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ have an exclusive opportunity to receive funding for their law school studies through a new partnership with Southern Methodist’s Dedman School of Law. SMU’s Dedman School of Law is looking to enroll more highly qualified students from Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ into its existing Juris Doctor program and has … Continued

Natura Resources selects Zachry Nuclear Engineering to design reactor for deployment at Ä¢¹½´«Ã½

  Ä¢¹½´«Ã½â€™s Nuclear Energy eXperimental Testing Laboratory and Abilene-based Natura Resources have taken another step toward construction of one of the first advanced reactors in the United States. Zachry Nuclear Engineering has been selected to design the Natura Resources Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) that will be deployed on Ä¢¹½´«Ã½â€™s campus. “Natura Resources is … Continued

Recent Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ graduate Devon Grey completed a graphic design internship at Lands' End this summer and then took a full-time role with the company.

Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Student Internship Spotlight: Devon Grey and Trevon Hardy

Connections to large companies regularly help students at Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ land internships and roles to further their careers. Devon Grey (’23) started as a remote graphic design intern at Lands’ End this summer and is now a full-time associate graphic designer for the company. Grey graduated in May with a Bachelor of Science degree … Continued

Maddie Rogers, senior graphic design and advertising major from Abilene, will be a graphic design intern at Walt Disney World for six months starting this summer.

Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Student Internship Spotlight: Maddie Rogers

‘The Most Magical Place on Earth’ is currently home base for recent Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ graduate Maddie Rogers (’23), who is a graphic design intern for Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.   Two summers ago, Rogers was a graphic design intern at Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, to further her skills. Rogers graduated … Continued

Cho, in the front row, with the group in Nairobi, Kenya this summer.

Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Student Internship Spotlight: Yourim Cho

Yourim Cho, sophomore biology major from Seoul, South Korea, spent eight weeks of her summer in Nairobi, Kenya, completing a medical internship with CMF International.       CMF International is a global missions team that works across 26 countries to create Christ-centered communities. The organization strives to serve, send and transform the world by … Continued

The Parade of Flags in the Opening Assembly in Aug. 2022.

Judge Shelton Gibbs to speak at Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Opening Assembly

  Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ will begin its 118th academic year with the traditional Opening Assembly in Moody Coliseum Aug. 28 at 11 a.m. Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ alumnus Shelton Gibbs IV, state district judge for the 422nd District Court of Texas, will give the address to students, faculty, staff and visitors as the university launches its first week … Continued

Kyle Tippens, director of the Dukes School of Finance.

Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ College of Business announces inaugural Dukes Scholars

Ä¢¹½´«Ã½â€™s College of Business Administration has selected 26 students for the inaugural cohort of Dukes Scholars, funded by the Dr. William P. and Janie B. Dukes Excellence in Finance Endowment.   In 2022, the late Dr. Bill and Janie Dukes donated, through their estate, more than $29 million to Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ – the largest … Continued