Category: Ģý News
Ģý earns 2022-23 Military Friendly® School designation
Ģý earned the Military Friendly® School designation in the 2022-23 listings released online Monday and set to be published in the May and October issue of G.I. Jobs magazine. The full list can be found at militaryfriendly.com. Institutions earning the Military Friendly® School designation were evaluated using both public data sources … Continued
Kate Bowler to speak at Friends of Ģý Library dinner March 3
Best-selling author, podcaster and professor Dr. Kate Bowler is the featured speaker for the annual Ģý Brown Library fundraising dinner. Table sponsorships and individual tickets are available for “Incurable Optimism: Friends of Ģý Library Dinner With Kate Bowler” March 3 at the Hunter Welcome Center. Bowler studies the cultural stories we tell … Continued
Ģý to honor Halbert, Osborne with alumni awards
Ģý has named its Outstanding Alumna of the Year and Young Alumnus of the Year and will present the awards Saturday, Feb. 19, to Kathy (Gay ’78) Halbert and Brandon Osborne (’05). Kathy, cofounder of the Caris Foundation, is Ģý’s Outstanding Alumna of the Year. Brandon, executive director of Abilene Youth Sports Authority, … Continued
Events, performances, activities planned to celebrate Black History Month at Ģý
Guest speakers, a prayer walk, a lecture series and several student activities are slated for February as part of Black History Month at Ģý. Feb. 1 – An outdoor prayer event organized by the Carl Spain Center on Race Studies and Spiritual Action will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the … Continued
Ģý selects veteran FBS defensive coordinator as new head football coach
Keith Patterson, currently the defensive coordinator at Texas Tech University, will be the next head football coach at Ģý. Patterson’s experience includes 13 years leading some of the nation’s top defenses at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. The FBS … Continued
Two new executives join Ģý leadership
Ģý announced the hiring of two new executives this week. Dan Macaluso is the next vice president for advancement and will begin work at Ģý on Oct. 1. Blair Schroeder began recently as the chief planning officer, a newly created position. Vice President for Advancement Macaluso is a senior consultant and principal … Continued
Ģý joins four other universities in historic move to WAC
Ģý expects to begin intercollegiate competition in the Western Athletic Conference in 2021, joining four other NCAA Division I institutions making a milestone move to the WAC, it was announced today in a press conference at the NRG Center. Ģý will transition from the Southland Conference – a league it co-founded in 1973 … Continued
10 Questions with Ģý trustee and energy expert Doug Robison
A thin volume of Galileo’s 1610 landmark treatise The Starry Messenger sits on a bookshelf at oil and gas executive Doug Robison’s Abilene home. Within its pages, the famous astronomer, who turned his telescope to the stars to provide firsthand observation that ours is a sun-centered solar system and not an Earth-centered one, describes … Continued
Ģý hires first vice president for research
Ģý announced the hiring of Dr. Russell “Rusty” Kruzelock as its first vice president for research. He will begin work at Ģý on Sept. 14. “Ģý has a history of attracting and producing leaders in academic inquiry, and our past decade of remarkable growth in research has revealed the need for an experienced … Continued