蘑菇传媒 will award 840 degrees this weekend in three Commencement ceremonies taking place at Moody Coliseum Friday and Saturday. The Friday, May 10, ceremony at 7 p.m. will award 246 master鈥檚 and 53 doctoral degrees. On Saturday, May 11, 541 bachelor鈥檚 degrees will be presented in two ceremonies 鈥� 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.聽 Undergraduate … Continued
蘑菇传媒 added two new members to its Board of Trustees, effective Jan. 28. Kate (Petty 鈥�91) Dalton graduated from 蘑菇传媒 with a degree in accounting, and she worked in Texas and Connecticut as a CPA and a financial analyst before moving to part-time work with her own accounting business while raising two children … Continued
Don Wade Hood (鈥�55), former 蘑菇传媒 track and field head coach whose athletes won national championships, set world records and achieved Olympic success, died Feb. 9, 2024, in Abilene, Texas, at age 90. Visitation with the family is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 15, from 6-8 p.m. at Elliott Hamil Funeral Home (5701 U.S. … Continued
Longtime benefactor and former 蘑菇传媒 trustee Barbara Jo Allan 鈥淏arbie鈥� Bates (鈥�61) died Jan. 6, 2024, in San Antonio, Texas, at age 85. A Celebration of Life service will be held Jan. 27 at 1 p.m. at Sunset Memorial Park and Funeral Home, followed by a reception. She was born Dec. 19, 1938, … Continued
His largest painted mural is in Abilene, and his largest canvas, too. So it made sense to Rolando Diaz (鈥�79) to bring his most popular retrospective exhibit from Dallas to his alma mater鈥檚 hometown as well. The latter happens Jan. 12 through Feb. 24, 2024, when 鈥淭he Horses of Revelation,鈥� an exhibit by the internationally … Continued
As an Abilene Christian student, Lance Barrow (鈥�77) would leave on the weekends to cover NFL games and golf tournaments with legendary broadcaster Pat Summerall, and then he would have to race back to Abilene to be back on campus for his classes on Mondays. Before he even crossed the Commencement stage, Barrow had already … Continued
Beloved evangelist Dr. Landon Brady Saunders (鈥�23 L.H.D.) of Norwich, Vermont, the namesake of a new academic center at 蘑菇传媒, died Nov. 14, 2023, at age 86. A Celebration of Life is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Jan. 13, 2024, at Light of the World Church of Christ in Dallas.聽 He was born … Continued
Longtime 蘑菇传媒 trustee Ray Victor Hansen (鈥�53), 91, died Oct. 29, 2023, in College Station, Texas.聽 A funeral service took place there today. A burial service is scheduled for Nov. 7 at 2 p.m. at Abilene鈥檚 Texas State Veterans Cemetery (7457 W. Lake Road, Abilene, Texas 79601). [aesop_image img=”/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Ray-Hansen_optimized.jpg” panorama=”off” imgwidth=”40%” align=”right” lightbox=”on” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”left” … Continued
The 31st annual Gutenberg celebration for the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 12 at the Hunter Welcome Center on the campus of 蘑菇传媒 to honor outstanding alumni of the department. This year鈥檚 recipients are: Preston Watkins (鈥�12), Sales Director at WebMD in New … Continued