Palapas Dedication Ceremony and Picnic Honors University Supporter Dusty Durrill |
University’s Authors Day Features Reading by Award-Winning Tri-Cultural Poet |
Students Build Catapults at the Coastal Bend Engineering Competition |
West Oso Fifth-Graders Learn How to Bust Criminals during Science Rules! |
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| Research and Scholarly Activity |
Kreneck Co-Edits Essays on Texana Collectors and the Creation of Research Libraries |
| Awards, Honors and Grants |
| Marshall Collins of Institutional Advancement was elected vice-chair of the Advisory Council for Communications and Public Affairs for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) at its March 7 meeting. The 16-member Advisory Board comprises chief communications officers from member institutions. AASCU is the leadership association of 430 public colleges and universities enrolling more than 3 million students combined. |
 Dr. David Mead, a retired professor of English and former associate dean and department chair, has been awarded the title of Professor Emeritus in English by The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents. Mead, who retired in May 2009 after more than 30 years at the Island University, will be honored during Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi’s Fall 2010 Commencement on Saturday, Dec. 18, at the American Bank Center Arena. |
The following faculty members have been granted tenure by The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents effective Sept. 1: Dr. Ajay K. Katangur, assistant professor in College of Science and Technology; Dr. Jose H. Guardiola, associate professor in College of Science and Technology; Dr. Joseph Mollick, assistant professor in the College of Business; Dr. Armand Picou, associate professor in College of Business; Dr. Timothy Klaus, assistant professor in College of Business; Dr. Marvarene Oliver, assistant professor in College of Education; Dr. Kakali Bhattacharya, assistant professor in College of Education; Dr. Shane Anderson, assistant professor in College of Liberal Arts; Dr. Isabel Araiza, assistant professor in College of Liberal Arts; Dr. Peter Moore, associate professor in College of Liberal Arts; and Dr. Ethan Thompson, assistant professor in College of Liberal Arts. The promotion of the following faculty members has been approved by The Texas A&M University System Chancellor Michael D. McKinney effective Sept. 1: Dr. Gregory Buck, associate professor of biology and biomedical sciences; Dr. Ethan Thompson, associate professor of communication; Dr. Ajay K. Katangur, associate professor of computer science; Dr. Marvarene Oliver, associate professor of counseling; Dr. Kakali Bhattacharya, associate professor of educational psychology; Dr. Susan Garza, professor of English; Dr. Cristina C. Kirklighter, professor of English; Dr. Timothy Klaus, associate professor of management information systems; Dr. Joseph Mollick, associate professor of management information systems; Dr. Jose H. Guardiola, associate professor of mathematics; Dr. Shane Anderson, associate professor of music; Dr. Diana Sipes, professor of music; Dr. Mark Hartlaub, professor of psychology; and Dr. Isabel Araiza, associate professor of sociology. |
Longtime benefactors Avinash and Peggy Ahuja have made a gift to fund scholarships for full-time students pursuing a degree at the University. To be eligible for the Avinash and Peggy Ahuja Endowed Scholarship, students must have a cumulative 2.5 grade point average and demonstrate financial need. The Ahujas are the co-chairs of the President's Council segment of the Momentum Capital Campaign. |
| Around the Island |
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The Office of International Education will hold its second Parade of Nations on Monday, April 12, from 5-8 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center. The event will feature musical and dance performances representing the countries of Azerbaijan, China, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Turkey and Vietnam. There will also be performances by Islander IndepenDANCE and Hispanics for the Advancement of Community and Educational Readiness (HACER). This event is free and open to the public. |
The University Theatre will present William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” from Tuesday, April 20, through Sunday, April 25, in the Warren Theatre in the Center for the Arts. Performances are at 8 p.m. with a 2 p.m. Sunday matinee. Tickets are $8 for general admission; $7 for senior citizens and military; $5 for faculty/staff/students; and $3 for University students with their SandDollar$ ID. For more information, call ext. 5800. To order tickets, go to http://theatre.tamucc.edu/. |
Award-winning poet Marian Haddad read from her full-length collection of poems titled “Somewhere Between Mexico and a River Called Home” on March 25 during Authors Day sponsored by the University’s English Department. Haddad is an Arab-American author born and raised in El Paso, Texas, who writes about her tri-cultural experience living on the United States-Mexico border. Haddad also worked with students from Miller, King, and Moody high school students during workshops held on campus March 26.
Teams of students from local junior high and high schools built miniature catapults capable of launching beanbags to demonstrate ancient scientific principles during the first Coastal Bend Engineering Competition held on campus March 6. Teams from Cunningham, Driscoll and Corpus Christi middle schools and Moody, John Paul II, Flour Bluff, King and Collegiate high schools were assisted by Texas A&M-Corpus Christi undergraduate mechanical engineering students. 
Around 170 fifth-grade students from the West Oso Independent School District conducted a restaurant inspection and learned about the tools to catch a criminal during the Science Rules! Exposition held March 9 in the University Center, Lone Star Ballroom. The students visited 14 booths staffed by University students, faculty, staff and community professionals. Participating groups included the Corpus Christi Police Department’s Crime Lab and the Nueces County Health Department.
Rita Hernandez Named McNair Scholars Program Coordinator
Terry Tatum Named Associate Vice President for Information Technology
The Furgason Bravo! Series for the Performing Arts will present the gala Performing Arts Center Fifth Anniversary Rededication Concert on Saturday, April 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center. The program will include several chamber works performed by faculty musicians and student ensembles. General admission tickets are $20 for adults and $7 for children and students. Faculty and staff discounts are available. All proceeds will support music student scholarships. To order tickets, go to 
Visiting sculptor George Beasley, a professor of art at Georgia State University, created an art piece from palm branches, wood and other materials found on the beach during his evening “Iron Pour Performance” on March 5 at the beach across from the University. During the event, part of the University's Oso Bay Biennial XVI, Beasley created an iron-melting furnace.
Army Sgt. Benjamin S. Leal (right), who received his Bachelor of Communication in 2008, proudly displays the Islander Spirit Flag presented to him by the University before his deployment to Iraq in November 2009. Leal has already been accepted into Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Master of Arts in Communication program and will continue his studies after returning from Iraq.
Chapter President Lee White and the Corpus Christi Area Alumni Club joined the Student Government Association for their first evening Kapuna Walk on March 26 across the University campus. The torch-lit walk signified the transition from students to alumni for the graduating seniors.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi students enjoyed free food and received FYI T-shirts and water bottles during the campus-wide “First-Year Islanders Student Rally” held March 2 at the University Center, east lawn. The First-Year Islanders (FYI) Program is a best-in-class quality enhancement plan that supports the academic strengths within the University’s mission.
University President Flavius Killebrew and Steve DeSutter, president and chief executive officer of Stripes, presented Corpus Christi Councilman John Marez (left) with a symbolic check for the amount of pollution removed from the air by the recent “Drive Clean, Drive Green” campaign at a ceremony on Feb. 26. During the campaign, several Stripes convenience stores hosted AutoCheck Clinics conducted by the University’s Pollution Prevention Partnership.
Feminist artist Judy Chicago (foreground) presented a lecture on “Rethinking Curriculum in Art: The Dinner Party as Path to Empowerment” March 25 in the Performing Arts Center. Chicago’s contributions to feminist art movements and to contemporary Post-Modernism have been included in art history courses and texts. The event held during Women’s History Month was sponsored by the Art Museum of South Texas and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s College of Liberal Arts.
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