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In order to better serve students as the new semester approaches, 91����� Student Services will offer extended business hours Monday, Aug. 20 through Thursday, Aug 23. They will be open an extra hour, from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. Students will be able to meet with advisors to register for classes, speak with financial aid representatives, make payments and more.

?We realize that many of our students have work and other obligations that make it difficult for them to come out here during regular business hours.

Jazmin Garcia, a student at 91�����, has been named the 2018 Dr. Mary Hood Texas Region Scholar and will receive a $1,500 scholarship.

Garcia is a first-generation college student majoring in biomedical science.† She serves as the Vice President of Scholarship for her local Phi Theta Kappa chapter and holds the Chair of Service officer position for her college?s Biochem Club.† After being diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder in high school, she became interested in medical research, which has inspired her to study immunology.

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91����� student Mercedes Collins has been named the first†Gladys Winkle Memorial Honors/Humanities Scholar. This $2,500 scholarship award goes to a top-ranked honors student who is majoring in a field in the humanities. Collins, who graduated third in her class from Daingerfield High School, is a history major and she is putting her interests and talents to use already in the yearly honors film.†She was one of the four student researchers to travel to Austin last May to rehearse the desegregation case of Barbara Conrad in 1957 at the University of Texas?

Fred Markham, Executive Director of the Texas Pioneer Foundation, recently presented the 91����� Foundation with $60,000 to support the 91����� Work Scholarship Program. The gift came in two separate checks, one for $50,000 to be used as a matching gift for scholarships, and the other for $10,000 to be used as program support. Markham (left) is pictured with Dr. Jonathan McCullough, 91����� Executive Vice President for Advancement.†This summer marked the fifth year of the program, which allowed†63 students to work on campus to†earn their education.

91����� students Hannah Dickson and Rhylie Anderson received recognition as the top two Texas STAR Scholars at the Phi Theta Kappa Texas Regional Honors Institute held at Dallas Baptist University July 27-29. They were two of†12†recipients from throughout the state of Texas.

The scholarship recognizes students with outstanding academic ability, demonstrated leadership, and involvement within the community.

Members of Alpha Mu Chi, 91�����?s five-star, award-winning chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, attended and participated in the Texas Regional Honors Institute held at Dallas Baptist University July 27-29.

Have you registered yet?

As much as we may hate to admit it, summer is almost over. It's time to enroll in classes before it is too late! The fall semester begins Monday, Aug. 27 and there is still time to sign up. If you don't need to register yourself, please encourage a friend or family member who is considering college.

You can start the process online at or stop by to speak with our friendly student services staff.

Honors Northeast, the honors program of 91�����, is accepting entries of poems and images for its annual Northeast Texas Poetry Contest. This is the first year that an image category has been added for original photography and artwork. All submissions should focus on Northeast Texas and enhance or†enliven our sense of the surroundings, people, the culture, and/or the history of this area.

The contest is open to both students and members of the community and there is no cost to enter.

Dear 91����� Family,

A&M-Texarkana at 91����� is having our annual Stuff the Bus Campaign to help support our kiddos with Communities in Schools!† If you can donate one back to school item that would be very much appreciated.† If you BRING 5 items, you will be entered to win a $50 VISA card!! You can drop off your donation in UHS 113 with Ms. Shannon. Also, if you can?t make it over, email me at kcoke@tamut.edu and I will be more than happy to pick up your donation.