Sam Houston State University Announces Fall 2022 President’s List

The students listed on the President’s Honor Roll at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, are undergraduates who have achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average in all work attempted while enrolled in not less than 12 semester hours.

Sam Houston State University Announces Fall 2022 Dean’s List

The students listed on the Dean’s List of Academic Honors at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, are undergraduates who have achieved a grade point average of at least 3.5 out of a perfect 4.0 in all work attempted while enrolled in not less than 12 semester hours.

Mercer University Announces Fall 2022 President’s, Dean’s Lists

Mercer University recently announced the President’s List and Dean’s List for the fall 2022 semester. Inclusion on these lists requires students to meet rigorous GPA standards specific to the college or school within the University.

LeTourneau University Announces Graduates For Fall 2022

LeTourneau University held fall 2022 commencement services recently for around 200 graduates who received bachelor’s and master’s degrees.

LeTourneau University Announces Fall 2022 Dean’s List

The following students were named to the Fall 2022 Dean’s List at LeTourneau University. The Dean’s List recognizes students who have achieved a grade point average between 3.50 and 3.99 for the semester. Olivia Hester, BBA General Business Samson Segovia, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Pone

My friend’s mother, Miss Sylvia, is making cornbread. Her house is alive with the smell. The seventy-two-year old woman cooks cornbread the old-fashioned way. An iron skillet in the oven. Lots of butter. Sylvia tests the hot bread by poking it with a broom bristle.

Dallas Arboretum Presents Dallas Blooms: Great Contributors

The Dallas Arboretum ushers in spring with the Southwest’s annual floral festival Dallas Blooms: Great Contributors from February 25 to April 16, 2023.

Texas State Parks Starts 100-Year Birthday Celebration with 7,923 First Day Hikers

Nearly 8,000 participants shattered the previous attendance record New Year’s Day by ringing in Texas State Parks’ 100th birthday with a First Day Hike. Texans across the state traveled to one of the 83 participating parks and hiked, biked and paddled a combined 17,190 miles.

Did You Know?

The Appalachian Trail is the longest hiking-only footpath in the world. According to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, the trail stretches across 14 states from Maine to Georgia. The total length of the trail is 2,192 miles. Millions of visitors traverse all or a portion of the trail every year.

Three Rights Make a Left

I feel like Rip Van Winkle In 1998, shortly after I was elected Kaufman County Commissioner from Precinct 2, Judge Wayne Gent asked if I would serve on the board of directors of the North Central Texas Housing Finance Corporation. I had little idea what it was and what it did, but I agreed.