11 Mar 2013
Posted by Michelle Bryant 
The College of Liberal Arts is proud to announce the 2013 Pro Bene Meritis Award recipients. The Honorable Ben Barnes, Toyin Falola, Jeanne and Michael Klein, and Marion Mark were chosen for their outstanding service to the college.The Honorable Ben Barnes is a graduate of The University of Texas Law School...
Read more → 05 Nov 2012
Posted by Molly Wahlberg 
Pro Bene Meritis 2012 The Pro Bene Meritis Award is the highest honor bestowed by the College of Liberal Arts. It is given each spring to alumni, faculty and friends of the college who are committed to the liberal arts, who have made outstanding contributions in professional or philanthropic pursuits,...
Read more → 30 Oct 2012
Posted by Molly Wahlberg 
Pro Bene Meritis 2012 The Pro Bene Meritis Award is the highest honor bestowed by the College of Liberal Arts. It is given each spring to alumni, faculty and friends of the college who are committed to the liberal arts, who have made outstanding contributions in professional or philanthropic pursuits,...
Read more → 29 Oct 2012
Posted by Molly Wahlberg 
Pro Bene Meritis 2012 The Pro Bene Meritis Award is the highest honor bestowed by the College of Liberal Arts. It is given each spring to alumni, faculty and friends of the college who are committed to the liberal arts, who have made outstanding contributions in professional or philanthropic pursuits,...
Read more → 15 Nov 2011
Posted by Jessica Sinn 
Carolyn and Peyton Townsend raise their horns to a world-class education Carolyn Townsend will always remember her tearful parting from The University of Texas at Austin after earning her Bachelor of Arts degree in history and English in 1966. “I was the last one out of the Pi Phi sorority house,”...
Read more → 12 Nov 2011
Posted by Kelley Shannon 
Alumnus gives back to his university It really was a natural for Martin Dies III to earn a degree in government from The University of Texas at Austin. You might say it was in his DNA. His father served in the Texas Senate, and his grandfather and great-grandfather served in Congress. Government...
Read more → 12 Nov 2011
Posted by Katherine Thayer 
Religious studies professor’s devotion to teaching recognized Professor G. Howard Miller began teaching at The University of Texas at Austin in 1971 in Burdine 106, an auditorium seating hundreds of students. “I felt like a rock star,” says Miller, a University Distinguished Teaching Associate...
Read more → 12 Nov 2011
Posted by Eileen Flynn 
CarMax founder supports Plan II study abroad and recalls his own experience One spring day in 1973, while wandering the streets of Lima, University of Texas student Austin Ligon got swept up in an Easter procession. There he was, a Protestant from West Texas, marching for hours with hundreds of thousands...
Read more → 17 Sep 2010
Posted by Gary Susswein 
Frank Denius’ commitment helps students understand World War II Each spring, Frank Denius meets with a group of about 20 University of Texas at Austin students who are about to leave for Europe as part of the Normandy Scholar Program. And each fall, Denius — the noted philanthropist, businessman...
Read more → 17 Sep 2010
Posted by Jessica Sinn 
W. Parker Frisbie inspires colleagues and students Twenty-five years ago, W. Parker Frisbie stumbled into the field of mortality research by accident. The young sociology professor’s interest in mortality, the study of death in a population, was piqued when a graduate student asked him to chair...
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