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SHERMAN, TEXAS -- Austin College will hold its annual Honors Convocation Thursday, April 29, at 11 a.m. in Wynne Chapel. A formal convocation in academic regalia, the event highlights academic and leadership achievements of students and faculty. Members of the community are invited to attend.Following opening comments from Austin College President Oscar C. Page, the convocation agenda is to honor the achievements of faculty and students. Nearly 50 scholarships and fellowships awarded to students on the basis of achievement in various Austin College academic departments will be announced during the assembly. Scholarship and fellowship donors are special guests at the all-campus recognition ceremony. Faculty members within the various disciplines of the College announce the awards. Faculty excellence and achievement also will be recognized during the convocation, with announcement of various faculty honors given throughout the year as well as the presentation of the Austin College Excellence in Teaching Award. Michael Imhoff, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty, presents awards and honors to members of the faculty. This spring, two faculty members will be officially installed to academic professorships. Shelton L. Williams, professor of political science and international studies and director of the Austin College Posey Leadership Institute, will be installed to the Leslie B. Crane Chair in Leadership Studies. Roderick Stewart, professor of philosophy, will be installed in the George R. and Julia Blucher Jordan Chair in Humanities. In addition, the Homer P. Rainey Award for Outstanding Achievement or Service to the College will be presented to a member of the faculty or staff. Thursday's event also allows public acknowledgement of students selected this spring for induction into national honor societies, including Phi Beta Kappa. Austin College has chapters of numerous national and international honor societies for students who excel within certain disciplines, rangingfrom drama to physics to social sciences. Richard Tappa, College organist and professor emeritus of music, will provide the processional and recessional accompaniment. Austin College, affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA), is an independent, liberal arts college of 1,300 students located 60 miles north of Dallas in Sherman, Texas. Chartered in November 1849, it is the oldest college in Texas under original charter and name as recognized by the State Historical Survey Committee.Austin College is included in Loren Pope's Colleges That Change Lives, ranked among the "Best 351 Colleges" in the 2004 Princeton Review, and profiled in the 2004 edition of Kaplan's Insiders Guide to the 328 Most Interesting Colleges.
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