McMurry University News

Bruce Kreitler, owner of Broken Willow Tree Service based in Abilene, will present "Planning, Planting and Growing Successful Big Country Trees" at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the second floor auditorium at the main branch of the Abilene Public Library.

For the first time in the history of Abilene, an international president-elect of Rotary was the featured speaker at a World Polio Day Dinner hosted by the seven Rotary Clubs located in the Abilene area on Oct.

Abilene Independent School District officials are contemplating what to do next after voters soundly defeated a bond election for a Career Tech High School Tuesday.

While today's ballot includes 11 state constitutional amendments, most voters report the item drawing them to the polls was the $25 million bond issue to build a Career Tech High School in the Abilene Independent School District.

Dr. Beverly Lenoir, McMurry University's vice president for academic affairs, has announced she will retire on Jan.

The recipients of scholarships awarded by the Hardin-Simmons University Ex-Cowgirls Association are Rachel Newman, Hayley Thaxton, Brent Ashmore and Cynthia Parker Brennan.

Walker Norvell decorates his home on South 17th Street for a zombie-themed Halloween party, Tuesday, Oct.

Education: BA Communication & Psychology McMurry University; Currently enrolled in Master of Science in Clinical Practice Management Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Who is the person who most influenced you in business? I think my biggest influence has been my current supervisor Zane Dennis.

Texansa role in the 1863 campaign to defend Vicksburg will be examined in a seminar to be held in Abilene on Nov.

The vision for the Village Church goes back a long way - perhaps as far as 1986 when the Rev.

Reporter-News Photo by Ronald W. Erdrich Abilene Independent School Board Trustee Samuel Garcia exits Patricia Snow's AP World History class Thursday, where his son is a student at Abilene High School.

The McMurry University Board of Trustees approved $10.75 million in capital projects Friday as part of the University's "Shaping the Future" capital campaign that started March 2008.

Each of Abilene's three universities will hold homecoming activities this weekend.

On Sept. 2, Gov. Rick Perry Commissioned historian and McMurry University history Professor Stephen L. Hardin an admiral in the Texas Navy Association.

Mr. and Mrs. Gary Hicks of Merkel announce the engagement of their daughter, Kelle Denise Hicks to Derreck Zachary Ratcliff, son of Mr.

For many watching from the Big Country, President Barack Obama snagging the Nobel Peace Prize isn't based so much on what he has done in his first months as president.

'Snot for Science' projects run into problems Submitted by SHNS on Fri, 10/09/2009 - 14:29 But while simple in execution, and even a bit fun, Culwell and other students at McMurry University here found that getting participants for the so-called "Snot for Science" biomedical research study required a bit of ... well, salesmanship.

Come to the El Chico Patio at the Mall of Abilene, 4310 Buffalo Gap Road, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday for the inaugural SurvivorFEST supporting the Alliance for Women and Children's Breast Cancer Awareness project.

The Abilene Community Band presents its fall concert, "Autumn Rhapsody," at 7:30 p.m. today at the Paramount Theatre.

FORT STOCKTON, TX, October 5, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Dalila B. Lara, Licensed Specialist in School Psychology for the Fort Stockton Independent School District, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for demonstrating dedication, leadership and excellence in psychology in an educational setting.