Tag: Press Releases and News

(AUSTIN, TX) 6.24.16 — Huston-Tillotson University officials have signed an agreement with The California Community Colleges, the largest system of higher education in the nation composed of 72 districts and 113 colleges serving 2.1 million students per year, to enroll students interested in furthering their education at a Historically Black College or University.

(AUSTIN) 6.6.16 — The Texas Association of African American Chambers of Commerce (TAAACC) and Huston-Tillotson University recently joined forces to create and host the TAAACC Policy Breakfast series.

Huston-Tillotson University officials announced and showcased nine HP EliteBook 6930p’s and one HP EliteBook 8530p from BAE Systems to add to the Downs-Jones Library equipment resources for campus wide use.

(AUSTIN, Texas) 7.25.16 —Approximately 110 students from Central Texas middle and high schools will showcase their mathematics and science applications learned during Huston-Tillotson University’s Austin Pre-Freshman Engineering Program (AusPrEP).  Student accomplishments during the seven-week program will be recognized and highlighted at the closing ceremony on Friday, July 29, 2016, at 10 a.m.

(AUSTIN, TX) 8.15.16 — Eleven Huston-Tillotson University students have completed independent research projects during the summer as part of the STEM Research Scholars Program. 

Net-Zero Hero: CarShandra Hollins Aug 15, 2016 – 10:36 am CDT I am helping Austin achieve Net-Zero by helping my University go green!  Austin is green and we all want to keep it that way!

Net-Zero Hero: CarShandra Hollins Aug 15, 2016 – 10:36 am CDTI am helping Austin achieve Net-Zero by helping my University go green! Austin is green and we all want to keep it that way!

(AUSTIN, Texas) 8.19.16 — Linda Y. Jackson has been named Huston-Tillotson University’s Senior Development Officer.For the past 18 years, Jackson has served the University in a public relations capacity, responsible for advancing the overall mission of the University by promoting the achievements, successes, and accomplishments of faculty, staff, students, and alumni.

(AUSTIN, TX) 9.13.16 — Huston-Tillotson University President and Chief Executive Officer Colette Pierce Burnette Pierce signed a Transfer Pathways Compact Collaborative Agreement today with the five Alamo Colleges, affirming guided success for students in this region.“This agreement increases the clarity of courses required; reduces time of degree completion;

(AUSTIN, Texas) 10.19.16 – Juniors Derrick Lewis, Jaylon Denkins, and Jade McDaniel welcomed students Wednesday afternoon to the first general body meeting of what they hope will be a new, invigorated NAACP Chapter here on campus.

Co-Chair Darrien Jones talks about Green is the New Black campus awareness. (AUSTIN, TX) 7.1.16 — Huston-Tillotson University was named the winner in the small-campus category of the College Sports Sustainability Makeover Contest at the Green Sports Alliance Summit held recently in Houston. The contest is designed to highlight college athletics’ unique and powerful impact on community sustainability;

(AUSTIN, Texas) 10.24.2016 – Huston-Tillotson University is pleased to announce that Kiara Johnson has been selected by the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities as a member of the 2016 HBCU All-Stars.A Houston, Texas, resident, Ms.