Angelo State University

Award-winning western novelist Anne Hillerman will be the featured speaker for Angelo State University’s 21st annual Writers Conference in Honor of Elmer Kelton March 23-24 in the ASU Auditorium inside the Mayer Administration Building, 2601 W. Ave. N.

Four Angelo State University staff members – Tom Nurre Jr., Drexene Winey, Andrea Robledo and Michelle Norris – have earned the 2016 President’s Awards for Staff Excellence, and another – Sharla Adam – has received the annual Chancellor’s Colonel Rowan Award for Execution.

Angelo State University art/graphic design major Allison Romo of Hereford has been awarded the top prize in the 2016 University Symposium Student Contest that is conducted each year in conjunction with ASU’s E. James Holland University Symposium on American Values.

The Angelo State University Symphony Orchestra will present a “Masterworks” Concert on Thursday, March 9, in the ASU Auditorium located in the Mayer Administration Building, 2601 W. Ave. N.

Angelo State University’s Wind Ensemble will present a free public concert titled “Night on Fire” on Monday, March 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the University Auditorium located inside the Mayer Administration Building at 2601 W. Ave. N.

Peyton LaBauve, a senior biology major at Angelo State University and president of the ASU Student Government Association, received the 2016-17 Student Government Student Leader of the Year Award at the 36th annual Conference on Student Government Associations held Feb. 25-27 at Texas A&M University.

The James A. “Buddy” Davidson Charitable Foundation of Midland has awarded a grant of 1 million dollars to Angelo State University to establish a new endowed chair position in the Department of Physical Therapy, a component of ASU’s Archer College of Health and Human Services.

In 1971, racial tensions ran high in Alexandria, Virginia, as three schools were integrated to form T.C. Williams High School.

Angelo State University will host the 2017 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival for Region 6 on March 1-4 at various venues on campus, including the ASU Auditorium, Modular Theatre and C.J. Davidson Conference Center.

Dr. Marva Solomon of the Angelo State University teacher education faculty has been awarded a $20,000 grant by the U.S. Department of Education through the National Writing Project (NWP) to expand the scope of ASU’s Pearl of the Concho Writing Project...