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1824 Daniel Baker & 2026 Rebecca Cantor
Dr. Rebecca Cantor, the 17th President of Austin College, will be in Washington, DC on Tuesday, October 27th. She will attend a “Meet the President” event hosted by Caryn Schenewerk (’99) and the Austin College Alumni Board, a board of which Roo Tale Marc is a member. Dr. Cantor’s visit to DC comes during yet
2026 Crimson & Gold Challenge – In Honor of Jody Conradt & Olivia Hunt
It’s Austin College Crimson & Gold Challenge Week! See the comments for a link to give back to AC. I believe that to encourage others to give, one has to give first. So, on Crimson & Gold Challenge Week, I usually give a story. This year’s Challenge Week story is about Coach Jody Conradt, Coach
2026 Crimson & Gold Challenge – In Honor of Wayne Whitmire
It’s Austin College Crimson & Gold Challenge Week! See the comments for a link to give back to AC. I believe that to encourage others to give, one has to give first. So, on Crimson & Gold Challenge Week, I usually give a story. This year’s Challenge Week story is about Roo Wayne Whitmire and
2026 Crimson & Gold Challenge – In Honor of Duane Nutt
It’s Austin College Crimson & Gold Challenge Week! See the comments for a link to give back to AC. I believe that to encourage others to give, one has to give first. So, on Crimson & Gold Challenge Week, I usually give a story. This year’s Challenge Week story is about an Austin College Legend
AC Presidents & Jeremiah Johnson: Welcome to Sherman, Dr. Cantor
This summer, Dr. Rebecca Cantor arrives to begin her term as the 17th President of Austin College in Sherman. This summer, your Roo Tale author Marc takes off for Colorado to see Roo buds with whom I summitted the 14,000-foot Mt. Sherman. Hey, these two Sherman events sound like an opportunity for Marc to tell
President Steven O’Day and News of the World
[Marc remarks at this week’s AC Happy Hour in Austin, TX honoring retiring President Steven O’Day] Thank you to former AC Trustee Holly Mace Massingill and her spouse Gavin for this Carriage House location and their hard work on this event. The price for being awesome is you get roped in a lot, which is
Daniel Baker & NYA Presbyterian
Marc’s in D.C. today, and stopped by New York Avenue Presbyterian Church by the White House. 200 years ago in 1825, the Minister of New York Avenue Presbyterian preached to a sitting U.S. President. That President was John Quincy Adams, whom the Minister called “one of the best friends I ever had.” John Quincy Adams
Dr. Light Cummins and 1930
I was a freshman at Austin College in 1988 when I learned about the Sherman Riot of 1930. George Hughes, a black man wrongly accused, was lynched by a white Sherman mob. To pull off the act, the mob burned down their own courthouse and cut the hoses of firefighters trying to extinguish the blaze.
Roo Season in Review: 1991
It’s December 12th! December 12th is an unofficial Austin College holiday. On this day in 1981, AC won a national championship in football. That championship has been a regular feature of Roo Tales, as well as its own “Roo Season in Review.” In 1991, the 1981 AC National Championship team gathered in Sherman to celebrate
President Rebecca Cantor and the NCAA D1 Volleyball Championship
The 2025 NCAA D1 Women’s Volleyball tournament concludes this week in Kansas City. Hey, that sounds like a great opportunity for a Marc NCAA D1 Women’s Volleyball Roo Tale. It’s always a good time for a Roo Tale. NCAA D1 Volleyball is big time in California. Stanford, UCLA, USC, Long Beach State, UC Irvine, San