Texarkana College is the winner of the national 2018 Achieving the Dream Leah Meyer Austin Award, the highest honor awarded to community colleges recognizing outstanding transformational change leading to greater student success and completion. Rising from the brink of closure in 2011 to having the top graduation rate in the Read more…
Dr. Laura Matteson (LaCroix) Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Wisdom Animal ClinicLT Class of 2000 Dr. Laura Matteson (LaCroix) is a country girl at heart, growing up in DeKalb, Texas. She followed a family tradition by attending Texas A&M University where she received a Biomedical Science Degree in 1994, before becoming a Read more…
Texas Middle School student scientists recently took top honors during the Region 8 sScience Fair on February 1 in Pittsburg, TX. An estimated 282 students participated from 25 area school districts. Awards included: Madelyn Bixler – First Place in 7th Grade Biological Science; Chris Baker – Second Place in 8th Read more…
Myra Loving Licensed Professional CounselorPrivate PracticeLT Class of 2015 I’ve learned that adding a supportive group is a wonderful way to be a leader in Texarkana. When I graduated from Leadership Texarkana, I began a feee support group ‘Left Behind’ for survivors whose loved ones died by suicide. This group Read more…
Debra Moore Sr. Vice PresidentCommercial National Bank of TexarkanaLT Class of 1994 What have you learned most about making a difference in Texarkana (or about your opportunity for community leadership) from being a part of Leadership Texarkana? Every time I have an opportunity for leadership in Texarkana it has enriched Read more…
Ms. Gwen Adams, assistant superintendent of elementary education for the Texarkana Arkansas School District, will represent the state of Arkansas at the National Association of Federal Education Program Administrators (NAFEPA) conference in Washington, D.C. “Receiving this award is a great honor,” said Ms. Adams. “Funding sources continue to Read more…
Speaking of Second to None… The Cities of Texarkana, AR and Texarkana, TX have each independently been recognized for excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), a national non-profit professional association which serves approximately 19,000 government financial professionals. Trust in our institutions and their reporting Read more…