College of Business

Presented by the TAMU-CC Center for Faculty Excellence, the first Adjunct Excellence Awards at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi recognized the service of 76 adjunct faculty to the Island University with service pins. The winner of the first Adjunct Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award was Cassie White of the Department of Art and Design. Dr. Scott Elliff, retired Corpus Christi ISD Superintendent of Schools and adjunct professor and Superintendent Preparation Program Coordinator for the Department of Educational Leadership, was named the runner-up recipient.

In a somber yet moving ceremony, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi memorialized nine Islanders lost in 2019, 2020, and 2021 as part of its annual Islander Tribute. Family members were joined by Islander faculty, staff, and students in the two-part ceremony, which began in Anchor Ballroom in University Center before concluding in the memorial area of Lee Plaza.

Grant Berger, a Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi student at the RELLIS Campus in Bryan, Texas, has started a student organization dedicated to supporting the worker-owned cooperative business model.

Note: This article was originally published Feb. 12 on the Texas A&M University RELLIS website, as a Faculty Focus article. The author, Dr. Dimitrios Koutmos, based at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, teaches and conducts research on the RELLIS Campus. He is an assistant professor of finance with research specializations in asset pricing, banking, blockchain technologies, data analytics, derivatives and risk management.