Not able to attend the Friends of The Daily Texan Hall of Fame event March 22 on the University of Texas campus? Please consider sponsoring a Daily Texan student journalist to attend the event and learn about the rich history of The Daily Texan. Or, even if able to attend, please consider sponsoring a student for only $75. Registration for the event is now open at this link: https://friendsdailytexan.wildapricot.org/event-5556362 . At that link you can select your ticket and/or make a donation to sponsor a student. To clarify, all Daily Texan staff members are welcome to attend – at no charge […]
Read more →Who are the 9 new members of The Daily Texan Hall of Fame? They met at The Daily Texan and married; as reporters in World War II, he was at Normandy on D-Day, and died when a German tank attacked his vehicle as the Allies advanced to Paris; she told her editor she needed to go to the front line and ended up at Remagen when the U.S. Army crossed the Rhine into Germany, covered liberation of concentration camps and was at the first linkup of U.S. and Soviet forces. A seasoned journalist and senior New York Times executive for […]
Read more →Dr. Rachel Davis Mersey, recently appointed Dean of Moody College of Communication, will be the featured speaker at the 11th annual Friends of The Daily Texan Hall of Fame gathering on the University of Texas campus on March 22. Mersey served as Interim Dean for 7 months and was appointed Dean in January 2024. The March 22 gathering will begin at 5 p.m. with an outdoor reception on the Walter Cronkite Plaza, located between the Texas Student Media building and the Moody College of Communication complex. There will be a variety of food and beverage stations. Also beginning at 5 […]
Read more →Supporters of student journalism at the University of Texas and fans and friends of The Daily Texan, please mark March 22 on your calendar. That’s the date of the annual Friends of The Daily Texan, Inc. gathering on the Austin campus. The gathering will begin at 5 p.m. with an outdoor reception on the Walter Cronkite Plaza, located between the Texas Student Media building and the Moody College of Communication complex. There will be a variety of food and beverage stations. Also beginning at 5 p.m. will be a tour and visitation time at the adjacent Daily Texan offices. The […]
Read more →When you donate to support scholarship grants for Daily Texan staff members, via Friends of The Daily Texan, what happens after you write a check or make an online donation? First, donations of any size are appreciated and help us reach our $300,000 goal in 2023. Please be aware that the Friends of The Daily Texan is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization that has been recognized by the IRS as being tax-exempt by virtue of its charitable programs. Your donation may be tax deductible. As donations are received they are deposited to an endowment fund with the University of Texas […]
Read more →The 10th anniversary gathering of the Friends of The Daily Texan, Inc. on March 31 will have a slightly different look this year, with expanded reception time for friends and colleagues to gather. Daily Texan Hall of Fame and Rising Star recipients will be honored at the event and scholarships for Daily Texan staff members will be announced. Register here: https://friendsdailytexan.wildapricot.org/event-5144331 For attendees, there will be expanded reception and visiting time to catch up with friends and colleagues, and also a greatly expanded variety of food options. And for the presentation of Hall of Fame and Rising Star honorees, there will […]
Read more →Supporters of student journalism at the University of Texas and fans and friends of The Daily Texan, please mark March 31 on your calendar. That’s the date of the annual Friends of The Daily Texan gathering on the Austin campus, and this year it will be a bit different. The gathering will be both an outdoor (weather permitting) and indooor reception in the Walter Cronkite Plaza located in the Moody College of Communication complex. “This event marks the 10th anniversary of Friends of The Daily Texan,” board members said in a statement,. “We wanted to make it more of a celebration […]
Read more →To ensure long-term funding of scholarships for staff members of The Daily Texan, the Friends of The Daily Texan is seeking your help to raise $300,000 to further build its endowment fund, guaranteeing continuation and growth of a scholarship program that now reaches 11 Texan staffers a year. “Today the Friends group seeks your help on our most challenging project since founded in 2013: to raise $300,000 to fully endow the group’s Daily Texan student scholarships for the future,” the Friends Endowment Committee said. “We ask the thousands of Daily Texan ”graduates” to join with us and support these grants […]
Read more →University of Texas President Jay Hartzell will speak at the April 8 Friends of The Daily Texan Hall of Fame dinner on the Austin campus. Hartzell will join Moody College of Communication Dean Jay Bernhardt, who also will speak to the group. Twice postponed due to the pandemic, the event on April 8 in the Shirley Bird Perry ballroom of The Texas Union building will begin with a social hour at 6 p.m., and continue at 7 p.m. with the dinner. In addition to remarks by Hartzell and Bernhardt, the dinner will recognize Daily Texan Hall of Fame honorees, including […]
Read more →Registration is now open for the annual Friends of The Daily Texan Hall of Fame dinner at The Texas Union building on the UT campus. Twice postponed due to the pandemic, the event on April 8 in the Shirley Bird Perry ballroom of The Union building will begin with a social hour at 6 p.m., and continue at 7 p.m. with the dinner. Register here: https://friendsdailytexan.wildapricot.org/event-4702996 “There’s a lot of pent-up interest in the dinner, since we had to cancel the 2020 and 2021 dinners,” said a statement from the board of Friends of The Daily Texan. “It will be […]
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