Texas A&M University–Commerce
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| 2025 | Film adaptation of Hoover's novel 'Regretting You' is planned for release. |
| January 21 2025 | Deleted her Instagram account due to controversy surrounding the It Ends with Us film adaptation. |
| January 21 2025 | Deleted her Instagram page due to fan backlash. |
| 2024 | Film adaptation of Hoover's novel 'It Ends with Us' is set to be released. |
| November 7 2024 | University officially renamed to East Texas A&M University by the A&M System Board of Regents. |
| August 7 2024 | University President Dr. Mark Rudin announces rejection of proposed name change to Texas A&M University–Dallas and supports renaming to East Texas A&M University. |
| 2023 | Published a physical edition of 'Never Never', originally released digitally in 2015. |
| 2023 | Named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine, recognizing her impact in the literary world. |
| May 2023 | Production began on the film adaptation of It Ends with Us. |
| February 2023 | Rusty Truck releases their self-titled album, produced by Larry Campbell and featuring appearances from Sheryl Crow and Jakob Dylan. Seliger directs the music video for the first single 'Ain't Over Me', which stars Katie Holmes and Benjamin Freemantle. |
| 2022 | Begins competing in the Southland Conference. |
| 2022 | Colleen Hoover achieved a remarkable milestone by simultaneously holding six of the top ten spots on the New York Times paperback fiction bestseller list, demonstrating her extraordinary popularity and commercial success as an author. |
| 2022 | Released the standalone novel 'Reminders of Him'. |
| October 18 2022 | Published It Starts with Us, the sequel to It Ends with Us, which became Simon & Schuster's most pre-ordered book of all time. |
| 2021 | Published 'The City that Finally Sleeps', a photographic documentation of empty New York City streets during the pandemic's height in March 2020. Photographs from his 'On Christopher Street' project were also exhibited at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. |
| 2021 | The East Texan student newspaper ceased publication. |
| 2021 | University completes its participation in the Lone Star Conference (LSC). |
| 2021 | Demographic data snapshot captured, showing a diverse student population with 62.47% female students and a multi-ethnic composition. |
| 2020 | Auctioned 26 photographs to benefit COVID-19 relief efforts, raising $232,375 for various charities chosen by featured celebrities. |
| 2020 | Nursing and Health Sciences Building was constructed and opened, representing one of the newer campus facilities. |
| 2020 | Published two novels: 'Heart Bones' and 'Layla'. |
| September 2020 | The East Texan transitioned to an online-only format. |
| August 2020 | Waters Library was renamed from James Gilliam Gee Library to Velma K Waters Library, honoring the university's first African American undergraduate student. |
| 2019 | Received the Texas Medal of Arts award, presented by the Texas Cultural Trust in recognition of his artistic achievements. |
| 2019 | Named an American Portrait Gallery honoree by the National Portrait Gallery, which acquired his portrait of Lin-Manuel Miranda as Hamilton. |
| 2019 | Track and field athletes win individual national championships. |
| 2019 | Released the standalone novel 'Regretting You'. |
| 2019 | Published the novella 'Finding Perfect', continuing to expand the Hopeless series. |
| August 2019 | The College of Innovation and Design (CID) was formed to provide an innovative interdisciplinary educational experience, offering eight degree plans. |
| 2018 | Published two novels: 'All Your Perfects' and 'Verity', further establishing her presence in contemporary fiction. |
| 2018 | Published 'Maybe Now', the follow-up novel in the Maybe Someday series. |
| April 2018 | The School of Agriculture was renamed to the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. |
| January 28 2018 |
Ernest Hawkins
Ernest Hawkins died in Greenville, Texas, after a brief illness.
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| January 28 2018 |
Ernest Hawkins
Ernest Ray Hawkins passed away.
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| 2017 | Film adaptation of Colleen Hoover's novel 'Confess' was released, marking her first book-to-screen adaptation. |
| 2017 |
Ernest Hawkins
The Field at Memorial Stadium in Commerce was named Ernest Hawkins Field at Memorial Stadium in his honor.
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| 2017 | Reached an enrollment of over 12,000 students in the fall semester, becoming the third-largest institution in the Texas A&M University System. |
| 2017 | Football team wins the NCAA Division II national championship. |
| 2017 | Released the standalone novel 'Without Merit'. |
| 2016 | Published 'On Christopher Street: Transgender Stories', a photography book featuring over 70 portraits of transgender people. |
| 2016 | International students comprised 6.8% of the student body, reflecting the university's growing global diversity. |
| 2016 | Over 500 students from each of Collin, Dallas, Hunt, Rockwall, and Tarrant Counties were attending the university. |
| 2016 | Published the standalone novel 'Too Late'. |
| 2016 | Published 'It Ends with Us', the romance novel that became her most well-known work and significantly boosted her literary career. |
| 2015 | University's acceptance rate was 45%, indicating a selective admission process. |
| 2015 | Released multiple works: 'Never Never' (a three-part digital novella series with Tarryn Fisher), 'Confess', and 'November 9', showcasing her prolific writing in this year. |
| 2015 | Won the Goodreads Choice Awards in the Romance category for her novel 'Confess'. |
| April 2015 | The East Texan was ranked among the top-10 college newspapers in Texas at the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association (TIPA) meeting. |
| 2014 | Began annually photographing actors and directors at the Vanity Fair Oscars Party, creating a 15' x 30" portable studio with set designer Thomas Thurnauer." |
| 2014 | Released 'Maybe Not', a novella that is part of the Maybe Someday series. |
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