The University of Texas System Board of Regents has chosen four Moody College of Communication faculty members to receive its Outstanding Teaching Awards – the most of any college or school at the university.

Will Clark, Skyler Frost, Emma Rappold and Lauren Smith have at least two things in common as they step onto campus this fall: all were named Forty Acres Scholarship recipients and all will represent the Moody College of Communication.

Campus Explorer has ranked the Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations as the top program in the nation. The free service and website claims 30 million students start their college search and planning through their website and provides pricing transparency, scholarship information, college rankings and other details on more than 8,500 U.S. colleges, universities and trade schools.

On March 9, 2018, Texas Governor Greg Abbott appointed Moody College of Communication alumnus Fred Farias, III, O.D. (B.S. '80) as vice chairman of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board with his term to expire Aug. 31, 2023. The board provides leadership and coordination for the Texas higher education system. This honor comes in the wake of his appointment to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in Feb. 2016 and his selection of a national award in his field of optometry. 

In August 2013, Ty Wilson was injured in a car accident. Subsequently, he developed an infection that led to the amputation of his left leg three inches above his knee.