Students wait for their turn to use the DWI simulator during a Watch UR BAC presentation at the University of Houston. The program uses interactive technology and explans the consequences drinking and driving. (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service photo)

Texas A&M University-Commerce will roll out a new guaranteed tuition plan called [in]tuition beginning in the fall semester of 2014. [in]tuition guarantees all students a set rate on tuition and mandatory fees for two or four years, depending on their classification.

Bonham High School will host the second annual Freshman Pow-Wow on Wednesday, August 13 from 10:45 a.m. - 1:45 p.m. at the BHS Gym. Lunch will be provided for students who attend.

If it's August, it's time for Anime at the Creative Arts Center. Last year's Anime, SCI-FI & Fantasy Art Exhibit was full of vibrant exciting art, much of it at the hands of local students. The arts center will again allow students to enter this exhibit for free, and, since there are so many talented young people in the area, CAC Director Lisa Avila anticipates another terrific exhibit for 2014.

Austin College professionals are at work to bring the ATHENA Award back to the area this fall, recognizing two exemplary leaders from Grayson, Fannin, or Cooke counties with the ATHENA Leadership Award® and the ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award at a dinner Thursday, September 11.

Bonham ISD campuses are currently closed, and each campus will reopen at various times at each campus. Below are the dates that each campus is open for student registration.

The internationally-renowned Mariachi Sol de Mexico — a Grammy-nominated ensemble — will be the headline performer of the University of North Texas Mariachi Aguilitas Summer Camp, an annual week-long workshop that teaches musical skills to middle school and high school mariachi players. Camp participants will have the chance to perform with Mariachi Sol de Mexico on one song during the group’s first ever concert at UNT, which will open with a performance by Denton-based professional mariachi ensemble Mariachi Quetzal.

Tiffany Sellers, representing Ector High School, won fourth place in the special talent contest division with her vocal performance to an audience of more than 2,000 at the National Beta Convention on June 28, 2014 in Richmond, Virginia.

Get the digital literacy skills you need to succeed in today's marketplace! Enroll in the IC3 (Internet and Computing Core Certification) program at Richland College Garland Campus.

(L-R) President Dan Jones, Kaden Andre, Rep. Dan Flynn and Dr. Karen Andre

Eight Trenton FFA members attended the 86th Texas FFA Convention where they attended sessions and listened to speakers, went to the Casey Donahew Band concert, elected new officers, and went to the FFA dance.