Tim O’Brien, who holds the Endowed Chair in Creative Writing at Texas State, has recently been honored with the 2010 Katherine Anne Porter Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Three Texas State philosophers will be joined by professors from six other university departments, along with academics from the University of Chicago and Hofstra University as Texas State’s Philosophy Dialogue Series takes up evolution and identity for the next two weeks.

On March 16, a lecture on Latin American and Spanish events that affected Mexico’s War of Independence will be given by noted historian María Victoria López-Cordón Cortezo in Centennial Hall G02 at 5 p.m. The lecture, “Los representantes de la América hispana en las Cortes de Cádiz de 1812,” will be given in Spanish.

Award-winning Texas State faculty member Hank Hehmsoth recently added to his considerable laurels by placing first in the National Association of Composers USA Texas Compositions Competition.

The Texas State student branch of the Association for Childhood International is holiding it’s popular yearly creative dramatic workshop for children aged 6-10 on March 20.