State Council News

Texas delegates at the Closing Mass of the Supreme College Council Conference

Posted Nov 07, 2011
by Mark


10 Texas schools were represented at this year’s Supreme College Councils Conference held in New Haven, Conn., Sept. 30 to Oct. 2. During the conference, councils were broken into five regional caucuses, with enough representatives from Texas to be its own region.

“image At the conference, Texas A&M Council 10624 won the Highest Net Gain in Insurance Membership Award. University of Houston Council 15105 also won the Youth Activity Award.In the back row from left to right are GK Patrick Russell from University of North Texas14789, Travis Schilling from Baylor 13577; GK Silver Salinas from Baylor 13577; Andrew Higdon from University of Texas 12409; Austin Bray from UNT 14789; GK Ryan Skrobarczyk from Texas A&M 10624; Michael Broussard from University of Houston 15105; and Past State Deputy Lou Barbour, who currently serves as the Supreme Council’s director of council growth and development.
In the front row from left to right are Felix Rodriguez, chairman of the UT-Pan American Round Table; Matt Maggio from A&M 10624; Tony Gutiérrez, state college councils chairman; and Arthur Castanon from UH 15105.
Representatives from Stephen F. Austin 10790, Texas Tech 14426, and University of St. Thomas 13940 also attended the conference, but had to leave early to catch their flights.
The Texas College Knights of Columbus Conference will be held Feb. 24-26 in Nacogdoches, and will be hosted by Stephen F. Austin State University Coucnil 10790. The conference is open to any college student who is a Knight of Columbus, regardless of whether that campus has a college council or not. For more information, contact College Councils Chairman Tony Gutiérrez at college.tkofc.org, or join the College Knights Facebook group at “Texas College Knights of Columbus.