Plans for Texas A&M-San Antonio Campus Move Forward
The 694-acre site proposed for the permanent campus of Texas A&M University-San Antonio includes 580 acres for the main campus, 10 acres for entrance frontage along Loop 410 and 104 acres for the Irrigation and Technology Center.
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Chancellor Michael D. McKinney hosted a meeting the evening of May 1 at the South San Antonio High School auditorium to update the community on the progress of Texas A&M University-San Antonio.
Dr. McKinney said Texas A&M University-San Antonio will become a destination of choice. “We are going to build a campus that is planned from the very beginning to one day serve 25,000 students,” he said.
Veronica Castillo (center) was one of 10 scholarship recipients recognized by (left to right) Chancellor Mike McKinney; Manuel Lopez, school board president of the South San Antonio ISD; Carolyn Green, interim executive director of the A&M System Center in San Antonio; and Ron Durbon, superintendent of the South San Antonio ISD.
The proposed university currently operates as a center under Texas A&M University-Kingsville. The Texas A&M University-Kingsville System Center-San Antonio holds classes on the Palo Alto College campus and in a facility the A&M System recently leased from the South San Antonio ISD.
A&M System officials are working with developer Triple L Management and the City of San Antonio to finalize site details for the permanent campus. The System has selected a 694-acre site owned by Triple L, located south of Loop 410 between Zarzamora and Pleasanton roads.
Triple L Management also has committed $1 million toward an endowment supporting student scholarships through the recently established Texas A&M University-San Antonio Foundation. “Our goal is to raise $8 million to ensure that all 1,500 students have scholarships and to build support for our faculty,” said Dr. McKinney. “Every bright young person in Texas should have the oppor-tunity to get a college education.”
The A&M System has received $10 million for the center from the Texas Legislature ($5 million per year) for the 2008-09 biennium, pending approval of the state budget by Gov. Rick Perry. An increase of $6.7 million over the previous biennium,
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