Texas A&M
Health Science Center given land in Bryan for expansion
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents has authorized acceptance
of a gift of 200 acres on State Highway 47 in Bryan so that programs of
the Texas A&M Health Science Center based in Bryan/College Station
can be consolidated on a single campus.
Ground broken for dining hall at Tarleton
Tarleton State University administrators and others broke ground Nov. 15
for a 42,000-square-foot dining hall that will replace the existing structure,
which was built in 1928.
Texas A&M
University is first university to receive U.S. Secretary of Labor award
for diversity
Texas A&M University in November became
the first institution of higher education to be honored with the U.S. Secretary
of Labor’s highest
award for diversity in recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce, the
Opportunity Award.
Fall
edition of Journal of South Texas available
The fall 2006 edition of the Journal of South Texas, which pays
tribute to a Texas A&M University-Kingsville student who was killed
in a motorcycle accident in April, is now available.
WTAMU horse judging team triumphs for sixth straight year
The West Texas A&M University horse judging team put the perfect punctuation
on a superlative year by winning the National Reining Horse Association
National Championship Nov. 30-Dec. 1 in Oklahoma City for the sixth consecutive
year.