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Texas A&M University started producing teachers in 1880 when F.F. Bledsoe became the first former student to record his occupation as “teacher” in the Association of Former Students’ directory. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In 1913, the first course leading to teacher certification was offered in the Department of Horticulture. [ 2 ]
The university level award recognizes "outstanding member of Texas A&M's faculty and staff for their commitment, performance and positive impact on Aggie students, Texas citizens and the world around them. [25] Texas A&M also recognizes the "Aggie 100", a reference to the top one hundred companies owned or managed by its alumni. [26]
The Corps of Cadets was founded in 1876 with the creation of the all-male, military-focused Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas under the Morrill Act of 1862.The Morrill Act did not specify the extent of military training, leading many land-grant schools to provide only minimal training, Texas A&M was an exception.
Texas A&M's College Station campus spans 5,200 acres (21 km 2) and Research Park covers an additional 350 acres (1 km 2). [10] [71] The university is part of the Bryan-College Station metropolitan area of Brazos County, which is located in the Brazos Valley (Southeast Central Texas) region, an area often referred to as "Aggieland". [72]
Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory; Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) TDEM is the only state agency under the Texas A&M System not to bear the "Texas A&M" name as it is the most recent to be added to the system, [9] transferred from the Texas Department of Public Safety to TAMUS in 2019. [10]
While Texas A&M owned and operated the Junction campus, the site was used for summer training of the Aggie football team under coach Paul "Bear" Bryant.The Junction campus is still known to the Aggies and to college football fans in general as the site of the famous 1954 10-day camp that produced the so-called "Junction Boys", including the core of their 1956 undefeated team.
Founded as the Texas A&M College of Medicine in 1977, the charter class of 32 students began their medical training on Texas A&M University's campus. 1981 marked the year the first medical degrees were awarded, and since then, more than 2,258 physicians have graduated from Texas A&M School of Medicine.
The school was chartered as the South Texas Normal School in 1917; however, the opening of the school was delayed due to World War I. Founded in 1925 as South Texas State Teachers College, the university's name changed in 1929 to Texas College of Arts and Industries, or Texas A&I for short, signaled the broadening of its mission.