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Main building and Cadet Corps of Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1916. The history of Texas A&M University, the first public institution of higher education in Texas, began in 1871, when the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas was established as a land-grant college by the Reconstruction-era Texas Legislature.
The Texas A&M University Singing Cadets. Texas A&M has over 1,000 student organizations, including academic, service, religious, social, and common interest organizations, [196] and hosts 58 nationally or internationally recognized Greek Letter Organizations (GLOs). About 10% of the undergraduate population is affiliated with a GLO fraternity ...
Texas A&M University is designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense by the National Security Agency (NSA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS). [43] Texas A&M University is the only university in Texas to partner with Facebook in instituting a cyber security program for addressing shortages in the career field. [44]
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.
Since that time, SACS/COC has recognized it as an entity of its parent university, Tarleton State University, and all degrees awarded have been accredited. On June 20, 2013, Texas A&M University–Central Texas was officially awarded separate "accredited membership" status and is an accredited member of the COC, retroactive to January 1, 2013.
The first record of an attempt to teach veterinary science at the Agricultural & Mechanical College (as Texas A&M University was called at the time) was made in the third session of the college in 1878-79 when the college surgeon, D. Port Smythe, M.D., was also listed on the faculty as professor of anatomy, physiology and hygiene.
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 ]
As a Texas public university and a member of the Texas A&M University System, Texas A&M University–Kingsville participates in the Texas "top-10 law", [9] which guarantees admission of the top 10% of Texas public high-school students into public colleges or universities in the state.