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Texas A&M University at Galveston (TAMUG) is an ocean-oriented branch campus of Texas A&M University offering both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Students enrolled at Texas A&M University at Galveston, known affectionately as 'Sea Aggies', share the benefits of students attending Texas A&M University (TAMU) campus in College Station.
Prior to 1968, Galveston operated Ball High School for White students and Central High School for Black students. Central School, the first Texas public school for African-Americans, opened in 1885 and became a high school in 1886. In 1968 the two high schools consolidated and the Central campus became a junior high school. [7]
Students at Texas A&M originated The Big Event, which according to their website is the largest one-day student-run service project in the nation. [94] The annual event began in 1982 after the Texas A&M Student Government Association passed a resolution encouraging students to show their gratitude to the community by giving of their time.
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Through a statewide network of 11 universities, 8 state agencies, and the RELLIS Campus, the Texas A&M System educates more than 153,000 students and makes more than 22 million additional educational contacts through service and outreach programs each year. System-wide, research and development expenditures exceeded $996 million in FY 2017 and ...
Since 1912, each graduating class has presented a gift to Texas A&M. Several prominent landmarks on campus were originally class gifts such as Fish Pond: the lettering that spells "Welcome to Kyle Field" and "Home of the 12th Man" was a gift from the class of 1988, the 12th Man Statue, from the class of 1980.
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]
Sometimes, more than twice as many students vote for yell leader candidates than vote in the Student Body President elections. [6] Traditionally, the Yell Leaders are members of the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets in keeping with A&M's military history, though "non-reg" students have occasionally earned election. The first "non-reg ...