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  2. 1999 Aggie Bonfire collapse - Wikipedia

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    The university gave the National Forestry Hero Award to an employee of Steely Lumber Co., James Gibson, for rescuing students. [7] By January 2000, Texas A&M spent over $80,000 so students and administrators could travel to the funerals of the deceased, including $40,000 so 125 students and staff could attend a funeral in Turlock, California by way of private aircraft; most of those on board ...

  3. Aggie Bonfire - Wikipedia

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    The Aggie Bonfire was a long-standing annual tradition at Texas A&M University as part of the college rivalry with the University of Texas at Austin. [1] [2] For 90 years, Texas A&M students—known as Aggies—built a bonfire on campus each autumn, known to the Aggie community simply as "Bonfire". The event symbolized Aggie students' "burning ...

  4. National Emergency Training Center - Wikipedia

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    The college campus was purchased by the U.S. Government in 1979 for use as the National Emergency Training Center. NETC is home to the National Fire Academy, United States Fire Administration, Emergency Management Institute (EMI), which is operated by the Directorate of Preparedness branch of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

  5. History of Texas A&M University - Wikipedia

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    Texas A&M University at Qatar had the distinction in 2011 of being the first school outside the U.S. recognizing engineers as members of Tau Beta Pi, the Engineering Honor Society. [54] The university opened a higher education center in 2018 in McAllen, Texas. [55] In 2013, Texas A&M Health Science Center was formally merged into the university ...

  6. Campus of Texas A&M University - Wikipedia

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    The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum is located on a 90-acre (36 ha) site on west campus. The Library and Museum is situated on a plaza adjoining the Presidential Conference Center and the Texas A&M Academic Center. It operates under the administration of the NARA under the provisions of the Presidential Libraries Act of 1955.

  7. National Fire Academy - Wikipedia

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    The campus also includes the Learning Resource Center (LRC) library, the National Fire Data Center, and the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial. [4] The campus was the original site of Saint Joseph’s College, a Catholic college for women from 1809 until 1973. It was purchased by the U.S. Government in 1979 for use as the NETC.

  8. Texas A&M University - Wikipedia

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    The Memorial Student Center. The Texas A&M University System has an endowment valued at more than $19.2 billion; the second highest among U.S. public universities and seventh overall. [123] [124] Apart from revenue received from tuition and research grants, as part of the university system, Texas A&M is partially funded from two endowments.

  9. Texas A&M University–San Antonio - Wikipedia

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    Texas A&M University–San Antonio opened under the name Texas A&M University–Kingsville System Center after SB 629, authored by Senator Frank Madla, was passed in 2006. The Texas Legislature authorized $40 million in tuition revenue bonds for this new campus in 2006 under HB 153, contingent on full-time enrollment reaching 1,500 by January 1 ...