Campus Life
The Ocean is our classroom
June 09, 2011
For many years, TAMUG has touted the ocean as its classroom. And, that claim is more than a bragging right. It’s fact. In addition to ocean research studies and maritime training activities across the globe, TAMUG students are accessing on-the-water education in what some might call their own ship channel. Read More
Texas A&M University at Galveston celebrated its 2011 Spring Commencements on May 14
May 14, 2011
A new president — Rear Admiral Robert Smith III — presiding over his first graduation ceremony A record breaking number of graduates — 168 The first two students in the Texas A&M University System —Michael Thomas Bell and Samuel Dorado — to receive Master ’s degrees in TAMU’s new Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Marine Biology. * Read More
TAMUG’s new Master of Maritime Administration and Logistics degree program will open to its first students in fall 2011
April 18, 2011
The Master of Maritime Administration and Logistics degree program, a project in the works at Texas A&M University at Galveston since 1999, will open when the 2011 fall term begins in August. Read More
RADM Robert Smith III takes up duties as President/CEO
April 04, 2011
Rear Admiral Robert Smith III U.S. Navy (retired), formerly senior vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas with responsibility for Houston-based operations, was selected by the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents to serve as a vice president at Texas A&M University and president/chief executive officer at Texas A&M at Galveston on April 4 Read More
Kirby Inland Marine’s gift of $25,000 funds scholarships for students in TMA’s Cadet Battalion
February 08, 2011
Kirby Inland Marine representatives -- Agustin Colchado, manager of Employee Development, and Ken Shaver, Canal Personnel manager -- visited TAMUG in January to present a check for $25,000 to cover special scholarships for qualifying students in the Texas Maritime Academy Cadet Battalion for the 2011-2012 academic year. Read More
TAMUG raises record amount money ($18,049) for local SECC competition
January 11, 2011
The record amount of money TAMUG’s faculty and staff contributed to the State Employees Charitable Campaign (SECC) during the 2010 fall semester –totaling of $18,049 – propelled the university to a victory over cross-town rival Galveston College – whose efforts raised $16,684. Read More
TAMUG dedicates state-of-the-art Ocean and Coastal Studies Building on Nov. 11
November 12, 2010
Texas A&M University at Galveston officially dedicated its highly sophisticated, 109,000 square-foot Ocean and Coastal Studies Building (OCSB) with a special ceremony on Nov. 11. Read More
The Texas Maritime Academy at TAMUG – in partnership with U.S. Maritime Administration – hosts national Women on the Water Conference
November 07, 2010
The Texas Maritime Academy at Texas A&M University at Galveston, working in partnership with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration, hosted the 4th Annual Women on the Water Conference at TAMUG’s Mitchell Campus on Pelican Island Nov. 4 – 6. Read More
From surf to turf: TAMUG professor creates unique coastal atlas
October 28, 2010
Many residents of the state don’t know that one of every four Texans lives along the coast, or perhaps that Texas has 16 major ports and more than 3,300 miles of bays and estuaries. Read More
Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association names TAMUG’s Ryan Carden to its 2010 All Academic Sailing Team
October 25, 2010
Ryan Carden, a junior Marine Transportation major -- and member of the sailing team -- at Texas A&M University at Galveston, is one of nine students in the nation that the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) has selected for its 2010 First Team All Academic Sailing Team. Read More