The Ocean is our classroom

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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