Partnerships & Philanthropy

Newly-elected Galveston Mayor Lewis Rosen and Galveston Councilwoman Marie Robb recently visited TAMUG for a briefing about the campus.

In January, a Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle was captured near Galveston in a cast net by local fishermen. It was rehabilitated by the National Marine Fisheries Service and brought to the Texas A&M University at Galveston Sea Life Facility to recuperate.

Endangered sea turtles now have a new home at Texas A&M University at Galveston and its new Sea Life Facility, where they can recover and be viewed by the general public before their release back into the Gulf of Mexico.

Students at TAMUG are known for volunteering in the local community. The Sea Aggie spirit of giving is evident year-round, but especially during the winter holiday season.

– With an increase of intense hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico in recent years, homeowners are seeking ways to prevent property damage and possible loss of life due to floods.

Researchers to study sequestration (storage) of carbon in tidal wetlands along the Texas coast NASA and the U. S. Department of Agriculture have awarded a three-year, $400,000 carbon cycle science investigation grant to four researchers at Texas A&M University at Galveston.

On March 11, one of the costliest natural disasters in history occurred when Japan’s northeast coast was struck by a tsunami.

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.

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.

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.