Partnerships & Philanthropy

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.

The Texas A&M 12th Man Foundation saluted Sam J. Salvato, a 1975 graduate of Texas A&M University at Galveston, in the “Bugle Call” at the Aggie – Louisiana Tech football game at Kyle Flied on Sept. 11.

U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus conducted a town hall meeting at Texas A&M University at Galveston on Aug. 6 to discuss long-term economic and environmental restoration ideas with area residents.

June 8, 2008, will forever live in many of our minds as the day we learned of the loss of Roger Stone. He served both Texas A&M University at Galveston and the University of Texas Medical Branch admirably.

May 7, 2008 Al Marks, a Holocaust survivor, spoke to students, faculty, staff and visitors at Texas A&M University at Galveston on Wednesday, May 7, 2008.