Residents of South Texas are all too familiar with the deadly threats posed by tropical storms, hurricanes and other extreme water-based weather events

GALVESTON, Nov. 5, 2019 – The Texas A&M Maritime Academy, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration, will host the 11th annual Women on the Water conference at Texas A&M University at Galveston on Thursday, Nov. 7 through Saturday, Nov. 9.

The structure is over 70 feet high with steel gates nearly 700 feet long and weighs in at nearly 7500 tons.

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.