Texas A&M Maritime Academy
Texas A&M Maritime Academy Announces Ports Of Call For Summer Sea Term 2025
Texas A&M Maritime Academy recently announced the ports of call for Summer Sea Term 2025 (SST '25). This summer, cadets, crew, faculty and staff will depart Galveston on May 18, docking in New York City, New York; Belfast, Northern Ireland; ... Read More
Year In Review: Defining Stories of 2024
2024 was a groundbreaking year for Texas A&M University at Galveston. From the launch of the new College of Marine Sciences and Maritime Studies, to a rescue at sea, these 12 stories are just a glimpse of some of our exciting achievements and milestones over the last year. Read More
Jason Tieman Charts The Course To Giving Back
For Jason Tieman '97, the giving season is year-round. As senior director of development for the Texas A&M Foundation, Tieman brings a wealth of professional knowledge, industry experience and a passion for service to Texas A&M University at Galveston. Tieman ... Read More
Professor Vanicha McQueen Talks Career, Next Generation Of Engineers
Vanicha McQueen brings a broad practical knowledge of marine engineering, with experience in everything from design to manufacturing to operations, to the Department of Marine Engineering Technology. McQueen, an associate professor of the practice and assistant department head, is committed ... Read More
Chronicling Cadet’s Sea Chronicles
During Summer Sea Term 2024, Texas A&M University at Galveston sophomore Lance Johnson '27, looking for a way to document his experience, decided to post his day-to-day life on social media. The marine engineering technology student initially intended his aptly ... Read More
Commercial Sea Term Q&A With Cadet Tyler Heffernan
Bldg. 311 sat down with Tyler Heffernan '25, a marine engineering technology student that recently returned to Galveston from her commercial sea term. She spent her summer at sea with Flex LNG on a liquid natural gas (LNG) tanker in ... Read More
Father And Son Together On Summer Sea Term
This summer, James P. (Jim) Gompper, Texas A&M Maritime Academy commandant, and James H. (Jim) Gompper '21, Texas A&M University at Galveston former student and summer sea term deck watch officer, are sailing together on TS Kennedy as part of ... Read More
Bowman Embraces Changed Plans, Aggie Legacy
Sarah Bowman '16, '24 is a third-generation Aggie with two degrees from Texas A&M University at Galveston. Her path to Aggieland by the Sea was unconventional, but she is grateful for the journey and says it's all part of her ... Read More
Texas A&M Maritime Academy Hosts Fort Lauderdale Event on TS Kennedy
On June 13, the Texas A&M Maritime Academy hosted another successful event, this time in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with free festivities onboard the 540-foot training ship, TS Kennedy. The public was invited to tour the ship and sample ice cream ... Read More
Texas A&M Maritime Academy Sets Sail
On June 2, nearly 300 Texas A&M University cadets, faculty and staff left Galveston as part of the Texas A&M Maritime Academy’s 60-day summer sea term to prepare future mariners and maritime professionals to support national security and drive the ... Read More