Texas A&M Maritime Academy

Texas A&M University at Galveston kicked off a year-long series of events celebrating their 60th anniversary with a scholarship fundraiser honoring the legacy of the Cynthia & George P. Mitchell family this past Saturday evening.

Over 300 Texas A&M Maritime Academy cadets, faculty and staff will depart from the Galveston Campus aboard the TS Kennedy to begin a 56-day training cruise to earn required at-sea hours to receive their U.S. Coast Guard license.

The Texas A&M Maritime Academy on the Galveston Campus of Texas A&M University has received notification from the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration (MARAD) that the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) expected to arrive on campus in 2025 will be named the Lone Star State.

The U.S. Secretary of Transportation and Maritime Administration recognized the state maritime academies' professional and academic achievements.

Details concerning all logistics, including vaccines, quarantine periods, travel, public celebrations, port activities, and more will be communicated in the coming weeks.

The Galveston Police Department has notified Texas A&M-Galveston officials that remains believed to be that of senior Texas A&M Maritime Academy Cadet Brandon Lee Perlowski have been discovered on Pelican Island near the Galveston Campus.

Congress yesterday evening approved $390 million to fund construction of a fourth National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV), which will be assigned to the Texas A&M Maritime Academy at Texas A&M University at Galveston.

Texas A&M University’s maritime academy is closer than any time in the past 15 years to being able to dock a training ship in Galveston.

Though the COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted certain college and Aggie traditions, Texas A&M University at Galveston is still proud to host a commissioning ceremony for our Texas A&M Maritime Academy cadets enlisting to serve our country in the armed forces and an online Graduation Celebration & Conferring of Degrees.

Texas A&M University at Galveston recently served as the beta testing ground for remote simulator learning to ensure that not just cadets from the Texas A&M Maritime Academy are receiving the critical training they need to fulfill degree and licensure requirements, but so other cadets from state maritime academies could benefit too.