Texas A&M University
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| founding | 1876 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | College Station , Texas , United States |
| president | Michael K. Young |
| Students | 69,465 (2019) |
| Employee | 3,500 academic staff |
| University sports | NCAA Division I - SEC |
| Networks | Association of American Universities |
| Website | www.tamu.edu |
The Texas A & M University ( TAMU ) is a research-intensive, public university in College Station , about 150 kilometers north of Houston located in the US state of Texas . The name A&M stands for Agricultural & Mechanical and goes back to the foundation in the 19th century. With 58,515 students (2015), Texas A&M is one of the largest universities in the USA and the flagship location of the Texas A&M University System . In addition to its main campus in College Station Texas A & M University Locations maintains Galveston and Doha ( Qatar ). It is a member of the Association of American Universities , an association of leading research-intensive North American universities that has existed since 1900.
history
The university was founded in 1876 as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas . Until 1963, only men could study at the university. In 1964 the first African-American student enrolled. In 1997, the George Bush Presidential Library , the presidential library of George HW Bush , the 41st President of the United States , was inaugurated on the site. In 2001 Texas A&M became a member of the Association of American Universities , an association of the most important American research universities.
Organizational structure
The university consists of the following units (colleges and schools):
- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- College of Architecture
- Bush School of Government & Public Service
- Mays Business School
- College of Dentistry
- College of Education & Human Development
- Dwight Look College of Engineering
- College of Geosciences
- School of Innovation
- School of Law
- College of Liberal Arts
- College of Medicine
- College of Nursery
- Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy
- School of Public Health
- College of Science
- College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Cadet Corps
Students who want to pursue a military career can, in addition to their studies, receive training to become officers in the cadet corps . As a land-grant university , military training and membership in the Cadet Corps was compulsory for students at Texas A&M University until 1965.
Today, membership in the Texas A&M University's Corps of Cadets and participation in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) is no longer necessary. However, membership is a prerequisite in order to receive an officer's certificate (commission) upon graduation from the university . The cadets are not soldiers , do not belong to the US armed forces and are therefore not subject to military jurisdiction . However, they are required to wear uniform, live together in shelters and are subject to military drill and the rules of military discipline . Training in the ROTC is only compulsory for the first two years so that students can remain in the cadet corps without receiving a patent and the associated obligation to serve in the military . More than 60% of the cadets take up this option.
The cadet corps is organized in units that are assigned to the corresponding ROTC programs of the US Army , US Air Force and US Navy , in which the leadership positions are occupied by cadets of the senior years. As a special feature there is a separate military music corps , a mounted unit and the cadet corps provides the honor guard for the governor of Texas with the Ross Volunteer Company . With more than 2,000 cadets, it is the largest cadet corps in the Reserve Officer Training Corps. As members of a senior military college , graduates of the Texas A&M University Cadet Corps receive an officer license and have the right to serve as active officers in the US armed forces.
Sports
The Texas A&M sports team are the Aggies . The university has been a member of the Southeastern Conference since 2012 (previously the Big 12 Conference ). The football team plays their home games at Kyle Field . The stadium has a capacity of 106,511.
Personalities
Professors
- Raymond Battalio , economist, pioneer of experimental economic research
- Norman Ernest Borlaug , 1970 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
- Derek HR Barton , Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1969; Professor 1986-1998
- Katrin Becker , physics, string theory
- Melanie Becker , physics, string theory
- Sheldon Lee Glashow , Nobel Prize in Physics 1979; Guest lecturer 1983–1986
- Dudley R. Herschbach , Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1986; Professor since 2005
- Jack Kilby , Nobel Prize in Physics 2000; Professor 1978-1984
- John Lomax , folklore and music researcher
- Bjarne Stroustrup , inventor of C ++; Professor of Computer Science since 2003
- Jörg Geldmacher , geologist
- Keith J. McCree (1927-2014), physicist and professor of soil and agricultural science, creator of the McCree curve
President
- Robert Gates , President 2002-2006, United States Secretary of Defense (2006-2011)
Graduates
Arts and entertainment
- Robert Earl Keen , musician
- Lyle Lovett , musician
- Rip Torn , actor
- Rick Trevino , musician
- Gene Wolfe , science fiction writer
- Martha Wells , fantasy and science fiction writer.
Government and politics
- T. Michael Moseley , US Air Force Chief of Staff
- Rick Perry , former Texas Governor and US Secretary of Energy since March 2017 .
- Jorge Quiroga Ramírez , former President of Bolivia
- Martín Torrijos , President of Panama
Sports
- Randy Barnes , Olympic champion in the shot put
- Calvin Collins , football player
- John David Crow , American football player
- Amini Fonua , swimmer
- Myles Garrett , American football player
- DeAndre Jordan , LA Clippers NBA player
- Yale Lary , American football player
- Johnny Manziel , American football player
- Randy Matson , Olympic champion in the shot put
- Khris Middleton , Milwaukee Bucks NBA player
- From Miller , American football player
- Kyler Murray - American football player (moved to University of Oklahoma)
- Dat Nguyen , American football player and coach
- John Randle , American football player
- Ryan Tannehill , American football player
- Gene Upshaw , American football player and football official
science and technology
- Michael Edward Fossum , astronaut
Aggies
The university's students and graduates are commonly referred to as aggies . It is part of US American folklore that clichéd jokes are told about the aggies that are very similar to the German East Frisian jokes , in that the protagonists are depicted as very limited and unimaginative.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Office of the President: President Michael K. Young. Retrieved September 8, 2019 .
- ^ The Texas A&M University System - History
- ↑ Largest Universities In The United States By Enrollment. Retrieved January 22, 2019 .
- ^ TAMU: Colleges. Retrieved March 24, 2020 .
- ^ A b History of the University. Texas A&M University, accessed September 30, 2019 .
- ^ Developing Leaders For 140 Years. Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets, accessed September 30, 2019 .
- ^ Corps Special Units. Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets, accessed September 30, 2019 .
- ↑ Bruce Bugbee: Toward an optimal spectral quality for plant growth and development: the importance of radiation capture , DOI: 10.17660 / ActaHortic.2016.1134.1 ; Script (PDF file) and presentation images (PDF file)
- ↑ Aggie Jokes (accessed March 6, 2014)
Coordinates: 30 ° 36 '37.3 " N , 96 ° 20' 38.6" W.