The electronic newsletter for faculty and staff 13 October, 2006

 

Building on Our Tradition
of Giving

This year’s State Employees Charitable Campaign is now under way, and Texas A&M University-Kingsville employees can continue their tradition of giving in a new way.

By designating a portion of your SECC gift to the Texas A&M University-Kingsville Foundation, code 270236, you will be counted among the donors to the university’s first-ever capital campaign.

Your gift to the Texas A&M-Kingsville Foundation will go to the Faculty and Staff Scholarship Fund to support deserving students. So stretch your SECC gift a bit more this year. Add as little as $5 – or more – for the Texas A&M-Kingsville Foundation.

For additional information about the SECC Campaign at Texas A&M-Kingsville, contact Crispin Trevino, 593-4563 or crispin.trevino
@tamuk.edu; about the Building On Our Traditions Campaign, Heather Elsik, 593.4191 or heather.elsik
@tamuk.edu; or about the Texas A&M University-Kingsville Foundation, Pete Wyro, 593-2208 or peter.wyro@tamuk.edu.

 

Correction

Last week’s edition of Hog eWeekly contained notice of a trip to China being made by Dr. Kay Clayton, provost and vice president for academic affairs, and Dr. W. Frank Hull IV, director of international programs, as occurring last week. The trip actually is occurring this week, as Clayton and Hull will represent Texas A&M-Kingsville at the Sino-American Leadership Training Initiative being held Oct. 13-15. Hog eWeekly regrets the error.

NASA-funded space engineering student research team premieres on campus

Nine students interested in working outside of the area—and outside of the atmosphere—have become the first members of the Space Engineering Institute (SEI) student research team at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Read more»

 

Balanced scorecard provides business planning for ranchers  

Symposium Provides Management Expertise

The goal of the King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management (KRIRM) at Texas A&M University-Kingsville is to develop young ranchers into managers that have a diverse knowledge of the issues that affect today’s ranches. Read more»

 

University traditions abound during Javelina Homecoming

Family Weekend offers fun for all ages

It is time to get out the blue and gold and dust off the old Javelina letter jacket and head to Texas A&M University-Kingsville for Homecoming 2006. Staffs in the Office of Alumni Affairs and the Office of Student Activities have planned activities for the week. This year’s theme is Honor the Past: Celebrate the Present; Invest in the Future. Read more»

 

Planets and distant galaxies on view at observatory open house Oct. 19

KThe public is invited to spend Thursday evening, Oct. 19, at Texas A&M University-Kingsville viewing the heavens from an astronomer’s point of view. Read more»

 

 

Scholarship established in honor of late vice president

Friends of the late Steven H. Crandall have honored his memory by establishing a scholarship in his name. Mr. Crandall was Texas A&M University-Kingsville’s Vice President for Finance and Administration from 1990 to 2006; employed at the university since 1973; and a member of the Texas A&I University Class of 1970.

The Steven H. Crandall Scholarship will be awarded to junior or senior students with demonstrated need and at least a 2.5 GPA who are enrolled in the College of Business Administration, majoring in accounting or finance; or the College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Human Sciences, majoring in range and wildlife management.

Employees in the Division of Finance and Administration have begun the scholarship fund with $1,135 in donations, with a goal of $5,000 to endow the scholarship fund.

To support the Steven H. Crandall Scholarship, please make checks payable to Texas A&M University-Kingsville with “Steven Crandall Scholarship” in the memo line. Donations may be mailed to: The Steven H. Crandall Scholarship, Office of Development, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, 700 University Blvd. MSC 173, Kingsville, TX 78363. Credit card donations are accepted via phone to 361.593.4191, and donations also may be delivered in person to Room 205 Seale Hall.

 
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