Edu/Kines

KINGSVILLE (March 26, 2025) — Exercise science students from Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) are no strangers when it comes to winning the Undergraduate Scholar Award at the annual meeting of the Texas Regional Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine (Texas ACSM). This year was no different. Kristin Grabow, a senior exercise science/pre-physical therapy major from San Antonio, brought home the prestigious award effectively making her the...

KINGSVILLE (March 7, 2025) — A team of five faculty members from the College of Education and Human Performance at Texas A&M University-Kingsville received one of the highest honors bestowed by the Texas A&M University System. The Educator Preparation Program (EPP) EC-6 team received the Chancellor’s Academy of Teacher Educators (CATE) Award. The award was received during a ceremony held March 6 in College Station. Team members are Dr. Monica...

KINGSVILLE (February 20, 2025) — The Marc Cisneros Center for Young Children (MCCYC) on the campus of Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) has been accredited by the National Accreditation Commission for Early Care and Education Programs through the Association for Early Learning Leaders. The MCCYC staff has been working diligently for three years to reach this new milestone in childcare. “During this time, we have implemented several key changes within...

KINGSVILLE (October 30, 2024) — Future teachers will be receiving enhanced support and services through the College of Education and Human Performance at Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) thanks to a $2.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to strengthen the Educator Preparation Program (EPP). The grant, Empowering Educators: A Comprehensive Approach to Educator Preparation Program Enhancement, was funded under the Hawkins Program, a unique...

KINGSVILLE (July 29, 2024) — Local teachers from around the Coastal Bend presented their findings from several weeks of research during Administrators Day on Friday, July 26, at the Texas A&M University-Kingsville Student Union Building Ballrooms. The Administrators Day presentations concluded Summer programs entitled Promote Sustainable Agriculture Concepts in Education through Multidisciplinary Research and Pedagogical Trainings (PACE), and Research Experiences for Teachers...

KINGSVILLE (May 10, 2024) — Graduates from Texas A&M University-Kingsville walked the stage Friday, May 10, in three commencement ceremonies held in the Steinke Physical Education Center. Prospective undergraduates from the College of Business Administration, the College of Education and Human Performance and the Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering crossed the stage at 10 a.m. Students with the Dick and Mary Lewis Kleberg College of Agriculture and...

KINGSVILLE (May 9, 2024) — The department of health and kinesiology at Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) has achieved a significant milestone as the exercise science program has been awarded accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP). It is currently the only public institution in Texas that has a CAAHEP-accredited exercise science program. “Being at the forefront, at least in Texas, of this...

KINGSVILLE (May 3, 2024) — When mental health issues arise in children, parents or even teachers are not the first to notice. Thanks to a $50,000 grant from the King Ranch Family Trust, TAMUK’s Institute for Rural Mental Health Initiatives (IRMHI) will be training local school personnel how to recognize when a child may be in trouble. The program called “First Contact” is an innovative professional development with non-educator professionals in...

KINGSVILLE (April 2, 2024) — The Texas A&M University-Kingsville Office of Career Engagement and the College of Education and Human Performance partnered together to welcome independent school districts (ISDs) from all over the State of Texas to the 2024 Javelina Education Expo on Tuesday, April 2, at the Memorial Student Union Building Ballrooms. Where traditional career expos bring employers to one location, the Javelina Education Expo brought together current Texas...

KINGSVILLE (March 25, 2024) — The Texas A&M University-Kingsville chapter of the Texas Association of Future Educators (TAFE) recently attended the TAFE Teach Tomorrow Summit in Round Rock. While at the conference, members participated in competitive events designed to offer future educators authentic opportunities to measure their creativity, skills and initiative against high standards and against their peers from around the state. Three...

KINGSVILLE (December 8, 2023) — Dr. Michael Wang earned his doctoral degree in educational leadership today during commencement ceremonies at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. His hard work paid off in another way, as his dissertation research was chosen for presentation at the prestigious American Educational Research Association conference in Philadelphia in April. His paper Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness of MyMathLab in College Algebra will be...

KINGSVILLE (December 8, 2023) — Texas A&M University-Kingsville students walked the stage Friday, Dec. 8, during Winter Commencement at the Steinke Physical Education Center. There were 523 prospective graduates that received degrees in two ceremonies. Students from the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Education and Human Performance received their degrees at the 10 a.m. ceremony, followed by the Dick and Mary Lewis Kleberg College of Agriculture and...

KINGSVILLE (September 11, 2023) — Dr. Jianhong Jennifer Ren, professor of environmental engineering in the Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering at Texas A&M University-Kingsville was recently awarded $2 million from the National Science Foundation for Graduate STEM Education for Air and Water Resources Solutions in Coastal Communities. This research traineeship award will develop a new graduate training model to educate the next generation of environmental...

KINGSVILLE (August 4, 2023) — Texas A&M University-Kingsville students walked the stage Friday, Aug. 4, during Summer Commencement at the Steinke Physical Education Center. There were 248 prospective graduates that received degrees at the 10 a.m. ceremony. Of the graduates, 125 received bachelor’s degrees, 115 received master’s degrees and eight received doctoral degrees. The student commencement speaker was Ella McMahan from Kingsville,...

KINGSVILLE (May 22, 2023) — Faculty at Texas A&M University-Kingsville have received another grant designed to bring kindergarten through eighth grade science teachers to the university’s campus to do research alongside university faculty and students. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), through the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), awarded $500,000 for the project entitled Promote Sustainable Agriculture Concepts in...

KINGSVILLE (March 9, 2023) — Four students from the health and kinesiology department at Texas A&M University-Kingsville were recent winners after presenting research at their respective conferences. Junior EC-12 physical education majors Meagan Cantu, from Corpus Christi, and Aylin Rubio, from Robstown, placed first in the Undergraduate Research Presentation Competition at the 2022 annual convention of the Texas Association for Health, Physical Education,...

KINGSVILLE (February 14, 2023) — Faculty at Texas A&M University-Kingsville are looking for a few good STEM teachers for three-years of summer research opportunities funded with $600,000 in grant money from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Mohammad Motaher Hossain, associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, is the principal investigator for the project entitled Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Site: Integrating data-driven Renewable...

KINGSVILLE (November 22, 2022) — The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents recently approved the establishment of the Institute for Rural Mental Health Initiatives (IRMHI) at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Dr. Steve Bain, former dean of the College of Education and Human Performance, is the founding director. “Texas A&M-Kingsville is the natural place for the Institute for Rural Mental Health Initiatives,” Bain said....

KINGSVILLE (November 22, 2022) — Dr. Maria Martinez, associate vice president for student access at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, recently received notice of a $1.767 million grant from the United States Department of Education for the project entitled Texas A&M University-Kingsville Child Care Means Parents in School. The funds will be used for the CCAMPIS (Child Care Access Means Parents in School) program aimed at bringing parents with...

KINGSVILLE (October 31, 2022) — The educational leadership doctoral degree at Texas A&M University-Kingsville has been ranked in the top 50 online doctorate degrees in education in the nation by University HQ. The Ed.D degree ranked 44 out of the top 50, one of only six universities in Texas on the list. The rankings may be found at this link. https://universityhq.org/degrees/online-doctorate-education-programs/#best “An external review and...