Events
KINGSVILLE (February 14, 2025) — Actress and singer Rita Moreno has been entertaining audiences on Broadway and the silver screen for decades. Now, she will join Javelina Nation for the Centennial Lectureship, one of the events geared to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Texas A&M University-Kingsville. The Centennial Lectureship will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, April 4, in the Performance Hall of the Music Education Complex, 775 N. Armstrong, on the campus of Texas...
KINGSVILLE (September 17, 2024) — Texas A&M University-Kingsville is excited to announce the recipients of this year’s Distinguished Alumni and Rising Star Awards. As the university’s most prestigious honor, the Javelina Alumni Association names Distinguished Alumni in recognition of their abundant success professionally and personally, through which they have positively represented and brought honor to their alma mater. This year’s...
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 (April 16, 2024) — Run don’t walk to Jones Auditorium at Texas A&M University-Kingsville for two performances of Super Flute!, a parody of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Take a leap back to the 1980s when Mario and Luigi were masters of the double jump and enjoy Super Flute! as performed by members of the Opera and Musical Theater Workshop in the School of Music. Super Flute! will be presented at two performances, at 7:30 p.m....
KINGSVILLE (April 5, 2024) — The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has chosen Texas A&M-Kingsville to host their Distracted Driving Campaign Talk. Text. Crash. The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, at the Pavilion at the Memorial Student Union Building. Texas A&M-Kingsville was the first choice for a college campus tour of the campaign during April. During April, Distracted Driving Awareness Month, the exhibit will...
KINGSVILLE (March 20, 2024) — If you are looking for something different on a Saturday afternoon, head over to Javelina Stadium on March 23 for the first Screamin’ Javelina Music Fest. The festival, sponsored by the office of Student Engagement and Campus Life, will be held from 2 to 10 p.m. on the grass practice field inside Javelina Stadium. Those attending the festival will enter at the main ticket booth at the stadium. Festival goers are allowed to...
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 (October 4, 2023) — Javelina alumnus Rosendo Sandoval will show his art in the Ben Bailey Art Gallery beginning Friday, Oct. 6, through Friday, Nov. 3. The exhibit is entitled Mis Dos Culturas and is part of Hispanic Heritage at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Sandoval will provide an artist’s talk from 2 to 2:45 p.m. Oct. 6, with a reception to follow from 3 to 6 p.m. Normal gallery hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday....
HOMECOMING 2023 - OCTOBER 13 - DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDS Friday evening of Javelina Homecoming 2023 we will induct our newest class of Distinguished Alumni and Rising Star honorees. 2023 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI HONOREES: Anne Grady, Class of 1997 Ret. U.S. Army Col. Henry Hodge, Class of 1968 Debbie Lee Winslow, Class of 1983 John Bickham, Class of 1973 Ret. U.S. Army Col. Richard Waterhouse, Class of 1975 RISING STAR...
KINGSVILLE (August 12, 2022) — The Texas tortoise (Gopherus berlandieri) is the smallest tortoise species in North America. As a species, the Texas tortoise is considered threatened. Research scientists and graduate students at Texas A&M University-Kingsville are working to help the small tortoises by translocating about 60 from their home in the Rio Grande Valley. To help with the project, Next Decade LNG (liquefied natural gas) from Brownsville, has presented the university...
KINGSVILLE — Texas A&M University-Kingsville hosted a book release event at the John E. Conner Museum on Tuesday, April 26, for university alumna and author Colonel Lisa Carrington Firmin, USAF (Ret.), for her release titled Stories from the Front: Pain Betrayal, and Resilience on the MST Battlefield. The event served as the official launch of Firmin’s book tour which will also make a summer stop at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Firmin’s book...
Women faculty and staff gathered during a social hosted by Interim President Dr. James Hallmark at the President’s House on Thursday, March 24. The event was created to shine a light on women during Women’s History Month. “The women at A&M-Kingsville are just remarkable in terms of their leadership, the kind of support they provide to our students, the leadership and ideas and advancement of our programs. We just want to appreciate them,...
KINGSVILLE — The Jazz Bash, Texas A&M University-Kingsville’s Jazz Program’s Annual Fall Concert extravaganza, will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021 in Jones Auditorium. The concert is free and open to the public. The concert will feature Jazz Band III directed by Edward Moncada, adjunct professor of Band, Jazz Studies and History of Rock and Roll; Jazz Band II directed by Dr. Kyle Millsap, associate professor of Trumpet and Jazz; and Jazz Band...