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KINGSVILLE (March 24, 2026) — The Dick and Mary Lewis Kleberg College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Texas A&M University Kingsville (TAMUK) hosted more than 125 high school students from 25 South Texas schools during the Future Farmers of America (FFA) Area X Applied Agriculture Engineering Contest Tuesday afternoon at the Agriculture Mechanics lab on campus. It was another strong turnout for TAMUK as Area X hosted the most competitors for the second straight year out...

KINGSVILLE (March 18, 2026) – John-Ryan C. Lawrence is a leader out of the classroom, but soon he will take those hard-earned leadership skills to the classroom as he becomes the first student to pursue Texas A&M University-Kingsville’s (TAMUK) new master’s degree in space and aeronautical engineering. Lawrence is an electrical engineering major from Corpus Christi and a graduate of Tuloso-Midway High School. Lawrence first made the news at TAMUK...

KINGSVILLE (March 11, 2026) – The Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) chapter of the Texas Association of Future Educators (TAFE) attended the TAFE Teach Tomorrow Summit in Dallas February 26–28. Many members, including from TAMUK, took part in competitive events. This year marked a record-breaking 2,520 contest entries. The students prepared their entries beforehand and brought the finished product to the conference for judging. Members from...

KINGSVILLE (Feb. 28, 2026) — The 2026 National TRIO Day was a notable one for Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) as its programs celebrated their 60th year during a celebration that brought more than 200 high school students from Kingsville, Robstown, Premont, San Diego and Corpus Christi to the JK Northway Exposition Center on Saturday morning. The Federal TRIO Programs (TRIO) are Federal outreach and student services programs designed to identify and provide...

KINGSVILLE (Feb. 26, 2026) — The Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine in partnership with the Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy and Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) welcomed more than 400 high school students from 20 regional school districts to the Regional Rural Med Camp on Wednesday and Thursday at the Memorial Student Union Building. The two-day camp is part of the...

KINGSVILLE (Feb. 24, 2026) — Citing reasons such as clarity, alignment and shared responsibility to aspiring young engineers in the region, Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) agreed to partnerships with Coastal Bend College, Laredo College and Victoria that would establish Javelina Engineering Academies (JEA) at their respective colleges during a Memorandum of Understanding signing Tuesday morning at the Texas A&M University-Kingsville Founder’s...

KINGSVILLE (February 20, 2026) — In celebration of Engineers Week, the Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering at Texas A&M University-Kingsville hosted more than 600 high school and middle school students representing 33 schools, 23 cities and 15 counties across South Texas for the annual Design Competition on Friday morning at Kingsville’s J.K. Northway Exposition Center. “The purpose of these events is always to expose kids to...

KINGSVILLE (February 18, 2026) — The Art, Communication and Theatre department at Texas A&M University-Kingsville has invited their alumni back to campus to participate in an Alumni Art Exhibit and Silent Auction to help raise money for the current programs. The exhibition begins Monday, Feb. 16, and ends Saturday, April 25, in the Ben Bailey Art Gallery. The closing reception and bidding close will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. April 25. There will be 31 pieces by 22...

KINGSVILLE (February 13, 2026) — It didn’t happen overnight but Jazz Band I from the School of Music at Texas A&M University-Kingsville have released their first album with help from the Sound Recording Technology (SRT) program at the Dr. Steven H. Tallant Music Building. It took about a year to record For Starters, a seven-song album, said Dr. Kyle Millsap, professor of trumpet and jazz and interim associate director of the School of Music, said....

KINGSVILLE (Jan 29, 2025) — The U.S. News and World Report released its 2026 Best Online Programs rankings where Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) was recognized as a top performer for its Online MBA and Graduate Engineering programs. The report surveyed and gathered information on 377 universities and ranked the TAMUK College of Business Administration’s Online MBA program No. 152. In Texas, TAMUK is Ranked No. 8 among public universities in the State...

KINGSVILLE (January 23, 2026) — Students from the College of Business Administration at Texas A&M University-Kingsville will offer free tax preparation through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program beginning Tuesday, Feb. 3. Taxpayers may choose to go entirely virtual, use curbside drop-off or in-person preparation in room 107 of the university’s Business Administration Building. Tax preparation services are free for taxpayers with a household...

KINGSVILLE (Jan 21, 2025) — In its commitment to professional growth and scholarly engagement, Texas A&M University-Kingsville Center for Faculty Excellence awarded its largest faculty travel grants to date to professor of chemistry Dr. Jingbo Liu and Professor of Voice and Opera Workshop Dr. Melinda Brou during a ceremony Jan. 16 at the Center for Faculty Excellence. In addition to increased funding, the awards process was revised to include a funding cap, expanded...

KINGSVILLE (Jan 15, 2025) — After moving into the role of Interim Director for the Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) School of Music in August, Dr. Elizabeth Janzen’s impact opened the door for her to be selected to participate in the latest cohort of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ (AASCU) Department Chair Leadership Institute (DCLI) in Washington D.C. last week. Janzen was one of 37 higher education leaders to...

KINGSVILLE (January 7, 2026) — Texas A&M University-Kingsville has released the names of the students who made the President’s List, Dean’s List and Honor Roll for the fall 2025 semester. The President’s List requires a grade point average of 4.00 on all work attempted for a particular semester, with a minimum of 15 semester undergraduate hours completed. The Dean’s List requires a grade point average of...

KINGSVILLE (Dec 16, 2025) — When Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering at Texas A&M University-Kingsville was announced at Fall Commencement, it marked the end of a shared four-year journey for Nigeria’s mother and daughter duo of Esther and Regina Olagunju. Esther earned her PhD in Environmental Engineering, while Regina received her Bachelors in Industrial Management and Applied Engineering — a feat made all the more special by...

KINGSVILLE (December 12, 2025) — Texas A&M University-Kingsville students walked the stage Friday, Dec. 12, during Winter Commencement at the Steinke Physical Education Center. There were 558 prospective graduates that received degrees in two ceremonies. Students from the Dick and Mary Lewis Kleberg College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Office of Undergraduate Studies received their degrees at the 10 a.m. ceremony,...

KINGSVILLE (December 10, 2025) — Amberly Zaragoza, a plant and soil science alumna of Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK), recently placed second for her research presentation at the ASA-SSSA-CSSA national conference. Zaragoza worked on this research while still a master’s student at TAMUK. She graduated and is now in the doctoral program at Texas Tech. “The research I presented was a greenhouse study looking at various application...

KINGSVILLE, TX - Texas A&M University-Kingsville has announced a landmark $38 million gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. The donation will reshape the future of South Texas’s first institution ofhigher learning and elevate opportunities for the region. The contribution is the single largest gift in the University’s history. “For 100 years, Texas A&M University-Kingsville has served as a beacon of hope for the students and families in South Texas...

KINGSVILLE (Nov. 25, 2025) — After Texas A&M University-Kingsville’s (TAMUK) Workforce Development completed its first Clinical Medical Assistants Program in the new Alice location, the 10-person cohort were given their certificates of completion and recognized by Jim Wells County Judge Pete Trevino during a Jim Wells County Commissioner’s Court meeting Monday morning. The first Alice CMA group completed its instruction at the Jim Wells County Annex...

KINGSVILLE (Nov. 24, 2025) — The Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) Center for Teaching Excellence collaborated with the Jernigan Library’s South Texas Archives to present a special art exhibit entitled Stories in Motion: Art, Alumni, & AI on Friday, Nov. 21 at the Center for Faculty Excellence located on the Jernigan Library first floor. The exhibit displayed artwork from faculty and distinguished alumni that have been selected to be infused with...