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KINGSVILLE (May 4, 2026) — Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK), in partnership with the Rural Schools Innovation Zone (RSIZ) and Benavides Independent School District, today announced the launch of a new workforce training partnership at Benavides High School beginning August 2026. The initiative will bring the Javelina Skilled Trades Academy directly to high school students, providing hands-on training in high-demand career pathways including carpentry, electrical,...
KINGSVILLE (April 22, 2026) — The Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) Office of Research and Innovation invited students, faculty and staff to explore research, commercialization opportunities, and innovation resources available at the university and beyond during the second Research and Innovation Day on Wednesday, April 22 at the Memorial Student Union Building. “It’s very important to continue mentioning how important research is to our...
KINGSVILLE (April 21, 2026) — While weather produced grey skies and wet conditions, middle school and high school agriculture programs from around the state were still able to shine during the Dick and Mary Lewis Kleberg College of Agriculture and Natural Resources’ Jerome Tymrak Memorial Agricultural Mechanics Show on Tuesday, April 21 along University...
KINGSVILLE (April 17, 2026) —Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) hosted leaders from Coastal Bend, Del Mar and Laredo Colleges During the Caring Campus Regional Convening on Friday, April 17 at the Memorial Student Union Building. In a meeting led by the Institute for Evidence Based Change (IEBC) President/CEO Dr. Brad Phillips, TAMUK President Dr. Robert Vela, Laredo College (LC) President Dr. Minita Ramirez, Coastal Bend College (CBC) President Dr. Zachary Suarez, Del Mar...
KINGSVILLE (April 16, 2026) — Texas A&M University-Kingsville College of Business Administration accounting and finance professor Dr. Priti Verma earned the 2026 Current Topics/Emerging Issues Best Paper Award for co-authoring the manuscript titled The Risk-Return Dynamics of Corporate Cryptocurrency Adoption: Evidence from Bitcoin...
The Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine—in collaboration with Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK)—today announced the launch of its Rural Campus–Kingsville to help inspire the next generation of rural medicine providers. The rural campus builds on the Vashisht College of Medicine’s existing footprint across Texas, giving students interested in practicing rural medicine a dedicated...
KINGSVILLE (April 10, 2026) — The Dick and Mary Lewis Kleberg College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) hosted South Texas high schools for the Future Farmers of America (FFA) Area X Forage and Cotton Career Development Event (CDE) on Friday, April 10. FFA CDEs are competitions aimed at encouraging members to put their knowledge into practice and prepare for a career through testing and challenging the student's technical,...
KINGSVILLE (April 2, 2026) — While Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) student journalists are training to seek out and deliver news, they themselves made headlines at last month’s Texas Intercollegiate Press Association (TIPA) annual conference in Denton by winning 22 awards, including two first-place...
KINGSVILLE (April 1, 2026) — During the recent Society for Range Management’s (SRM) 79th annual meeting in Monterey, California, Dr. Evan P. Tanner, Assistant Professor and Meadows Professor of Semi-arid Land Ecology with Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute (CKWRI) at Texas A&M University Kingsville, received the Outstanding Young professional Award. The award is presented to an individual member or couple who have demonstrated extraordinary potential...
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...