Texas A&M University–Kingsville

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Texas A&M University–Kingsville

Motto Be Somebody
Established 1925
Type Public University
President Rumaldo Z. Juarez, Ph.D.
Faculty 401
Students 6,662
Location Kingsville, Texas, United States
Campus 1,600 acres (6.5 km²)
Colors Blue and Gold
Nickname Javelinas (informally "Hoggies")
Mascot Porky the Javelina
Website http://www.tamuk.edu

Texas A&M University–Kingsville is a regional university with a multicultural student body that is 62 percent Hispanic and includes students from 35 states and 43 foreign countries. The university has nationally recognized programs in engineering, agriculture, wildlife and the sciences and is known for developing the nation's first doctoral degree in bilingual education. Founded in 1925 as South Texas State Teachers College, the university's name change in 1929 to Texas College of Arts and Industries signaled the broadening of its mission. A 1967 name change to Texas A&I University marked another transition. The university became a member of The Texas A&M University System in 1989 and embraced its current name, reflecting that membership, in September 1993.

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[edit] About the university

Texas A&M–Kingsville has 60 undergraduate degree programs, 56 master's programs and six doctoral degrees in the Colleges of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Human Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Education, Engineering and Graduate Studies. The university features the region's only programs in engineering, social sciences and agriculture. With state-of-the-art facilities and equipment, the university's 545 acre (2.2 km²) teaching farm gives agriculture students hands-on farming and ranching experience. A&M-Kingsville's bilingual education program, offering degrees at the master's and doctoral levels, was the first of its kind in the country and continues to be one of the strongest.[citation needed] Undergraduates in nearly all disciplines have an opportunity to participate in research projects.

[edit] Rankings

Texas A&M-Kingsville is ranked in the Top 100 national universities by Washington Monthly magazine. The university consistently ranks among the country's top 10 producers of Hispanic engineers and has the only accredited program in natural gas engineering in the United States. The Texas Legislature approved and funded the creation and construction of the Texas A&M Health Science Center Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy at Texas A&M-Kingsville, the first professional school of any kind at any university south of San Antonio, which opened in the fall of 2006.

[edit] Research

The Natural Toxins Research Center (NTRC) boasts the largest collection of venomous snakes in the country and attracts researchers from around the world to its one-of-a-kind serpentarium. Texas A&M-Kingsville's Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute and its Citrus Center both have international reputations, attracting scholars and research projects from around the world. The Welhausen Water Resources Center, through its membership in the International Arid Lands Consortium, is playing a role in the Middle East with its expertise in water conservation and development. The newly founded South Texas Environmental Institute plans to bring regional entities together to solve environmental questions through research.

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[edit] Kingsville, Texas

The university is located in Kingsville, Texas, just 40 miles (60 km) southwest of Corpus Christi, Texas and 120 miles (190 km) north of Mexico. Kingsville, with a population of 25,000, is home to the headquarters of the famed King Ranch and Naval Air Station Kingsville. Texas A&M-Kingsville has 1,600 acres (6 km²) of land, including a 250 acre (1 km²) main campus with 82 buildings.

The university also maintains an upper-level division in south San Antonio, Texas, an area historically underserved in terms of higher education. The campus is currently called Texas A&M University-Kingsville-System Center-San Antonio, but in the future will become a separate university, Texas A&M University–San Antonio.[1]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Texas A&M University System, Communications Office. “A&M System Regents Approve Building Lease for San Antonio Campus.” 1 December 2006. http://sago-news.tamu.edu/releases/?p=215 (accessed 17 December 2006)

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