TEEX Municipal Fire Training School is largest since 1992
Nearly 2,500 firefighters and 500 guest instructors from throughout Texas and the nation converged at the Texas Engineering Extension Service’s Brayton Fire Training Field July 24-29 for the 76th Annual Texas Municipal Fire Training School.

Aggies win Road & Track Cup at 2005 Formula SAE competition
Texas A&M University engineering students won the Road & Track Cup for the second year in a row at the 2005 Formula SAE competition in Detroit, Mich., in July.

A&M-Corpus Christistudent newspaper wins six state-level awards
The Island Waves student newspaper at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi won six awards in the state Division III category at the 97th annual conference of the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association, the oldest collegiate student press association in the United States.

Fire Ant Awareness Week promotes proactive treatment efforts
Fall is a prime time for treating for fire ants in order to reduce the numbers that will appear in the spring, say experts. That's why Fire Ant Awareness Week has been held the second full week of September every year since 1998 to encourage community-wide efforts to maximize the effectiveness of fire ant treatment.