Community Advancement
Stories about outreach, volunteerism, public service, and programs that connect Texas A&M System institutions with communities across the state.
Texas A&M University was named the winner of the Large University award for the WHIT Program’s Campus Champions Initiative for providing more volunteer tutors than any other large university.
The Texas A&M University System Expands Early College Pathways Through Rural Education Collaborative
The Texas A&M University System is expanding efforts to strengthen early college awareness and career pathways for students across the state through the Texas Rural Education Collaborative (TREC).
Texas A&M is pioneering a bold new frontier in wildfire response with a $59.8 million state-backed initiative to develop autonomous Black Hawk helicopters capable of battling wildfires with unprecedented speed and safety.
As our state struggles to comprehend the magnitude of the loss felt by so many of our fellow Texans, and even as we all offer up our prayers for the victims and their families and the parents, friends and loved ones of those still missing — brave men and women from across the Texas A&M University System were risking their lives to save others caught in dangerous flooding across Central Texas and the Hill Country.
As a 22-year-old second lieutenant in 1952, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., use to buzz over the post oaks of the Brazos River Valley while training to be a fighter pilot at Bryan Air Force Base.
Severe illness led to charity helping childhood pancreatitis sufferers