Texas A&M University-Kingsville had its beginning as a community institution in the teacher college movement that moved Texas in the early 1900s. Soon after the institution's beginning as South Texas State Teachers College in 1925, its responsibility was extended to adopt a wider array of programs normally approved for comprehensive universities, plus the graduate program that started in 1935. The ancient growth of the university's role was imitated in the change of its name to Texas College of Arts and Industries in 1929 and to Texas A&I University in 1967.
The university offers more than 100 undergraduate and graduate programs and various disciplines such as Engineering, Music, Agriculture, Social Work and etc. Even Though the emphasis of the university is scholarly, it also promotes the broad mental, physical and spiritual well-being of the campus people. To this end, a range of non-academic programs are presented to enrich student education and personal development.
The Department of Student Events serves as the resource hub for all student organizations. I... Read more
Texas A&M University-Kingsville had its beginning as a community institution in the teacher college movement that moved Texas in the early 1900s. Soon after the institution's beginning as South Texas State Teachers College in 1925, its responsibility was extended to adopt a wider array of programs normally approved for comprehensive universities, plus the graduate program that started in 1935. The ancient growth of the university's role was imitated in the change of its name to Texas College of Arts and Industries in 1929 and to Texas A&I University in 1967.
The university offers more than 100 undergraduate and graduate programs and various disciplines such as Engineering, Music, Agriculture, Social Work and etc. Even Though the emphasis of the university is scholarly, it also promotes the broad mental, physical and spiritual well-being of the campus people. To this end, a range of non-academic programs are presented to enrich student education and personal development.
The Department of Student Events serves as the resource hub for all student organizations. It gives many cultural, educational, recreational and social programs for the campus community. Some examples are Homecoming, Family Fiesta, Fall Carnival, Spring Fling, Windows on the World and the Miss Texas A&M University-Kingsville Scholarship Pageant. In addition to serving over 125 student establishments, Student Activities also provides a variability of specialized leadership programs such as Leadership Month, Student Retreats and Conferences and an annual Student Leadership Conference. The Fitness Centre is accommodated in the Student Recreation Centre (SRC). The area has a broad range of the modern cardio fitness exercise equipment treadmills, elliptical trainers, stationary bikes, weight machines and a full selection of free weights.
A full cardio theatre and private monitors on systems are also accessible to make training routines more fun. The Cardio Fitness and Free Weight Room also delivers courses in wellness, fitness, personal training, aerobics and nutrition, a wide variety of individual, dual and team sports are offered each semester. People are provided the chance to mingle, discover governance abilities and exercise. Championship T-shirts are awarded in every sport. In a select number of sports, chances are offered to compete at regional and national extramural sport tournaments. All outdoor intramural club sports are scheduled on the department’s lighted turf fields placed in the northwest campus.
The University is situated in historic Kingsville, a pleasant, safe city of 25,000 that is the home of the legendary King Ranch. Corpus Christi and its beaches are just 40 miles to the northeast, and the border with Mexico is 120 miles to the south at Brownsville or 119 miles to the west at Laredo. The major campus comprises of around 250 acres and more than 80 structures. The University Farm consists of 545 acres of land stationed near the campus.
The University Scholarships Office at Texas A&M University-Kingsville emphasizes the importance of education and makes every attempt to help hard-working students meet their educational goals. Many scholarships are competitive and enable applicants to show a good academic record or talent. However, certain scholarships can be awarded on the basis of financial needs and/or clear donor criteria, all institutional scholarships are awarded through,their online scholarship system, Javelina Scholarships. To honor their academic accomplishments, the university will automatically award merit-based scholarships to at least 50 per cent of qualifying students who show exemplary academic performance in high school. Along with merit-based scholarship it provides Presidential Scholarship (ranges from $5,000 to $12,000 per year), and Academic Excellence Scholarships (ranges from $1,000 to $4,000 per year).
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