Arts/Sciences

KINGSVILLE (April 16, 2024) — Run don’t walk to Jones Auditorium at Texas A&M University-Kingsville for two performances of Super Flute!, a parody of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Take a leap back to the 1980s when Mario and Luigi were masters of the double jump and enjoy Super Flute! as performed by members of the Opera and Musical Theater Workshop in the School of Music. Super Flute! will be presented at two performances, at 7:30 p.m....

KINGSVILLE (April 16, 2024) — The School of Music at Texas A&M University-Kingsville will host Flute Day, Saturday, April 20. Registration opens at 9:30 a.m. with the event running from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. “The event is open to flutists from beginner to advanced, so we welcome middle school students, high school students, college students and adult amateurs,” said Dr. Elizabeth Janzen, professor of flute. “Our events are all...

KINGSVILLE (March 14, 2024) — Middle School and High School jazz bands from around the state will descend on Texas A&M University-Kingsville for the 56th Annual Jazz Festival Friday and Saturday, March 22-23, hosted by the School of Music. The competition will begin at 3:30 p.m. Friday in both the Performance Hall in the Music Education Complex and Jones Auditorium. The festival will conclude with a concert Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Performance Hall featuring...

KINGSVILLE (March 1, 2024) — The School of Music at Texas A&M University-Kingsville will host the National Trumpet Competition Friday, March 8, through Monday, March 11. This is the largest competition of its kind in the United States and it will bring to campus between 800 and 1,000 trumpet players from middle school through graduate students. “Events like this are important for the School of Music because it allows us an opportunity to show case,...

KINGSVILLE (February 28, 2024) — John-Ryan Lawrence is a junior electrical engineering major at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. He recently was selected to represent the university and the Student Ambassador Program at the American Physical Society (APS) Annual Leadership Meeting. The Student Ambassador Program is a group of about 80 top physics and engineering students from over 20 countries who serve as leaders in their universities, countries or...

KINGSVILLE (February 16, 2024) — For the first time, three separate clarinet proposals by two individuals and one ensemble from the School of Music at Texas A&M University-Kingsville have been selected for inclusion at Clarinetfest 2024 to be held this year July 31-Aug. 4 in Dublin, Ireland. Dr. Andrea Vos-Rochefort, assistant professor of clarinet, was accepted to perform in a 25-minute recital slot featuring Brace Yourselves for an Impact! for solo clarinet...

KINGSVILLE (February 5, 2024) — Lino Placencio, an alumnus of Texas A&M University-Kingsville and now a comic book creator and writer, has received an invitation to be the first guest speaker for the Social Psychology of Comic Book Media lecture this spring. The event is scheduled from 6 to 8:50 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6, and can be accessed via Zoom. Initially, the idea of creating a comic book seemed surreal to Placencio, but after five years of following his...

KINGSVILLE (December 13, 2023) — Two members of the trombone studio at Texas A&M University-Kingsville’s School of Music have qualified for the finals of the prestigious Big 12 Trombone competition to be held next month at Texas Tech University. Two members of Javelina Nation are finalists in the bass trombone category. They are Joshua Gentile, a graduate music performance major from Eagle, Idaho; and Matthew Gomez, an undergraduate music...

KINGSVILLE (December 8, 2023) — Texas A&M University-Kingsville students walked the stage Friday, Dec. 8, during Winter Commencement at the Steinke Physical Education Center. There were 523 prospective graduates that received degrees in two ceremonies. Students from the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Education and Human Performance received their degrees at the 10 a.m. ceremony, followed by the Dick and Mary Lewis Kleberg College of Agriculture and...

BRYAN, COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents has designated 14 faculty members and 13 agency service, extension or research professionals within the A&M System as Regents Professors and Regents Fellows for their exemplary performance during 2022-2023. “From research to service, these individuals’ accomplishments over the last year exemplify the A&M System’s commitment to finding...

KINGSVILLE (October 4, 2023) — Javelina alumnus Rosendo Sandoval will show his art in the Ben Bailey Art Gallery beginning Friday, Oct. 6, through Friday, Nov. 3. The exhibit is entitled Mis Dos Culturas and is part of Hispanic Heritage at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Sandoval will provide an artist’s talk from 2 to 2:45 p.m. Oct. 6, with a reception to follow from 3 to 6 p.m. Normal gallery hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday....

KINGSVILLE (September 28, 2023) — Dr. Haeyoung Kim, associate professor in the biological and health sciences department at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, recently received a grant for over a half million dollars from the National Institute of Health to determine ways the neuronal DNA in the brain can repair itself to avoid age-related neurological disease like Alzheimer’s. The four-year grant will provide $138,000 per year. Kim said that although...

KINGSVILLE (September 13, 2023) — Dr. Richard Laughlin, associate professor and chair of the biological and health sciences department, recently received $2.4 million in federal funding from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) for Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Wild and Domestic Animal Populations in Central and South Texas. Coronaviruses, like SARS-CoV-2, have been documented in domestic...

KINGSVILLE (September 11, 2023) — Dr. Jianhong Jennifer Ren, professor of environmental engineering in the Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering at Texas A&M University-Kingsville was recently awarded $2 million from the National Science Foundation for Graduate STEM Education for Air and Water Resources Solutions in Coastal Communities. This research traineeship award will develop a new graduate training model to educate the next generation of environmental...

KINGSVILLE (August 4, 2023) — Texas A&M University-Kingsville students walked the stage Friday, Aug. 4, during Summer Commencement at the Steinke Physical Education Center. There were 248 prospective graduates that received degrees at the 10 a.m. ceremony. Of the graduates, 125 received bachelor’s degrees, 115 received master’s degrees and eight received doctoral degrees. The student commencement speaker was Ella McMahan from Kingsville,...

KINGSVILLE (June 2, 2023) — Dr. Alberto Rodriguez, associate professor of history and the founding director of the Mexican American Studies Institute at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, is the recipient of the Captain Alonso de León Steel Medal for Historical Merit in its International category for 2023. The Captain Alonso de León Steel Medal for Historical Merit in its International category is an award given by the Nuevoleonesa Society of...

KINGSVILLE (May 30, 2023) — The School of Music at Texas A&M University-Kingsville is now offering a new bachelor’s degree for its students. The school created the Sound Recording Technology (SRT) undergraduate program that will give students a unique opportunity to pursue studies in the field of audio production while maintaining a balanced approach to musical studies. The new degree is the only bachelor’s degree program in SRT offered in South Texas, and...

KINGSVILLE (May 18, 2023) — Dr. Jingbo Liu, a professor in the chemistry department at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, was recently given the Woman of the Year Award from the Texas Diversity Council. She received the award at the Central Texas Women in Leadership Symposium held at University of Texas at Austin School of Law. “This award reflects team work and I am the lucky one to stand on their shoulders,” Liu said. “Any award is an...

KINGSVILLE (April 28, 2023) — The public is invited to a production of the Reader’s Theatre at Texas A&M University-Kingsville about the life and accomplishments of the late Irma Lerma Rangel, former Texas Representative. Irma Rangel: The First will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, May 2-3, in The Little Theatre. Admission is free. The production is directed by Dr. Patrick Faherty, associate professor in the art, communications and...

KINGSVILLE (April 17, 2023) — Kathy Pawelek, director of administration and operations at the John E. Conner Museum at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, recently received the Emerging Leader Award from the Texas Women in Higher Education (TWHE) organization. “I am excited, proud and deeply humbled to be nominated and awarded this honor in just my second year of serving with the Texas Women in Higher Education organization,” Pawelek said....