Awards/Honors

KINGSVILLE April 15, 2024) — Taylor Pena, Student Health and Wellness assistant, is the 2024 Texas A&M University-Kingsville Student Employee of Year. She has been working with Student Health and Wellness since September 2021. She is a computer science major from Skidmore who will graduate in May. Pena received a monetary award from the President's Office for this achievement. Her nominators highlighted the professionalism, teamwork, and critical...

KINGSVILLE (April 5, 2024) — Texas A&M University-Kingsville Associate Director of Veterinary Technology Christine Hoskinson was recognized as the Texas Veterinary Medical Association (TVMA) Licensed Veterinary Technician of the Year at their annual conference in Irving, Texas. Awards are given annually at the TVMA conference to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of veterinary medicine. Award recipients are nominated by colleagues and selected...

KINGSVILLE (March 8, 2024) — The Texas A&M University-Kingsville Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science is receiving grant funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), which announced a $45 million total investment to 16 different projects that will help protect Americans from cyber threats and improve cybersecurity in America’s Energy Sector. Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Dr. Taesic Kim and his partners were one of the...

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 — Texas A&M University-Kingsville is among the top 4 percent of universities in the country when it comes to social mobility, according to the latest ranking U.S. News and World Report’s 2024 Best Colleges rankings. The University is tied for 6th in social mobility among public Texas universities. In addition, the University ranks among the top 15 public universities in Texas, placing at #14, the highest-ranking Texas A&M University System on...

KINGSVILLE (August 8, 2023) — Makenzie Gottschalk will begin her college career in a few weeks as an honor student and a pre-vet/animal science major at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. She brings with her the $40,000 GE-Reagan Scholarship, a prestigious award given to only 11 students nationwide. Gottschalk discovered the GE-Reagan Scholars program while online searching for other scholarships to help with college costs. “When I read about it, I...

HOMECOMING 2023 - OCTOBER 13 - DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDS Friday evening of Javelina Homecoming 2023 we will induct our newest class of Distinguished Alumni and Rising Star honorees. 2023 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI HONOREES: Anne Grady, Class of 1997 Ret. U.S. Army Col. Henry Hodge, Class of 1968 Debbie Lee Winslow, Class of 1983 John Bickham, Class of 1973 Ret. U.S. Army Col. Richard Waterhouse, Class of 1975 RISING STAR...

Texas A&M University-Kingsville faculty members who completed a course from the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) received pins and certificates from the association, which seeks to ensure student success through high-quality instruction. Faculty who completed the year-long course and earned the certificate in "Effective Teaching Practices" were honored with a reception and award ceremony on Aug. 29 in the Memorial Student Union Building. Each faculty member...

KINGSVILLE (June 3, 2022) — The Office of Student Access at Texas A&M University-Kingsville received two new grant awards from the United States Department of Education for their Upward Bound and Upward Bound Rural programs. Together the programs serve 120 high school students. The Upward Bound program serves Alice and San Diego High Schools and H.M. King High School in Kingsville. Upward Bound Rural serves Premont, Raymondville and Falfurrias High Schools....

Dr. Rito Silva, Vice President of Enrollment Services and Student Affairs, has been selected to participate in the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) 2022 Millennium Leadership Initiative (MLI). MLI is a premier leadership development program that provides individuals traditionally underrepresented in the highest ranks of postsecondary education with the opportunity to develop skills, gain a philosophical overview, and build the network and knowledge needed to...

A staff member at Texas A&M University-Kingsville has been recognized for their support of the Military and Veteran Resource Center by the Texas A&M University System (TAMUS). Dorine Gonzalez, Veteran Coordinator for the Military and Veteran Resource Center, was announced the winner of the Texas A&M System Faculty/Staff Veteran Support Excellence Award in May 2022. The award is given annually to one full-time faculty or staff member at any TAMUS campus. The...

KINGSVILLE (May 5, 2022) — Dr. Greg Sanders, Regents Professor of Music and coordinator of theory/composition studies at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, has been selected by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi — the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society — as the 2022-2024 Phi Kappa Phi Artist. Sanders received the award for his career accomplishments as a professor, musician and composer and his scholarly...

KINGSVILLE (May 2, 2022) — Dr. Rolando R. Garza, director of the Center for Academic Technology in the Division of Academic Affairs at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, was recently appointed to the 2022 Every Learner Everywhere Equity Advisory Board. His appointment is for one year. “It is an honor to be appointed to the Every Learner Everywhere Equity Advisory Board with leaders from all over the country to provide advice and guidance to the network...

KINGSVILLE (April 11, 2022) — The Texas A&M University-Kingsville Foundation, College of Arts & Sciences, and the John E. Conner Museum will host distinguished alumna and author Colonel Lisa “La Coronela” Carrington Firmin for a reception on Tuesday, April 26. The community is invited to celebrate the release of her book, Stories from the Front: Pain, Betrayal, and Resilience on the MST Battlefield, with hors d’oeuvres and...

KINGSVILLE (April 11, 2022) — Barbara Collins, assistant director of the Disability Resource Center at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, is the 2022 recipient of the Chancellor’s Medallion for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion from the Texas A&M University System. This award recognizes and honors individuals who have demonstrated high levels of meaningful engagement in activities that promote a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion at their university...

The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents recently designated 12 Texas A&M System faculty members and seven agency service, extension or research professionals as Regents Professors and Regents Fellows for 2020-2021. One of the 12 faculty members is Dr. Fidel Hernández, Texas A&M University-Kingsville professor in the Department of Rangeland and Wildlife Sciences and the Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Endowed Professor in Quail Research with the Caesar Kleberg...

Texas A&M University-Kingsville faculty members who completed a course from the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) received pins and certificates from the association. Faculty who earned the certificate in "Effective Teaching Practices" were honored with a reception and award ceremony on Aug. 24 in the Memorial Student Union Building. The Texas A&M University System sent a medallion and letter from Dr. James Hallmark, Vice Chancellor for...

A trombone quartet from Texas A&M University-Kingsville School of Music was named the winner of the International Trombone Association’s (ITA) trombone quartet competition in July at Columbus State University in Georgia. The quartet, named The Chulobones, consists of three music education and performance majors, including Joey Guerra of Brownsville; Guillermo Navarro of Laredo, Carlos D. García of Brownsville; and A&M-Kingsville alumni Eden Garza, of...

KINGSVILLE — The Javelina Alumni Association of Texas A&M University-Kingsville has announced the recipients of this year’s Distinguished Alumni Awards, as well as the recipients of the Rising Star Award and the Blue and Gold Service Award. This year’s Distinguished Alumni Award recipients are Armando Hinojosa ’66; Dr. Linda Mora ’68; and I.J. “Chip”...