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KINGSVILLE (June 26, 2024) —The Flute Ensemble from the School of Music at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, has been invited to perform in a Showcase Recital at the National Flute Association Conference Aug. 1-4 in San Antonio. The 20-member ensemble will perform from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the first day of the conference. The ensemble that includes undergraduate and graduate students will perform the program Media Vita: In the Midst of Life, Reflections on 2020,...

KINGSVILLE (June 26, 2024) — Dr. Madhura Babu Kunta, Texas A&M University-Kingsville research associate professor of horticulture and plant pathology, and his team were selected to have a research article focused on citrus resistant to Huanglongbing (HLB) disease featured as the cover story in Vol. 13, Issue 11 of Plants, an online international semimonthly scientific journal that focuses on fundamental and applied plant science. The research topic focuses on the...

KINGSVILLE (June 24, 2024) — Deviating from a normal schedule of appearances and cheering on Texas A&M University-Kingsville student-athletes, Porky the Javelina got his flowers by being crowned Higher Impact Entertainment’s 2024 Mascot Training Champion on June 22, 2024 at the Woodlawn Lake Park Gym in San Antonio. According to the press release, the camp featured 18 mascots vying for the championship belt as they were judged on skills, dedication and...

KINGSVILLE (June 21, 2024) — Jazz Band I from the School of Music at Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) has been invited to perform at the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Convention Feb. 12-15, 2025, at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio. “Jazz Band I is the only college jazz band from South Texas to have ever been invited to perform at TMEA,” said Dr. Scott Jones, director of the School of Music and...

KINGSVILLE (June 18, 2024) — The Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering at Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) hosted 6th – 12th grade students from South Texas last week for the Young Engineers of South Texas (YESTx) summer camp. The five-day camp was held June 10-14 and is designed to introduce students to various Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Overviews of STEM field featured a look into subjects such as lab safety, 3D...

KINGSVILLE (June 17, 2024) — Students representing 20 South Texas counties and 15 Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Agents convened at Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) for the annual District 12 4-H Leadership Lab overnight camp on June 12-14. The camp, named “ELEVATE” this year, was hosted at the Kleberg Agriculture Building and taught campers leadership and life skills through activities, team-building exercises, and learning...

KINGSVILLE (June 7, 2024) — Texas A&M University-Kingsville has released the names of the students who made the President’s List, Dean’s List and Honor Roll for the spring 2024 semester. The President’s List requires a grade point average of 4.00 on all work attempted for a particular semester, with a minimum of 15 semester undergraduate hours completed, exclusive of credit only (CR) courses. The Dean’s List requires...

KINGSVILLE (June 6, 2024) — Dr. Ravi P. Agarwal, who recently retired from his mathematics professor position at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, has been ranked by the international Research.com as one of the 2024 Best Mathematics Scientists in the World. Agarwal was ranked 36th in the world and 26th in the United States. He is listed as having 53,173 citations for his 2,024 publications. In addition, Research.com gave him the Mathematics United States...

KINGSVILLE (May 22, 2024) — Dr. Aniruddha Mukhopadhyay, associate professor of English in the Department of Language and Literature at Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) has received the Distinguished Achievement Award for Outstanding Service from the South Asian Literary Association (SALA). Mukhopadhyay serves SALA as vice president and web manager of the organization's website southasianliteraryassociation.org. His research interests include...

BRYAN, COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The Texas A&M University System today took its first steps toward creating a peaker power network on land it owns across the state to help stabilize the Texas power grid during peak demand. There are several sites in the Coastal Bend area under consideration, including the Texas A&M University-Kingsville campus. Peaker power plants, also known simply as "peakers," are power plants typically used to provide...

KINGSVILLE (May 22, 2024) — When the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ensures its research is backed by the best available science over the next two to three years, it will not be without the input of Texas A&M University-Kingsville’s Associate Professor of Animal Science and Ruminant Nutrition Dr. Natasha Mast. Last week, Mast was one of 10 members appointed to the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics (NAREEE) Advisory...

KINGSVILLE (May 20, 2024) — The online Master’s of Business Administration (MBA) degree at Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) has moved up the ranking and now sits at 32nd in the Fortune magazine poll. In 2023, the same program was ranked only 92nd and in 2022, it was 65th. “The Texas A&M-Kingsville College of Business Administration continues to represent the state of Texas and South Texas in an exemplary fashion,” said Dr....

KINGSVILLE (May 15, 2024) — The Texas A&M University Kingsville (TAMUK) Baja Racing Team competed in the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International Baja California event from April 25-28 at the Quail Canyon Special Events Arena in Lebec, California. It was the first time that TAMUK competed in an SAE Baja event since May 28, 2013 at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington. The TAMUK Baja Team is comprised of Zane Strickland, Eric Perez,...

KINGSVILLE (May 10, 2024) — Graduates from Texas A&M University-Kingsville walked the stage Friday, May 10, in three commencement ceremonies held in the Steinke Physical Education Center. Prospective undergraduates from the College of Business Administration, the College of Education and Human Performance and the Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering crossed the stage at 10 a.m. Students with the Dick and Mary Lewis Kleberg College of Agriculture and...

KINGSVILLE (May 9, 2024) — A little over two years ago, two prospective students came to campus for a visit to see if they wanted to continue their social work education. The campus was Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) and the students were Erica Esquivel and her daughter, Abigail Alexis Hernandez-Meza, both from San Benito. Both graduate from TAMUK at 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 10, with bachelor’s degrees in social work. “During one of...

KINGSVILLE (May 9, 2024) — The department of health and kinesiology at Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) has achieved a significant milestone as the exercise science program has been awarded accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP). It is currently the only public institution in Texas that has a CAAHEP-accredited exercise science program. “Being at the forefront, at least in Texas, of this...

KINGSVILLE (May 8, 2024) — With its latest collaboration, the Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) Career Engagement office is demonstrating that ‘Once a Javelina, Always a Javelina’ is more than just phrase. TAMUK Career Engagement has partnered with the world’s No.1 job site and hiring platform Indeed to provide alumni with skills and knowledge required for successful job searches. The Indeed Job Search Academy, a free virtual training...

KINGSVILLE (May 3, 2024) — When mental health issues arise in children, parents or even teachers are not the first to notice. Thanks to a $50,000 grant from the King Ranch Family Trust, TAMUK’s Institute for Rural Mental Health Initiatives (IRMHI) will be training local school personnel how to recognize when a child may be in trouble. The program called “First Contact” is an innovative professional development with non-educator professionals in...

KINGSVILLE (April 29, 2024) — Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) associate professor of environmental engineering Dr. Lucy Mar Camacho was issued a United States Patent in March for a method that recovers rare earth elements (REE) by utilizing electrodialysis metathesis (EDM). The patent is titled Recovery of Rare Earth Metals and Other Metals from Natural Liquid Sources by Electrodialysis Metathesis and was invented by Camacho and TAMUK PhD student Mohammad U....

KINGSVILLE (April 24, 2024) — High schools from across the state displayed their works from the past year all the way up University Boulevard as they took part in the 2024 Agriculture Mechanic Show hosted by the Dick and Mary Lewis Kleberg College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Texas A&M University-Kingsville on Tuesday, April 23. This was the event’s 10th year and was one of the largest turnouts as it featured 41 schools from near the Dallas Fort...