Update on San Antonio Campus

Mike Godfrey, vice chancellor and general counsel for the A&M System, reviews the proposed site map of Texas A&M University-San Antonio with members of the community.

Texas A&M University System Chancellor Michael D. McKinney hosted a meeting the evening of May 1 at the South San Antonio High School auditorium to update the community on the progress of Texas A&M University-San Antonio and honor 10 scholarship recipients.

“We no longer have a dream, we have a plan,” McKinney said to the audience of approximately 300 people, which included family members of the late Sen. Frank Madla, who championed the creation of the campus for many years. McKinney added, “This was one of Frank’s dreams for a long, long time. Building the campus was my commitment to him, and now it’s my commitment to you.”

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Texas A&M-Corpus Christi program turns Ward Island into a classroom

The hands-on Texas Explorers program makes learning about math, science and social studies a fun experience.

When third-grader Lauren Hall and her classmates made a mold of an animal’s footprint during a recent field trip, she didn’t know it, but she was studying for a test. And not just any exam but the state-mandated Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) test that determines a child’s ability to succeed at the next educational level.

Lauren is one of the more than 40 second-and-third-grade students from the university’s Blanche Moore Early Childhood Development Center who participated in the Texas Explorers, a six-week program to learn more about the animal and plant life that thrive along the Texas coast. After making the mold, the students went back to the classroom and compared the impression with those shown in a nature book to determine what animal left the print.

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