Texas A&M at Galveston Receives New Training Ship TS Kennedy
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Texas A&M University at Galveston has received a new training ship, the TS Kennedy, a 540-foot vessel that will enhance year-round training for Texas A&M Maritime Academy cadets in ship navigation and marine engineering systems, maintenance, safety and security.
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Taking Galveston to the UN: Q&A with Dr. Elizabeth Nyman
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Earlier this year, Dr. Elizabeth Nyman, a political science professor in the Department of Liberal Studies, joined biologists, environmental scientists and other experts at the United Nations in New York City for negotiations on the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty (BBNJ).
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Buck Weirus Spirit Awardees Embody Aggie Spirit in Galveston
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Ten students from Texas A&M University at Galveston received the Buck Weirus Spirit Award in College Station over the weekend. Awarded annually to 55 current students whose outstanding involvement makes a positive difference in the lives of others, these student leaders at the Galveston campus contribute to the university and campus community through their participation in student organizations, Aggie traditions and events.
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| Engineering His Future: Spring Graduate Landon Degner
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Hailing from the small town of Harleton, Landon Degner ‘22 starts a new adventure as a structural manufacturing engineer for Kiewit Offshore Services in June. He credits his heavy involvement as a student with propelling him forward into his career in marine engineering.
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| PhD Candidate Brett Sweezey Will 'Save Our Seas' With Keystone Grant Award
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Texas A&M University at Galveston PhD student Brett Sweezey ‘26 was recently awarded the Save Our Seas Keystone Grant for 2023. This international grant supports projects focusing on the research, conservation and education of threatened marine wildlife and their habitats and is typically awarded to researchers studying elasmobranchs, the subclass of fish that includes sharks, skates and rays.
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| Galveston Campus Welcome IAMU
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Leadership from the International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU) visited Texas A&M University at Galveston last month to encourage student and faculty participation in IAMU programs such as research grants, student forums and the IAMU annual conference. The campus welcomed IAMU Vice President Dr. Glenn Backwood and IAMU Executive Director Mr. Takeshi Nakazawa in their final stop of the North American tour.
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| Galveston Campus to Host Open Dock Party
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Texas A&M University at Galveston invites the public to learn more about maritime education and training with two campus events in June. Participants can tour the training ship, interact with sea life, meet cadets, and join a flotilla to escort cadets out of the Galveston Ship Channel as they embark on their annual summer sea term.
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AROUND TEXAS WITH DR. CHRIS MARSHALL
| When NOAA abandoned its sea turtle rescue program on the Gulf Coast, an A&M Galveston professor took the responsibility and now is working to build a multimillion dollar Sea Turtle Rescue Center.
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| No need to fear 5,000-mile-wide seaweed blob nearing Galveston, expert says
Even though it shares its name with the horror movie The Blob, Texans have nothing to fear when it comes to the possibility of yet another "Summer of Seaweed" in Galveston.
Texas A&M Maritime Academy welcomes training ship TS Kennedy
The Texas A&M Maritime Academy on the Galveston Campus of Texas A&M University is set to receive a brand new National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) training ship in 2025. Meantime, the academy has received a not-quite-so-new training ship. That ship, the TS Kennedy, is a 540-foot vessel that will enhance year-round training for cadets in ship navigation and marine engineering systems, maintenance, safety and security.
Texas A&M at Galveston Receives New Training Ship TS Kennedy
Texas A&M University at Galveston has received a new training ship, the TS Kennedy, a 540-foot vessel that will enhance year-round training for Texas A&M Maritime Academy cadets in ship navigation and marine engineering systems, maintenance, safety and security.
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| Each month, Commandant James Gompper provides an update on everything that has been happening in the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M University at Galveston.
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