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Texas A&M University was named to Fast Company’s 2025 Brands That Matter list, Texas A&M helps prepare military veterans for the civilian workforce through the Department of Defense SkillBridge program, and a $25 million initiative to expand faculty, boost academic capacity has launched to help meet the growing instructional and research demands and enhance the student learning experience.
Texas A&M honors veterans at the annual Military Appreciation Game, faculty are honored by the Center for Teaching Excellence, Employee Learning Week kicks off and the 2024-25 Regents Professor and Fellows are announced.
"Outlander" author Dr. Diana Gabaldon will house her literary literary archives at Texas A&M, events for Family Weekend must be submitted by Jan. 8, the Texas A&M Barnes & Noble will be open Black Friday weekend, the Small Animal Teaching Hospital helps an Irish Wolfhound, and chief of staff Dr. Tim Scott will retire at the end of December.
Aggie Medal of Honor recipient Matt Williams '25 embodies Texas A&M's Core Values and the Aggie Spirit, a reminder of university employees' responsibilities, Operation Hat Trick supports local veterans, and a memorial is dedicated on the main campus honoring veterans who were killed in a Black Hawk helicopter crash.
An Aggie shares her story of how Texas A&M prepared her for a mass casualty disaster, the Bonfire Remembrance Ceremony will be held Nov. 18, the IRS announced increased contribution limits for 2026, a team searches for the crew of a missing WWII bomber, and the Hagler Institute announced it's 2025-26 class.
Texas A&M is named a “dream school,” pregame road closures for the main campus start Saturday at 7:30 a.m., Texas A&M earns gold-level recognition from the Texas Veterans Commission’s 2025 Veteran Education Excellence Recognition Award and Texas A&M University at Galveston cadets made history as they flew to New York to march in the Veterans Day parade.
Texas A&M supports veterans through the organization Patriot Paws, financial consultations are offered to employees planning for retirement, the Military Veterans Network provides a community for veteran faculty and staff, and executive associate vice president and chief of staff for the Division of Student Affairs Tom Reber will retire in December.
New AI courses in maritime research are offered at Texas A&M at Galveston, volunteers to clean Bonfire Memorial are needed, free and low-cost flu shots are available, and the Berg-Hughes Center for Petroleum and Sedimentary Systems is shaping the future of the energy industry.
Former Texas A&M president Dr. Robert Gates receives the Patriot Award, employees are reminded to Max out their Tax-Deferred Account or Texa$aver Deferred Compensation Plan for 2026, MDLive offers virtual doctor visits for employees in the A&M Care Plan, and Texas A&M once again earned a cybersecurity designation from the NSA.
Texas A&M's Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas is helping communities prepare for natural disasters, discounted Aggie Basketball tickets are available to faculty and staff, Well Leader applications are open, Texas A&M researchers joined a Fast Company panel on innovation, and Technology Services will host resource tables from Nov. 10-13.