Researchers from the College of Business at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi joined other experts last month in assessing economic development possibilities for the community of Rockport-Fulton.

What seems like a common challenge often does not have a simple solution, but Taylor Castillo, a junior at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, came up with a plan for parents needing babysitting services while on vacation that won her $3,000 and first place in the fifth annual Buc Days Ideas Challenge competition Feb. 11.

In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent closure of schools in the Coastal Bend, the Antonio E. Garcia Center for Arts and Education has launched a Facebook literacy program designed to improving reading and comprehension skills.

Ranging from kindergarten to 12th grade, 670 student participants from an 11-county region in South Texas took part in the Valero Energy Foundation and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Coastal Bend Regional Science Fair on Feb. 8, 2020.

1,027 Islanders walked the stage at the American Bank Center in downtown Corpus Christi during the Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Fall 2019 Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, Dec. 14. This largest graduating fall class in the University’s history joins the ranks of nearly 50,000 Islander alumni.

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi’s Project GRAD is working to defy and debunk the myths and stigmas associated with mental health and minorities.

The Department of Art + Design at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi won a remarkable 19 American Advertising Awards at the local American Advertising Federation (AAF) competition. The “ADDY” Awards, which are held to recognize and reward creative excellence in the field of advertising, took place Feb. 28 at the Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz International Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.

The diverse stories of five women social justice activists—four of whom are still living—were told in broad but dramatic strokes during “Stories of Social Justice,” presented by Dr. Amy Aldridge Sanford, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Professor of Communication at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Aldridge Sanford based her presentation for the Women’s History Month event on a series of social justice profiles, three of whom she featured in a newly published book.

Inspired by her former students and current colleagues, Dr. Julie Fomenko, Assistant Professor and Director of the Simulation and Clinical Learning Center at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, is doing her part to in the fight against COVID-19.

On Monday, March 23, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi implemented its transition of the lecture portion of classes to fully online for each of its six academic colleges, minimizing if not fully eliminating face-to-face contact between students and faculty. This, after an extended spring break period so faculty, staff, and administrators could best prepare to take courses online.

In 2020, the Center for Water Supply Studies (CWSS) at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi received a two-year $863,921 grant from the Texas General Land Program (GLO), Coastal Management Program (CMP) as part of a Special Merit Project to study the nonpoint source pollution – , or pollution coming from many different sources rather than one central one – loading to Baffin Bay.

Marine science students joined a wider community of work as they took part in the annual Diurnal, a 24-hour study measuring marine organisms in Oso Bay that has gone on for nearly 5 decades.

To commemorate the 1919 Hurricane that ravaged the coastal city of Corpus Christi and claimed as many as 1,000 lives, the Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Historical Forum along with the Mary and Jeff Bell Library hosted “100 Years After the Storm” on Friday, Sept. 13.

As the annual shorebird nesting season heads into its final weeks, volunteers with the Conrad Blucher Institute, the Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program, and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi say the season has been an especially successful one to date at University Beach, across from the Island University.

The National Aeronautic Association announced today that work being done by the Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence & Innovation and NASA is among nine aviation and space achievements that will compete for the 2019 Robert J. Collier Trophy for excellence in aeronautics and astronautics in America.

The Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence & Innovation at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi is branching out to provide expertise and support to the RELLIS Campus in Bryan, Texas.

In 2020, the Center for Water Supply Studies (CWSS) at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi received a two-year $863,921 grant from the Texas General Land Program (GLO), Coastal Management Program (CMP) as part of a Special Merit Project to study the nonpoint source pollution – , or pollution coming from many different sources rather than one central one – loading to Baffin Bay.

In 2019, the College of Nursing and Health Sciences (CONHS) at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi received a four-year $2.5 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration to initiate a new art-integrated accelerated nursing program. Almost a year later, the program’s first cohort of students showed off their work and displayed how art has helped them grow into better healthcare providers during the Crossroads of Art and Primary Care Symposium on Feb. 19.

In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent closure of schools in the Coastal Bend, the Antonio E. Garcia Center for Arts and Education has launched a Facebook literacy program designed to improving reading and comprehension skills.

On Monday, March 23, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi implemented its transition of the lecture portion of classes to fully online for each of its six academic colleges, minimizing if not fully eliminating face-to-face contact between students and faculty. This, after an extended spring break period so faculty, staff, and administrators could best prepare to take courses online.

Each year during the Homecoming season, a select class of change makers who’ve graced the Island campus are invited back to recognize their success in a big way. On Feb. 28, the National Islander Alumni Association and Islanders Athletics recognized four alumni honorees for their impact on society and their professions during the Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Homecoming Honors Banquet.

Islanders past and present, from far and near, along with members of the community, celebrated Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi’s Homecoming 2020, held Feb. 23-29.