Texas A and M University - Aggieland Yearbook (College Station, TX)

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Graduate College The Graduate College has come into its own in recent years with research in fields from nuclear reactor problems to mapping the ocean floor. Graduate studies at A AA offer education beyond the bachelor ' s level for both research and profes¬ sional pursuits. A AA is one of two state-supported institutions designated by the Texas Commission of Higher Educa¬ tion to assume leadership in graduate studies. The program at A AA concentrates on engineering, the basic sciences, agriculture, veterinary medicine and selected subjects within the liberal arts. Goal of graduate study is the creation of knowledge, fostered by bringing the best-thinking students and professors together into a critical mass bearing on a problem. Facilities for research at A AA are outstanding. There are 150 laboratories at the main plant in College Station and in field sites across the state. Some of the research facilities cannot be duplicated at any univer¬ sity in the Southwest. The annual research budget at A AA exceeds $18 million, much of which is spent on projects in which graduate students participate. 27

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Texas Maritime Academy The Texas Maritime Academy is one of six such schools in the United States and the only one on the Gulf Coast. The four-year course of study offers a Bachelor of Science in either Marine Engineering or Marine Transportation, qualification as an officer in the Merchant Marine and a reserve commission in the U.S. Navy. To fulfill the opportunities, the Texas Maritime Academy program begins with the freshman and sopho¬ more years on the A M campus at College Station. The remaining two years are spent on the newly developed Texas Maritime Academy campus in Galveston. To supplement classroom instruction, Texas Maritime Academy students spend three summers aboard the academy training ship, visiting ports of European, Caribbean and South American countries. The marine transportation course is designed to familiarize cadets with ship operation and manage¬ ment and places particular emphasis on the economic and business aspects of the maritime industry and foreign trade. The marine engineering course, which is closely related to mechanical engineering, emphasizes the design, operation, and maintenance of maritime power plants and associated equipment. 26

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During 1968, Texas A AA University presented WHO ' S WHO honors to 38 students. Approximately 750 univer¬ sities and colleges throughout the United States recognize their outstanding seniors by naming them to WHO ' S WHO AMONG STUDENTS IN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES. The criteria for selection by the nominating committee include scholarship, participation and leader¬ ship in student activities, citizenship service to the school Vi-m wm tmmmimm .