TAMUK Professor Wins First Teaching Award for RELLIS Campus
The honor recognizes a faculty member who embodies the RELLIS core values of Respect, Excellence, Leadership, Integrity and Selfless Service.
Fire Incident at Texas A&M University Kingsville Memorial Student Union Building
On Sunday, May 25, 2025, a fire occurred at Texas A&M University Kingsville Memorial Student Union Building, resulting in smoke damage to the west wing.
TAMUK Select Trombone Choir wins Emory Remington Competition
The win earns the group an invite to be featured in a premiere performance at the International Trombone Festival at the Western University in London, Ontario, Canada in July.
Texas A&M-Kingsville Online MBA Improves
U.S. News and World Report has released their rankings for online MBA programs and the College of Business Administration at Texas A&M University-Kingsville.
KIII 3News Anchor Rudy Treviño to Join TAMUK as Professor of Practice
In addition to co-anchoring the top-rated newscast in the Coastal Bend, Treviño has also served as host of Domingo Live, the longest-running bilingual news and entertainment show in the nation.
Dr. Jieming Chen named 2023-2024 Regents Professor
His work explores the dynamics within families and how social, economic and cultural changes brought on by modernization impact intergenerational relationships and family old age support.
TAMUK Student researches La Llorona Story
Texas A&M University-Kingsville senior Anjelica M. Cantu has brought La Llorona into the present as she chose to study the tale as her research topic as a McNair Scholar.
CKWRI Will Break Ground on Ocelot Conservation Facility
The facility will be a state-of-the-art complex dedicated to the advancement of ocelot research with the mission of understanding the intricacies of ocelot behavior and health, and successfully breeding and rewilding.
U.S. Dept of Education Grants $3 Million to TAMUK
The PURA Familia grant is based around two main goals to provide Hispanic and underserved students with social, emotional and academic learning opportunities and with financial and academic support.
TAMUK'S 2024 Distinguished Alumni Announced
This year’s Distinguished Alumni are Javier Peña, Dr. Tadeo Reyna ’71, ’82; and Presnall Cage ’68. The 2024 Rising Star honoree is Michelle Zapata ’13.
TAMUK Professor is Published with Work about Investing with Sustainability
Dr. Tom Krueger and two of his colleagues just had a paper published in the Journal of Investing that looks at just that issue.
TAMUK's FMA Earns Superior Chapter Award
This highly coveted designation is awarded to less than 10 percent of FMA chapters.
National Trumpet Competition
There are nine current Texas A&M-Kingsville musicians competing: eight in the large trumpet ensemble division and one in the undergraduate solo competition.
TAMUK Students and Faculty Members Selected to Clarinetfest in Ireland
Clarinetfest is held every year and alternates between North America, Europe and other countries.
TAMUK Students Qualify at Prestigious Music Competition
Only three finalists and one alternate are chosen for the finals from each category.
TAMUK Tied for 6th Place in Social Mobility Among Public Texas Universities
The social mobility designation factors in the number of Pell grant-awarded students a school enrolls and how many of those students then graduate with their degree, looking at six-year graduation rates.
Enrollment Increased at TAMUK
More than 45% of currently enrolled students hail from the 13-county region surrounding the University, a 78% increase over the last two years.
TAMUK Faculty Members Receives USDA funding to Study SARS-COV-2 in Animals
Dr. Richard Laughlin recently received $2.4 million in federal funding from the United States Department of Agriculture.
NSF Awards $2 Million to Address Coastal Issues
This research will develop a new graduate training model to educate the next generation of environmental professionals at Texas A&M University Kingsville.
TAMUK Faculty Members bring Cyber Security into Forefront
The goal of both grants is to increase the number of students in the cyber intelligence program within the department of electrical engineering and computer science.