Shannon was selected as a 2020 Buck Weirus Spirit Award recipient by the Association of Former Students. She is a current PhD graduate assistant and the Speaker and Executive Vice President of the Graduate and Professional Student Government. This award recognizes those students who make contributions to the university through participation in student organizations, Aggie traditions and university events. “The Buck Weirus Spirit Award honors 55 students [undergraduate and graduate] each year who demonstrate high INVOLVEMENT, create positive EXPERIENCES throughout the Aggie community, IMPACT student life at… Read More →

The Undergraduate Research program promotes, coordinates, creates, and assesses undergraduate programs involving creative scholarship, inquiry, and research in all academic disciplines at Texas A&M University. Undergraduate researcher, Austin Vetter, completed the Undergraduate Research Scholars Thesis program this academic year. “The thesis program helped me to develop valuable skills outside the classroom. I explored the impact of nationalism on refugees resettling into Texas communities,” said Vetter. Austin’s interest in international affairs guided his research. “The undergraduate research program at Texas A&M refined my interests, strengthened my writing abilities, and better prepared me for future… Read More →

  It is such a privilege and an honor to present Ty and Taylor Sutton as the Aggie spirit award. They are both examples of tremendous courage in spite of great hardship.  Both Ty and Taylor are Agricultural Leadership & Development majors and in the Corps of Cadets here at A&M. They were diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy at a very young age, but they do not let being in a wheelchair hold them back!  Both Ty and Taylor are known in the Corps for being there at… Read More →