Sharp: Why Texas A&M is expanding in the Valley
MCALLEN, RGV – A mother attended her daughter’s graduation at Texas A&M College Station, but spent the last four years under the assumption her daughter was attending Texas A&M Kingsville.
This story convinced John Sharp, chancellor of the Texas A&M University System, and others to bring A&M to the Rio Grande Valley.
The Texas A&M University System broke ground Dec. 15 for the 61,000-square-foot Texas A&M University Higher Education Center on the Tres Lagos development. The $40 million center will offer world-class education programs directly from Texas A&M University, classrooms, laboratories, an auditorium as well as student services and administrative support offices.
“Today’s groundbreaking demonstrates what can be accomplished when a community–really the whole region–works together to bring educational opportunity to the young people of the Rio Grande Valley,” Sharp said. “People’s lives will be changed by this beautiful faculty, and they, in turn, will change the Rio Grande Valley and South Texas.”
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