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Texas A&M College of Liberal Arts was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 12 February 2015 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Texas A&M University. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

Texas A&M College of Education and Human Development was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 11 February 2015 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Texas A&M University. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

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Recent Administrative Reorganization/History

In 2021, President Banks released the plan for the reorganization The Path Forward.^[1] It lists that the new Texas A&M University College of Arts and Sciences would be formed and fully operational by September 1st, 2022 from the previous College of Liberal Arts, College of Geosciences, and the College of Science. I hope this can be listed on the article somewhere. I created a list of the current colleges/schools of the University. It’s adapted from one that was on the page until a little over a year ago.

TAMU colleges & schools^[2]
College/school	Year founded

Bush School of Government and Public Service	1997
Irma Lerma Rangel School of Pharmacy	2006
Mays Business School	1961
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences	1911
College of Arts and Sciences	2022
College of Geosciences (Defunct)	1949
College of Liberal Arts (Defunct)	1924
College of Science (Defunct)	1924
College of Engineering	1880
School of Architecture	1905
School of Dentistry	1996
School of Education and Human Development	1969
School of Engineering Medicine	2021
School of Medicine	1977
School of Nursing	2008
School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts	2022
School of Public Health	1924
School of Law	2013
School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences	1916

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Aquabluetesla (talk • contribs) 17:42, June 3, 2023 (UTC)

References

^ (https://cache.cloud.tamu.edu/path-forward/The-Path-Forward.pdf)
^ [1] Texas A&M University. Retrieved April 11, 2023.

Recent issues

Are the recent issues involving hiring and the president's resignation of long-term notability? If so, then someone please write a short paragraph about all this. 19:13, 21 July 2023 (UTC) 2600:6C67:1C00:5F7E:F43C:597E:C305:125C (talk) 19:13, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reminding us. This definitely belongs in the article and I've added a few sentences. ElKevbo (talk) 00:23, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Statement from the university president about Qatar

Added statement of TAMU's President regarding inaccuracies and misconceptions of university. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.186.86.140 (talk • contribs) 06:13, May 27, 2024 (UTC)

No, you began an edit war to readd a vague sentence that said that the president made a statement. Specifically, you readded this sentence:

On 7 January 2024, Mark A. Welsh III, President of TAMU, addressed inaccuracies and misconceptions circulating on various websites and social media platforms regarding the University and its branch campus in Qatar and shared accurate information.^[1]

Setting aside the minor issues such as the date format that's inconsistent with the rest of the article and the unnecessary middle initial in the person's name, the larger issues are (a) your edit warring to add this statement, (b) the vagueness of the statement, and (c) the fact that the sentence is just unnecessary. All of those issues need to be addressed, not ignored. ElKevbo (talk) 12:18, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "Correcting Misinformation About Our University | Office of the President | Texas A&M University". president.tamu.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-24.

[1] (https://cache.cloud.tamu.edu/path-forward/The-Path-Forward.pdf)

[2] [1] Texas A&M University. Retrieved April 11, 2023.

[3] "Correcting Misinformation About Our University | Office of the President | Texas A&M University". president.tamu.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-24.

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