Within the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, we have a number of programs that promote networking, support and inclusive excellence for both undergraduate and graduate students. There are even a couple of programs held or sponsored by the college for high school students.
Undergraduate Programs
#FirstGenVets
The College established the First Generation Aggie Veterans organization which now has students participating from multiple colleges.
The FirstGenVets learning community is a yearlong comprehensive program composed of first generation undergraduate veterans, faculty, and staff from across the university.
Learn more at the FirstGenVets website.
Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP)
The Texas A&M System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) is a National Science Foundation (NSF) program designed to foster achievement in minority students seeking degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The goal is to increase the number of underrepresented minority (URM) students who complete baccalaureate and doctoral degrees in STEM fields and, ultimately, enter the ranks of the faculty.
Click here to learn more, view a list of this year’s scholars, and apply if you are interested.
MANRRS
The MANRRS chapter at Texas A&M serves as a family and network for minorities studying agriculture, natural resources, and related sciences.
MANRRS provides students opportunities to enhance leadership, organizational, and public speaking skills. It also allows members to experience professional critique of scholarly work in a “user friendly” environment. We do our best to provide mentoring and networking opportunities. MANRRS professional members are often the only, or one of few, minority participants in their majors or their careers. One of our main goals is to provide an inner circle of connections to circumvent some of the exclusionary impacts of established institutions.
Click here to learn more and to receive email communications from the Texas A&M MANRRS chapter.
Graduate Programs
AgGIE (Agricultural Graduate Inclusive Excellence) Leadership Community
The College’s AgGIE (Agricultural Graduate Inclusive Excellence) Leadership Community is a cohort-based Learning Community to aid in the transition to graduate school by understanding the culture and expectations of graduate students, to develop an understanding and appreciation of different research approaches, to decrease the research learning-curve and to develop leadership and mentoring skills.
Year 1 focuses on successful transition to the culture and expectations of graduate school and rapid integration into the research community, and assessment of your strengths, personality type, and personal career analysis and how this impacts development of leadership skills and team building. Year 2 focuses on self-study and developing one’s leadership and mentor/mentee skills by working with the new Year 1 cohort.
Lechner Scholars
The Office of Graduate and Professional Studies (OGAPS) established the Lechner Graduate Grant Program to support graduate students attending Texas A&M University with each college determining their award winners.
The program is used to financially support incoming graduate students. Lechner Scholars are students that embody characteristics and qualities of excellence, merit and diversity.
Click here for the full list of current Lechner scholars and learn more about the program.
MANRRS
The MANRRS chapter at Texas A&M serves as a family and network for minorities studying agriculture, natural resources, and related sciences.
MANRRS provides students opportunities to enhance leadership, organizational, and public speaking skills. It also allows members to experience professional critique of scholarly work in a “user friendly” environment. We do our best to provide mentoring and networking opportunities. MANRRS professional members are often the only, or one of few, minority participants in their majors or their careers. One of our main goals is to provide an inner circle of connections to circumvent some of the exclusionary impacts of established institutions.
Click here to learn more and to receive email communications from the Texas A&M MANRRS chapter.
High School Programs
STARS Summer Camp
Summer Training in Agriculture and Related Sciences (STARS) is a summer camp hosted by the College, targeting sophomores and juniors in Texas. Students interested in STEM are able to learn how they can accomplish their goals through a variety of academic disciplines in the College. Learn more about this on the STARS camp page.
Hunger Summits
These are locally based programs in Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth, and San Antonio, that allow high school students to developing solutions for community issues facing their schools.