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NOTABLES FROM JULY 2017

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STUDENT AFFAIRSMONTHLY NOTABLES

TAMUG Student Affairs Notables

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Each year, the Office of Student Counseling provides services to undergraduate and graduate students at TAMUG. The Office is staffed by licensed counselors and the services rendered to students are free, voluntary, and confidential. The Office staff is dedicated to assisting students in their pursuit of personal and academic growth, to help students gain a better understanding and appreciation of themselves, and to supporting students as they make important decisions about their lives.

Who said college was going to be easy?

When Sea Aggies speak of "The Other Education," they are talking about leadership training, clubs, intramurals, traditions, student government and all the other aspects of the TAMUG experience. Many elements converge to create the campus atmosphere: the student newspaper (NAUTILUS), the drama club, and more than 60 student organizations, which include academic, professional, community and campus service, religious, and just-for-fun student groups.

LIFE IN AGGIELAND

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“Wherever I am, whatever I am doing, as long as I live I will bleed Maroon.” - Dr. Robert M. Gates,

US Secretary of Defense

The Division of Student Affairs is responsible for the social, moral, and intellectual development of TAMUG students through their involvement in student organizations, leadership activities, recreational sports, and other co-curricular and extracurricular activities. Student Affairs also oversees housing, judicial services, multicultural services, counseling & career services, and residence life programs as well as advises student organizations about program planning, university rules, risk management and the function of organizations to students throughout their college career. Furthermore, they allocate funding for eligible student organizations and aid in campus wide events such as Aggie Muster, Maritime Ball, Family Weekend, and Spring Fest. In addition to providing students an avenue to participate in several club activities, Student Affairs is also responsible for dispersing football tickets and ordering the highly honored Aggie Ring! The staff of the Division of Student Affairs encourage all students to take advantage of their many opportunities available through “the other education” activity programs. Find out more by visiting our webpage: www.tamug.edu/campuslife/

Division of Student Affairs

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1. The Office of Student Diversity Initiatives has been working with the International Student Committee lead by Dr. Antonietta Quigg - Professor of Marine Biology at TAMUG, Professor of Oceanography at TAMU, and Associate Vice President for Research & Graduate Studies. The committee’s goals are to establish an effective timeline of what occurs with undergraduate/graduate international students from application to graduation. After establishing said timeline, our committee plans on educating the TAMUG community by providing information (i.e. training and website) and point persons in charge of different areas of engagement.

2. The Office of Student Diversity Initiatives is leading a marketing campaign (via committee) gearedtowards TAMU Engineering students residing at TAMUG. E=MC2 means “Engineering = My Campus 2(too)”. The big idea behind this marketing campaign is to have TAMU ENGR students become activemembers/students at TAMUG. Specific ideas would be to let these students know that they ARE a partof campus and that they don’t have to wait a year to be an Aggie. Furthermore, they can start workingon leadership development now and become more involved. Posters are scheduled to be up in variousbuildings around campus at the start of Fall 2017.

3. The Office of Student Diversity Initiatives, liaison for TAMU’s Regent Scholars program for TAMU ENGR students residing at TAMUG, will be working with TAMUG’s Office of Academic Enhancement (ACEN) in building a more robust program for first generation students. TAMU’s Regents' Scholarship is designed to assist first-generation college students in achieving their educational goals at Texas A&M University. The mission of the First Scholars program (ACEN) is to serve Texas resident, First Generation, incoming freshman students in the transition to the university by offering research based,multilevel support to address the unique challenges of first generation students. The program is designed to be a living learning community utilizing staff/faculty mentors, lectures/workshops/events,and leadership programs.

4. Campus Pride Index is used for prospective students to find out how LGBT/ALLY friendly a campus is.TAMUG’s ranking has increased – we are one of 15 campuses on the index. Each year our rankingincreases because of the invaluable work the Office of Student Diversity Initiatives has done to makeour campus more inclusive.

5. Health Equity Summit: Our Office’s Diversity Education Specialist will be attending the Health Equity Summit, representing Galveston County. Our staff member was chosen to be 1 out of 2 people from our county. The mission of this summit is to increase communication, resources, outreach, and awareness of HIV in higher education.

www.tamug.edu/diversity/students

Student Diversity Initiatives: Notables

We provide programs and services that encourages members of our community to gain a deeper understanding, awareness, and

appreciation for their own culture, as well as embracing the dignity of all cultures from our global society.

We are committed to creating an inclusive community of respect that posivitely encourages and attracts diverse populations to join and contribute to the university community as a student, faculty,

and/or staff member.

Our Mission

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TAMUG’s residential community consists of more than 1200 residents from theroughout

Texas, the United States, and even overseas!

The residence halls are a dynamic and diverse community that provide a healthy living and

learning community and encourage both scholastic and

personal development.

HOWDY!

Initated Programs for TAMUG Gateway Students: • Safe Sex Bingo

o Students will become aware of the risks associated withunsafe sex.

• “You seem kinda gay”o Students will understand the differences in Gender and

Sexuality.• October/February will be Diversity Month in TAMMA Hall

o Students will learn about diversity/competency in theshipping environment (Manders).

o Students will become familiar with different aspects of theLBGT History and Identities

• Peer Educators/Chaplain Infusiono The Chaplains will work concurrently with the Corps and

Counseling office as Peer mentors and be able to assist,as they will be better trained by the Peer Mentor group.

Gateway students: • We are doing a safe sex and safe drinking practices conversation

soon.• We are doing a residential curriculum lesson plan that eddie made

over global citizenship.• The Friday class is going well. This week we are having career

services come in and discuss transferable skills.• Branston Harris just finished the StrengthsQuest initiative, and it

was a success.• Neil Golemo is working with Danny on some sort of diversity

training for the Gateway students at the end of the SS2.

Training: • Developing module based teaching on ecampus for the student

staff in the fall. It will house all CL resources, includingassessments and digital forms for shift changes etc…

• Aggie Ally training will be offered to all CLs during training.• Neil Golemo is working on a Chaplain/Peer Educator relationship

with Diane and Buzz.• 30 students will be trained as Aggie Allies• We will have passive programming describing the gay history.

HIPS/Marketable Skills: • A team is working together to build an intentional high impact skill

process for student workers to learn and be able to articulate whatskills they have developed.

www.tamug.edu/reslife

Residence Life: Notables

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The mission of the Texas A&M Maritime Academy is to provide

the maritime industries of the State of Texas and the US with highly trained and professional

US Coast Guard licensed Merchant Officers to serve on

ocean-going and inland waterways vessels.

1. The Klenczar Cup Committee has been meeting throughout thesummer developing and planning this new academic-year longcompetition between Companies. The competition will begin inFall 2017 and will include events focused on academicdemonstration (i.e., celestial and terrestrial navigation), knot tying,drill and march-in scores, formation scores, Cadet involvement innon-Corps organizations/activities/events, and physicalfitness. The event culmination is expected to take place April 10-12. The Company winning the Klenczar cup will be announced at the Corps’ Award Ceremonies. All members of the winningcompany will receive a Klenczar Cup ribbon and a streamer will beplaced onto the Company guidon. The Battalion responsible forthe winning Company will carry the Klenczar Cup Flag.

2. CDR Buzz Refugio (Commandant of the Corps of Cadets) hascreated a Flickr account for the Corps of Cadets(https://www.flickr.com/photos/tamugcorps). This account will becontrolled by the Office of the Commandant and will include photosfrom various Corps activities and events includingdeployments. Pictures from Cruise B for State University of NewYork (SUNY) Maritime Academy’s Training Ship EMPIRE STATEIV and California Maritime Academy’s Training Ship GOLDEN BEAR have been posted.

3. 2017 O-Week will begin on Sunday, August 20 at 12:00pm and willconclude on Saturday, August 26 at 1:00pm. The Corps of Cadets is currently tracking approximately 170 new incoming Cadets (this includes all Deck and Engine License Option Cadets, NROTC Midshipman, and Drill & Ceremonies Cadets).

www.tamug.edu/corps

Cadet Life: Notables

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Buzz Refugio will be attending the Donald D. Gehring Academy for Student Conduct Administration in Indianapolis, Indiana July 17-20. The academy, which is offered through the Association forStudent Conduct Administration, is an intensive program designed forparticipants to learn through a competency-based model. Theacademy will consist of multiple tracks designed for specific trainingneeds. Buzz has selected the “Sexual Misconduct Institute” as histrack for the academy.

www.tamug.edu/studentrules/

Student Conduct: Notables

TAMUG is a community that is dedicated to personal and

academic excellence.

Choosing to join the community obligates each

member to a code of civilized behavior.

Our Mission

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