Here’s an update on the Texas A&M campus in San Antonio, which is now searching for a full-time president of the school.
Regents for the Texas A&M University System have appointed an advisory committee made up of regents, administrators, faculty, staff, students and community members to sift through resumes, conduct interviews and forward the names of three candidates to Mike McKinney, chancellor of the Texas A&M System, and the board of regents, who make the final decision.
The committee hopes to settle on three names by March, said Frank Ashley, vice chancellor for the Texas A&M System and chair of the search committee.
“I think that the Texas A&M-San Antonio job is a very desirable presidency,” Ashley said. “It is very seldom that people have the opportunity to build a university from the ground up.”
Founded as a system center in 2000, the campus grew to 2,300 students and became an independent university in May. Plans call for the university’s first permanent building to start going up by next April on donated land within a planned urban village. A&M System officials believe it will grow into the system’s second-largest campus by 2028.
I first heard about TAMU-SA in 2005. I’m glad to see it progressing, as this concept makes all kinds of sense. Good luck to the Aggies in finding the right person to lead the school.