Nov 30, 2021
Killeen, Texas – Texas A&M University-Central Texas, the only Texas upper-level/graduate university with a unique primary mission of serving transfer students, has achieved designation as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI).
Federally defined as an eligible institution of higher education with an undergraduate full-time enrollment of at least 25 percent Hispanic students and a high overall percentage of students receiving need-based federal financial aid, HSI designation opens federal funding opportunities... Read More
July 27, 2020
Two newly-implemented financial assistance programs, with initial funding provided by the A&M-Central Texas Foundation, are now available to families with adjusted gross incomes less than $40,000 per year, and to military service students.
Thursday, July 01, 2020
Killeen, Texas - A&M-Central Texas announced the appointment of Dr. Faiza Khoja as the University's Dean of the College of Business Administration effective July 15, 2020.
Dr. Khoja's extensive professional experience in higher education includes expertise in organizational management and leadership, significant committee work for local, state, and national entities in both business and education, and more than two decades of leadership in a variety of academic and administrative roles.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2020
CENTRAL TEXAS — Many across the nation are calling for change in the form of defunding police departments.
To understand what defunding a department could mean, 25 News sought advice from local criminal justice expert, Tammy Bracewell Ph.D.
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Monday, June 1, 2020
We are mourning with George Floyd's family, not only because he was one of our own, as a former student of Texas A&M University-Kingsville, but also because his death is truly a national tragedy.
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Tuesday, May 26, 2020
A&M-Central Texas has received $1,318,324 authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
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Wednesday, April 15, 2020
A&M-Central Texas presented 110 COVID-19 testing kits to Bell County Judge and Emergency Management Director David Blackburn. The kits were rushed from the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory.
Friday, April 10, 2020
A&M-Central Texas presented 110 COVID-19 testing kits to Bell County Judge and Emergency Management Director David Blackburn. The kits were rushed from the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory.
April 3, 2020
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - More than 2,000 COVID-19 sampling kits will soon be on their way to hospitals across the state, thanks to Aggie innovation and ingenuity.
Viral sampling kits — usually used on pigs, cows and chickens — are being repurposed to test humans by the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory in College Station. The sampling kits are being assembled from lab supplies already in stock at TVMDL's four labs across the state.
Friday, April 10, 2020
A&M-Central Texas presented 110 COVID-19 testing kits to Bell County Judge and Emergency Management Director David Blackburn. The kits were rushed from the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory.
Friday, Feb 28, 2020
Ashley Farmer, an assistant professor in the departments of History and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas, was this year's guest speaker at the annual African American Experience: An Invitation to Explore.
Sunday, Jan 26, 2020
In a powerfully touching moment of role reversal, a Killeen teacher earned her master’s degree to the excited cheers of her second-graders and their parents.
Wednesday, Jan 22, 2020
President Donald Trump's impeachment trial began Tuesday, and many Central Texans are paying close attention.
Friday, Jan 10, 2020
Volunteers from Dominion Energy, Texas A&M University Central Texas’ science club, Twin Lakes Audubon Society and community members, along with biologists and environmental staff, spot cardinals and sparrows during the Christmas Bird Count outreach even...
Friday, Jan 10, 2020
Texas A&M University-Central Texas in Killeen, Central Texas College in Killeen and the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, are all set to resume classes Monday.
Thursday, Jan 2, 2020
Beginning this year, college and university employees could face charges for not reporting allegations of sexual harassment, dating violence and more.
Tuesday, Dec 3, 2019
During a meeting at City Hall, 14Forward Foundation presented its findings from a study analyzing population and housing trends.
Wednesday, Nov 20, 2019
Sunday, Nov 17, 2019
Michael Nnadozie, 59, speaks with the deliberate cadence of one who has acquired English as a second language, his carefully chosen words reverberating with the notes reminiscent of a culture many worlds away from Central Texas.
Sunday, Nov 17, 2019
At the 2019 ALL IN Challenge Awards Ceremony, A&M-Central Texas received a gold seal for achieving a student voting rate of 45.8% in the 2018 mid-term elections. The event, organized to recognize colleges and universities throughout the U.S. committed t...
Tuesday, Nov 5, 2019
"...Less than one month into the educational leadership program, she was notified that she had been selected as the We Teach Texas Leadership Fellow Recipient. Her expenses – tuition, fees, books, cost of certification and testing – would be covered by ...
Thursday, Oct 31, 2019
Five A&M-Central Texas students worked for a year, selling sponsorships to raise the funds they needed to cover their travel expenses to the Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice in Houston, October 16-18.
Sunday, Oct 27, 2019
One of the contributing factors for her program’s growth has been the increasing numbers of students completing their two-year degrees at either Early College High School, a KISD initiative in partnership with Central Texas College or the Texas Bioscien...
Wednesday, Oct 23, 2019
As required by Texas Education Code, the Board of Regents of The Texas A&M University System will hold a public hearing to receive input from students and the public regarding the proposed changes in tuition and fees as shown in Agenda Item 1.1 to be ef...
Wednesday, Oct 16, 2019
A&M Central Texas students and faculty are celebrating the university's 10th anniversary this year.
Sunday, Oct 13, 2019
Like so many others of 'the greatest generation,' Karola Anthony, 93, knows what it means to have made a life for herself and her family despite the difficulties that she might have been presented with. Born less than a decade after the conclusion of WW...
Sunday, Oct 13, 2019
Nation-wide data breach sparks conversation about cyber security. A&M-Central Texas faculty, staff and student speak about these cyber security threats
Thursday, Oct 10, 2019
A&M-Central Texas is hosting Warrior Preview Day October 12, an open house event for prospective students, offering opportunities to meet university officials, interact with faculty and advisors, explore the campus, and learn more about the University’s...
Tuesday, Oct 8, 2019
As a number of you may already be aware, Chancellor John Sharp has placed a mandatory ban on vaping and the use of e-cigarettes across The Texas A&M University System, including “. . . every building, outside space, parking lot, garage and laboratory . ...
Friday, Sep 6, 2019
A&M-Central Texas student affairs officials have announced that the University has been selected as a NASPA LEAD Initiative Institution for the 2019-2020 academic year. Dr. Brandon Griggs, Assistant Vice President and Dean of Student Affairs, shared th...
Wednesday, Aug 28, 2019
Wednesday morning Operational Test Command, also known as OTC, opened its new Technology Integration Center. Officials shared the center will host engineers, data scientists, analysts, testers and soldiers who will analyze the best ways to design and ex...
Wednesday, Aug 28, 2019
Army leaders were joined by local school leaders at a ribbon cutting Wednesday on Fort Hood to show off a new facility that will have a global reach. After five years in the making, the Operational Test Command opened the doors on post to its new Techno...
Monday, Aug 26, 2019
A&M-Central Texas officials announced that the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP), a specialized accrediting body recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), has granted accreditati...
Sunday, Aug 25, 2019
Texas A&M University-Central Texas in Killeen is inching closer to making a research park on its campus a reality, and a day-long, joint meeting with the Army this Wednesday may pave the way for a clearer look of what that research park could look like....
Tuesday, Aug 20, 2019
The National Association of Social Workers selected A&M-Central Texas Associate Professor, Dr. Claudia Rappaport and Professor, Dr. Michael Daley, for the prestigious Social Work Pioneer Award for their exemplary contributions to the profession at their...
Sunday, Aug 18, 2019
Harker Heights resident George Ybarra, 57, was born on the southernmost edge of the Texas hill country, in the small town of Uvalde, not far from Garner State Park. Surrounded by acres of bigtooth maple, desert willow, Texas live oak, and the tree-lined...
Monday, Aug 12, 2019
Fifteen graduates from Copperas Cove were among the nearly 140 students of Texas A&M Central Texas to walk the stage at the Bell County Expo Center on Saturday to receive their degrees. Of those 15, five received master’s degrees, while 10 more receive...
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2019
A university in Killeen is offering free classes to the public, educating them about active shooters. Texas A&M University-Central Texas will have a class on Aug. 29 at Bernie Beck Lecture Hall to educate the public about active-shooter situations.
Sunday, Aug 4, 2019
Initiated by Texas A&M University System leadership two years before Texas A&M University-Central Texas in Killeen became official, the A&M-Central Texas Foundation was created 12 years ago. Originally guided by retired Lt. Gen. Pete Taylor, it began it...
Sunday, Aug 4, 2019
A local business organization spearheading efforts to bring more companies to the Killeen Interstate 14 corridor is making headway on getting a new research facility to be built on the grounds of Texas A&M University-Central Texas.
One of the big goa...
Sunday, Jul 28, 2019
Killeen resident Edith Nava, 24, is not the type of person to wear her heart on her sleeve, but that does not mean that she doesn’t have a story to tell; it just means that she chooses not to be defined by it. Her parents, Juan and Esmerelda, were only ...
Tuesday, Jul 23, 2019
Killeen’s Palo Alto Middle School has a new principal. Superintendent Dr. John Craft named Kernisha Hill to lead the school. This is a return home for Kernisha Hill, who taught reading and English Language Arts for seven years at Palo Alto. She earned h...
Sunday, Jul 21, 2019
At 72 Beaver Dam Road in Bellport, New York, about 70 miles from Manhattan, a modest home on a lush, tree-lined street is tucked somewhat anonymously into a residential area surrounded by industrial warehouses, paving companies, trucking lots and constr...
Tuesday, Jul 16, 2019
With comments from Texas A&M University - Central Texas faculty: KILLEEN, TX — The FaceApp mobile application allows users to transform their face to make it smile, look younger, look older or even change gender, but one particular feature is grabbing h...
Sunday, Jul 14, 2019
... Now a graduate student in the College of Education’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling program, Saxon met Career and Professional Development staffer, Cortina Merrit, who made a presentation during one of her classes on career assessment. And, to th...
Sunday, Jul 7, 2019
Michelle Villarreal, 30, was born the middle child of three siblings and Jose Lugo and Arelis Albert. Her father, a soldier, worked in field artillery, posted to Fort Stewart, Georgia. Shortly after her birth, the family moved to the U.S. Army Garrison ...
Monday, Jul 1, 2019
HARKER HEIGHTS, TX — When working in the emergency department at Seton Medical Center Harker Heights, a registered nurse can expect the unexpected.
Saturday, Jun 8, 2019
KILLEEN, TX — Phantom Warriors, like Capt. Kandice Reyes, chief of Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center’s environmental health, are helping to support Warriors at Texas A&M University - Central Texas with a terrace garden initiative to support the univer...
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
... Shoemaker made a lasting impact by helping Taylor get approval from Texas Legislature to create the Texas A&M University - Central Texas Campus in 2009...
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
KILLEEN, TX — A team of experts at Texas A&M-Central Texas are examining prized violins and other string instruments on the molecular level.
Using high powered microscopes, they are able to analyze the wood, varnish and adhesives that impact the soun...
Friday, Apr 12, 2019
Two Texas A&M University - Central Texas employees receive special training at conference on crimes against women.
Thursday, Apr 11, 2019
Dr. John Koehler and Dr. Rob Tennant contributed to KWTX reporter Chelsea Edwards' story on the proposed sales tax increase.
Monday, Apr 8, 2019
Texas A&M-Central Texas graduate student Jarrod Weaver is participating in the pilot of the installation’s new Academic Internship Placement Program.
Sunday, Apr 7, 2019
The 2019 College Diversity Rankings are out, and Texas A&M University - Central Texas earned high marks. The school was named one of the most ethnically diverse colleges in the nation.
Wednesday, Apr 3, 2019
More than 80 leaders from academia, the private sector and the government gathered at Texas A&M University - Central Texas for the inaugural SUSTEX Summit.
Wednesday, Apr 3, 2019
Montague Village Elementary teacher and A&M-Central Texas Alum Erika Hernandez Describes her Career as a "Blessing"
Monday, Jan 28, 2019
Texas A&M University – Central Texas celebrated the official grand opening and offered tours of its newest building, Heritage Hall, on Friday morning.
The building may be the smallest of the university’s three buildings, but many of those who attende...
Friday, Jan 25, 2019
KILLEEN, TX — Texas A&M Central Texas officials hope to do groundbreaking work and attract new talent through a brand new state-of-the-art facility that officially opened Friday. Heritage Hall, the school's third yet smallest building, provides plenty ...
Thursday, Jan 24, 2019
About 30 community members gathered for a picture on the steps of Killeen City Hall in downtown Monday to honor the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Wednesday, Jan 23, 2019
Nineteen Central Texas area college students connected with U.S. Army Operational Test Command (OTC) mentors as part of the test unit's Externship Friday.
The Externship serves as an opportunity for OTC to reach beyond Central Texas to attract poten...
Wednesday, Jan 23, 2019
A group of 19 student teachers in their final semester of college, including 18 from UMHB, take part Monday in an orientation at Willow Springs Elementary School where they are assigned through May via a new partnership between the university and the sc...
Wednesday, Jan 23, 2019
Spring is in the air. Or, in the case of Texas A&M University-Central Texas, in the dirt.
One lonely bluebonnet stands in a field on the Killeen campus, according to Karen Clos, university spokeswoman. Clos said the mid-January bluebonnet is the earl...
Friday, Jan 18, 2019
Texas A&M University--Central Texas' online programs are among more than 1,200 programs surveyed by U.S. News. Only regionally accredited institutions whose programs are offered mostly or entirely online were evaluated.
Wednesday, Jan 16, 2019
Murray-Calloway County Hospital welcomes John Carey, M.DIV, MS. MAJOR, USA (RET.) as the newest Staff Chaplain.
Tuesday, Jan 15, 2019
Feeling stressed? Well, what do you think: Could coloring do the trick for you? Experts agree with the team at Salado Public Library, coloring could benefit you.
Friday, Jan 11, 2019
Charlie Rodriguez of Copperas Cove has joined the ranks of law enforcement officers who have graduated from the National FBI Academy.
Tuesday, Jan 8, 2019
The partnership TC has with Texas A&M University – Central Texas in Killeen has expanded to offer an additional music–related bachelor’s degree to the other joint music-related bachelor’s degrees.
Tuesday, Jan 8, 2019
The Texas Counseling Association's Jan Friese and counselor educator Levi McClendon discuss why more school counselors are needed in Texas and how they can help make schools safer.
Friday, Dec 7, 2018
Decorative Christmas trees were on full display Thursday night at the Killeen Civic and Conference Center.
Monday, Nov 5, 2018
University Offers Affordable Therapy & Counseling
Thursday, Oct 18, 2018
Space-X in Central Texas? It’s true! And A&M-Central Texas gets a mention
Thursday, Oct 18, 2018
Our ROTC cadets sharpen their Army skills
Thursday, Oct 18, 2018
Lengthy story about Congressional Awards
Wednesday, Oct 10, 2018
KCEN-TV’s Andrew Moore (and KDH reporter) was on campus yesterday to cover a live meeting held on campus, hosted by City Councilman Steve Harris.
Monday, Oct 8, 2018
Internship program set to launch in ‘19
Monday, Oct 8, 2018
Internship program set to launch in ‘19
Wednesday, Oct 3, 2018
Killeen student iHannah Baratang is raising the bar, set to receive her third college degree before she's even old enough to vote.
Wednesday, Oct 3, 2018
Killeen student iHannah Baratang is raising the bar, set to receive her third college degree before she's even old enough to vote.
Monday, Sep 10, 2018
Killeen: Single mom overcoming odds to finish degree at A&M-Central Texas
Monday, Sep 10, 2018
Killeen: Single mom overcoming odds to finish degree at A&M-Central Texas
Wednesday, Sep 5, 2018
And we appeared on KCEN-TV website and on air with a story about an upcoming fundraiser (see below):
Wednesday, Sep 5, 2018
KILLEEN — Texas A&M University-Central Texas Police Chief Charles Rodriguez takes his position as a law enforcement officer very seriously.
Wednesday, Sep 5, 2018
KILLEEN — Texas A&M University-Central Texas Police Chief Charles Rodriguez takes his position as a law enforcement officer very seriously.
Tuesday, Sep 4, 2018
Temple College is moving forward with developing an initiative to address the needs of its students who are living with burdens that hamper their ability to get an education
Tuesday, Sep 4, 2018
Texas A&M University-Central Texas Police Chief Charles Rodriguez takes his position as a law enforcement officer very seriously.
Monday, Aug 27, 2018
TAMUCT Grad Finds Love Abroad
Wednesday, Aug 22, 2018
In 2016, Marc Nigliazzo, president of Texas A&M University-Central Texas, signed a memorandum of understanding with Temple that the university that would offer bachelor of interdisciplinary studies with a music emphasis, bachelor of liberal studies with...
