Texas A&M, the state’s first public institution of higher education, was opened on Oct. 4, 1876 as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. The school owes its origin to the Morrill Act of 1862, which established the nation’s land-grant college system.
Every A&M school stands for Agriculture and Mechanical as mentioned above. Several universities used to have the A&M but dropped it to update their image. Oklahoma State used to be Oklahoma A&M and there are several others.....leave it to Texas A&M to stick with their name come hell or high water. They did a good job, today, by the way. tulsa
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- [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Corps of Cadets is the largest uniformed student organization in the nation, except for the service academies, with ROTC programs in all branches of the armed services. Current strength for the all-voluntary organization: approximately 1,800.[/font]
- [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Part of Texas A&M since 1876, with mission of "training leaders of character and competence for service to nation and state"[/font]
- [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Includes largest military marching band in U.S. with approximately 375 members[/font]
- [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Carries no military obligation, yet commissions more officers in all branches of military than any school apart from service academies[/font]
- [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Coeducational since 1974, two years prior to U.S. service academies [/font]
- [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Corps membership optional for Texas A&M students since 1965 [/font]
- [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Almost 1,300 cadets receive non-ROTC scholarships [/font]
- [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]More than 230 former cadets have achieved rank of general or admiral [/font]
