http://giving.tamu.edu/RSSFeed/all.rssNews from the Texas A&M Foundation.Betsy and Pete Forster of Washington, D.C., pledged $1 million to the Texas A&M Foundation to name the Courtyard and Garden of the Memorial Student Center (MSC).http://giving.tamu.edu/news/press-release/Forster-MSC-Courtyard.aspxThu, 10 May 2012 01:00:00 -0500The ExxonMobil Foundation has presented a check for more than $1 million to the Texas A&M Foundation. The funds represent ExxonMobil’s match of donations made by the company’s employees, retirees, surviving spouses and directors under the ExxonMobil Foundation’s 2012 Educational Matching Gift Program.http://giving.tamu.edu/news/press-release/ExxonMobil2012.aspxMon, 07 May 2012 01:00:00 -0500Two Dallas couples have pledged $250,000 to the Texas A&M Foundation as lead gifts for the Quadrangle Renovation Project Fund to benefit the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M University.http://giving.tamu.edu/news/press-release/CorpsLearningCenter-Zale-Ray.aspxFri, 04 May 2012 01:00:00 -0500The Texas A&M Foundation on Thursday recognized Nancy and Howard Terry, and twin brothers Dan and Dudley Hughes as the 2012 recipients of the Sterling C. Evans Medal. The ceremony, held in the Jon L. Hagler Center on campus, was bittersweet as guests remembered the life and generosity of Howard Terry, who passed away two weeks earlier.http://giving.tamu.edu/news/press-release/2012-EvansMedal.aspxFri, 04 May 2012 01:00:00 -0500Since 2000, MSC Freshmen in Service and Hosting (FISH) has provided Texas A&M freshmen with leadership development and service opportunities.http://giving.tamu.edu/spirit/archives/MSCFish-KyleFieldDay.aspxThu, 26 Apr 2012 01:00:00 -0500The chairman of the Texas A&M Foundation and his family have committed $2 million to the university’s Memorial Student Center (MSC) renovation and expansion project.http://giving.tamu.edu/news/press-release/Bethancourt-MSC-Ballroom.aspxSat, 21 Apr 2012 01:00:00 -0500Cindy and Tom Locke ’74 have committed $50,000 toward endowed scholarships for students pursuing undergraduate degrees at Mays Business School.http://giving.tamu.edu/student/archives/LockeScholarship.aspxFri, 20 Apr 2012 01:00:00 -0500The Texas A&M Foundation officially recognized 17 new members of the Maroon Coats, its student ambassadors, by presenting them with signature blazers on March 29 at Texas A&M University.http://giving.tamu.edu/news/press-release/2012MaroonCoats.aspxFri, 30 Mar 2012 01:00:00 -0500A Texas A&M University at Galveston scholarship salutes the life of a young boat captain lost too soon.http://giving.tamu.edu/student/archives/Jarryd-Elliff-GalvestonMarinerScholarship.aspxWed, 21 Mar 2012 01:00:00 -0500The Brazos County A&M Club has committed $110,000 to create an endowed scholarship for Brazos County Aggies and an endowed fund to support Texas A&M University Silver Taps ceremonies.http://giving.tamu.edu/news/press-release/BrazosAMClub-2012-Scholarships.aspxMon, 19 Mar 2012 01:00:00 -0500A decade ago, Houston businessman and philanthropist George P. Mitchell was so certain there were big discoveries to be made in physics and astronomy and that they should come out of Texas A&M University, he put money on it, endowing the George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy to bring the world's most eminent minds in physics and astronomy to Aggieland. http://earthsky.org/science-wire/texas-am-astronomers-help-find-distant-galaxy-cluster-to-shed-light-on-early-universeThu, 08 Mar 2012 01:00:00 -0600On March 1, ConocoPhillips donated $1 million to benefit Texas A&M University. The gift, presented at Texas A&M Foundation headquarters, will fund several academic programs at the university, including the ConocoPhillips SPIRIT Scholars Program.http://giving.tamu.edu/news/press-release/ConocoPhillips2012.aspxTue, 06 Mar 2012 01:00:00 -0600Dr. Alexander M. Finkelstein, professor of physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University, has been elected as a 2012 recipient of the prestigious Humboldt Research Award by Germany’s Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in honor of his lifetime achievements in research.http://www.kbtx.com/state/headlines/Texas_AM_Physicist_Earns_Prestigious_Humboldt_Research_Award_140577133.htmlMon, 27 Feb 2012 01:00:00 -0600Growing up in Lemont, Ill., Maggie Beecher ’13 was a long way from Aggieland, but she always had Texas A&M in her heart. Her father, James, earned a bachelor’s degree in industrial distribution and an MBA from A&M, and he shared his passion for the university with Maggie.http://giving.tamu.edu/student/archives/Beecher-Maggie-PES.aspxMon, 20 Feb 2012 01:00:00 -0600For Patricia and Michael McCarty, giving back to Texas A&M students is about more than just funding scholarships. It is about helping their scholarship recipients succeed academically and professionally.http://giving.tamu.edu/student/archives/McCarty-Engineering-Scholarships.aspxMon, 20 Feb 2012 01:00:00 -0600The Honorable Samuel R. Gammon III, former Ambassador of the United States to Mauritius, has endowed a gift of $200,000 to the Department of History at Texas A&M University. http://giving.tamu.edu/faculty/archives/Gammon-endowment.aspxMon, 20 Feb 2012 01:00:00 -0600The Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets Commandant’s Office, in conjunction with the Texas A&M Foundation, hosted a birthday party today to honor the 100th birthday of Mike C. Dillingham — a 1935 graduate of Texas A&M. http://giving.tamu.edu/news/press-release/Dillingham-100-Birthday.aspxFri, 17 Feb 2012 01:00:00 -0600Texas A&M University’s Board of Regents recently approved a plan to establish the Center for Railway Research (CRR) at the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) in College Station, Texas.http://www.progressiverailroading.com/rail_industry_trends/news/Texas-AM-to-create-rail-research-center--29919Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:00:00 -0600The Texas A&M Foundation recognized the generous benefactors who have committed major gifts to Texas A&M University’s Memorial Student Center (MSC) renovation and expansion project during a “First Reveal” celebration on Friday, Feb. 10.http://giving.tamu.edu/news/press-release/Memorial-Student-Center-First-Reveal.aspxFri, 10 Feb 2012 01:00:00 -0600Dr. Margaret Ezell, a Texas A&M University English professor, uses 17th-century literature to explain 21st-century turmoil. http://giving.tamu.edu/faculty/archives/Lindsay-Chair-margaret-ezell.aspxTue, 07 Feb 2012 01:00:00 -0600To commemorate the valuable lessons instilled within her during her time in Aggieland, Deborah Creel Loth '82 recently established an endowed scholarship to support full-time students pursuing undergraduate degrees in the College of Science.http://giving.tamu.edu/student/archives/Loth-Scolarship-Science.aspxMon, 06 Feb 2012 01:00:00 -0600James A. ’69 and Bonnie R. Creel ’10 of Fort Worth have funded a graduate fellowship in the Department of Communication in the College of Liberal Arts.http://giving.tamu.edu/student/archives/Creel-Graduate-Fellowship.aspxMon, 30 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0600The Full-Time MBA program at Mays Business School at Texas A&M University is ranked #7 among U.S. public universities in the 2012 Financial Times rankings. This is the third straight year the program has ranked in the top 10 among public programs by Financial Times.http://giving.tamu.edu/news/headline-news/2012MaysMBARanking.aspxMon, 30 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0600Tell Thorndale native and Fightin’ Texas Aggie Lauren Montagnino ’13 there’s something she can’t do, and she’ll make it a priority to prove you wrong.http://giving.tamu.edu/student/archives/LaurenMontagnino-ChemistryScholar.aspxFri, 27 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0600Houston Texas A&M grads find success in scholarship fundraising – their way.http://giving.tamu.edu/student/archives/HowdyClubScholarships.aspxTue, 10 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0600