The Glasscock Center fosters and celebrates the humanities and its research both among the community of scholars at Texas A&M University and beyond. In addition to bringing world-renowned scholars to campus, the Glasscock Center sponsors a national book award, the Susanne M. Glasscock Book Prize for Interdisciplinary Scholarship. It also supports humanities students and faculty at Texas A&M with a number of funding opportunities, including: direct research grants to students and faculty,  sponsorship of grassroots working groups, and sabbaticals from teaching for research purposes.

Mel Glasscock is committed to helping A&M produce well-rounded graduates who are aware of other people and cultures around the world. 

The Glasscocks’ devotion to liberal arts has made a great difference for James Rosenheim, professor of history and director of the center, who is thankful not only for their financial support of the center but for their friendship. “The rewards of philanthropy flow in many directions. As my ties with the Glasscocks also demonstrate, the personal relationships that emerge when former students engage directly with the university are among the greatest rewards of all.”