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Blinn College Offers Fast Track
Blinn transfers more students to Texas A&M than does any other two-year college |
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Texas A&M Aims to be Top 10 University
The moniker Lone Star State may not be fully accurate. |
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Center Gives Big Assist for Small Business
Startup companies and entrepreneurs have a serious leg up in Austin, Colorado and Washington counties, where the Small Business Development Center at Blinn College stands ready to lend a hand. |
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New Texas A&M Leader Rolls Up Her Sleeves
When she was sworn into office, Dr. Elsa Murano represented a lot of firsts at Texas A&M University. |
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TAMU And Blinn College Offer Education Advantage
The Research Valley has a Texas-sized passion for education. Proof resides inside the busy class rooms and labs of numerous public and private institutions – including the renowned Texas A&M University and Blinn College. |
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Father Of Green Revolution Lectures at Texas A&M
Dr. Norman Borlaug has spent his life not helping feed the world, but helping the world feed itself. |
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Workforce Solutions Matches Jobs to Talent
One minute, staff members are helping day-care providers sign up for training and assisting individuals in their search for child-care services. Next up, they may be finding someone qualified to work at a new business in town – or at a nuclear reactor. |
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Research Valley Boasts Educated Population
The numbers grow each year, and the total impact of the Texas A&M System in Research Valley is staggering. In a 2005 study, the annual impact weighed in at $2.35 billion. |
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Top Students Tend to Stay Close to Home
Except for the four years he served in the U.S. Air Force, Larry Teverbaugh has never really left Research Valley. The president of the IT services firm K2Share, Teverbaugh earned all three of his degrees from Texas A&M University, and he regularly hires students today. K2Share, in fact, sprang from four university-based employees who launched a Web-learning company in 2000 that has grown to a broad-based information technology firm with a worldwide clientele. |
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Blinn College Bryan Campus Home to Future Aggies
It’s not hard to see the growth in education and advanced degrees in The Research Valley as thousands of students pour into the region every year to attend classes. |
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Achievements Gain Schools State, National Attention
Good things are happening in Bryan and College Station primary and secondary schools, which are earning kudos from national and state organizations. College Station Independent School District features several students who were semifinalists in the 2006 National Merit Scholarship Program. |
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Tech Center Helps Get New Products To Market
Texas A&M Universitys escalating support of researchers efforts to commercialize their products has helped attract more than $560 million in outside funding, an amount Jim Calvin, A&Ms executive associate vice president for research, calls a milestone. |
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New Texas A&M Campaign Lures Top Students
Texas A&M University is trying to entice new members into its fold of 45,000 students and 2,500 faculty members, but according to a marketing campaign, only those with special characteristics need apply. They must share the schools core values of leadership, excellence, integrity, loyalty, selfless service and a welcoming atmosphere – apparent in the trademark greetings of “Howdy” commonplace around campus. |
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Blinn College Strengthens Educational Options
Blinn College funnels more students to four-year universities than any other Texas junior college, and plans call for expanding specialized programs such as technology and workforce education. |
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