Let’s Give a Warm San Antonio Welcome to Texas A&M!
Thursday, May 3rd, 2007
San Antonio is already home to some pretty well-known Universities. St. Mary’s is well-renowned for its law program, Incarnate Word for its nursing program. Now, San Antonio will be known for its A&M campus as well.
According to this article in the San Antonio Business Journal, A&M has accepted a generous donation of 696 acres of land on the Southside to build a campus that is scheduled to be opened in 2011. This is contingent upon getting a projected enrollment of 1,500 students in order to accept a 2003 Texas State Legislature ruling that they be given $40 million in tuition revenue bonds that would help fund the new campus.
There are steps in place to help meet this enrollment goal. Called the A&M San Antonio Foundation, it is meant to raise money (goal: $8 million) to offer scholarships to students in order to encourage them to enroll. The students won’t have to wait until 2011, either – the school will start temporarily holding classes on a South San Antonio Independent School District property beginning in 2009 until the new campus is finished.
The donation was made by Triple L Management Company, which also gave a $1 million donation to get things going for A&M.
