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 Graduate and Professional School

August 2016

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Welcome to the new Graduate and Professional Studies Blog!

OGAPS developed the blog as a place for the Texas A&M University graduate and professional community to share and connect with other students, staff, faculty and also prospective students.

Texas A&M University proudly enrolls more than 14,800 graduate and professional students, each with their own unique personal narrative.  Our students come from all over the world, and they participate in cutting-edge research, teaching and study to bring the latest solutions to those with the greatest needs.

Here, you’ll enjoy varied content about graduate and professional life at Texas A&M including viewpoints from students, staff and faculty.  In addition, students will offer tips for success, lessons learned, course and project experiences and more.

Do you have content you would like to share with the graduate and professional community? Use the link on the right to submit your information and article content. We’ll review the information and then post it to the blog for you!

Everyone has a story. What’s yours? OGAPS seeks 6-8 Blog Ambassadors who would enjoy routinely writing about their experiences at Texas A&M University.  In particular, we hope to feature new graduate and professional students who would enjoy chronicling their first year in a graduate or professional program.  OGAPS will award prizes each semester to the most successful Blog Ambassador. Click here for more information about the Blog Ambassador Program!

Thanks and Gig’Em!

Dr. Karen Butler-Purry | Associate Provost for Graduate and Professional Studies

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