Texas A&M University-Kingsville College of Arts and Sciences

05/22/2026

Students: Please check out these important dates ✅

Make sure your favorite current Javelina is aware of the following dates for Summer I:
Friday, May 22: Financial Aid Disbursement
Tuesday, May 26: Payment Deadline at 5 p.m.
Wednesday, May 27: Late Fees Charged at 8 a.m.
Thursday, May 28: Drop for Non Payment at 8 a.m.

05/21/2026

Annually, the College of Arts & Sciences recognizes faculty & staff for their outstanding achievements and contributions to the department, college and university.
During the last week of the spring semester, we had the privilege to celebrate eight individuals as the 2026 Faculty & Staff Award Recipients.

Please help us congratulate this year's honorees:

- William J. Hall Faculty Award - Dr. John Lopez, School of Music

- Olan Kruse Science Faculty Award - Dr. Fang He, Department of Biological & Health Sciences

- Dean’s Staff Excellence Award - April Galvan, Department of Clinical Health Sciences

- Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching - Daniel Arias, Department of Mathematics

- Dean’s Award for Outstanding Scholarly & Creative Production - Dr. Liz Kim, Department of Art, Communication & Theatre

- Dean’s Award for Outstanding Scholarly & Creative Production -Dr. Jingbo Liu, Department of Chemistry

- Dean’s Award for Outstanding Service - Dr. Michael Houf, Department of History, Political Science & Philosophy

- Dean’s Award for Outstanding Leadership - Kathy Pawelek, John E. Conner Museum

05/14/2026

On behalf of the College of Arts & Sciences, we hope you had a WONDERFUL Global Advising Week! 🥳

We are truly grateful for our advisors and everything they do to help our students and departments. 💙🐗💛

05/14/2026

Commencement Day is tomorrow! All live streams will be available at https://www.tamuk.edu/commencement 5 minutes before the ceremony time (refresh the webpage if you do not see it).

TAMUK Dick & Mary Lewis Kleberg College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Texas A&M University-Kingsville College of Business Administration, & Texas A&M University-Kingsville College of Education & Human Performance will begin at 10:00 a.m.

Texas A&M University-Kingsville College of Arts and Sciences will begin at 1:30 p.m.

Texas A&M University-Kingsville Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering & Undergraduate Studies will begin at 4:30 p.m.

Questions? Comment below and we will do our best to get you the answer!

05/05/2026

Last week we hosted our Relaxation Station event 😎

Students had a chance to participate in:

🪑Chair stretches 🪑
🎨 Painting 🎨
🪢 Bracelet making 🧵
🌬️ Breathing exercises 🌬️
ℹ️Informational booths ℹ️

Many thanks to everyone who joined us, and congratulations to our prize winners!!

PEP Talk - Peer Educator Program

05/04/2026

Happy Global Advising Week 🌎 to our AMAZING advisors!!

We appreciate everything you do to help our students 🐗

💙Priscilla
💛Gina
💙Aaron
💛Taylor
💙Preston
💛Colleen
💙Josef
💛Klarissa
💙Jazmine
💛Melinda
💙Cristina
💛Melissa
💙Corrina
💛Kim
💙Tony

04/27/2026

Students: Join us for some FUN at our RELAXTION Station event 😊

🪑Chair stretches 🪑
🎨 Painting 🎨
🪢 Bracelet making 🧵
🌬️ Breathing exercises 🌬️
ℹ️Informational booths ℹ️

🗓️Date: Wednesday, April 29
⏰Time: 2pm
📍Location: Conner Museum (across the street from Manning Hall)

FREE:
Pizza 🍕
Refreshments 🧃
Supplies for Finals 📝

We will have door prizes as well 🎁

⭐️Event open to all students, faculty & staff ⭐️

PEP Talk - Peer Educator Program

04/23/2026

Many thanks to our student Rei for leading our first “Studying Tips” workshop, you did an AMAZING job! ⭐️

Congratulations also to our students who attended, you now have new studying tips for finals. 📝

04/21/2026

Our Alumni event last week was a total success!

Our panelists talked about how they managed their time as students, resources that helped on campus and how they prepared for their job opportunities! 📝

Many thanks to our AMAZING panelists for taking the time to speak with our students and sharing their journey with us 💙🐗💛

04/21/2026

CHICAGO - as presented by the Texas A&M University-Kingsville School of Music Texas A&M University-Kingsville Opera and Musical Theater Workshop is 10 days from opening night!

TWO lucky winners have secured their tickets to the opening night reception and show on May 1st thanks to a generous donation from Dr. Scott Jones, Interim Dean, College of Arts & Sciences.

Congratulations to Ophelia Potter and Berenice Bonilla whose names were drawn for the tickets during the Chicago Symposium held on Friday, April 17, 2026. Winners will be contacted with details.

Don't miss your chance to secure your tickets:

04/17/2026

Students: Do you need Study Tips to Prepare for Finals?

Join us to study with Rei!

Rei is currently a Center for Student Success Tutor and a McNair Scholar 📚

When: Tuesday, April 21
Time: 12:30pm
Location: Manning Hall Room 224

We will have FREE:
- Scantrons
- Blue books
- Highlighters
- Pencils

FREE lunch will be served! Open to ALL students!

Texas A&M University-Kingsville McNair Scholars Program