By Texas A&M University System
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The Texas A&M University System Board of Trustees on Tuesday approved a motion to nearly double the educational space at Texas A&M-Commerce in a high-rise building in Dallas.
Since 2021, the university has offered courses in business, education, visual communications, and agriculture in a building at 8750 North Central Expressway in Dallas. In a special conference call, regents approved adding 41,944 square feet of leased space to the original 51,515 square feet. The additional space will allow the university to expand its academic services.
In a separate action, the board authorized the Texas A&M University System to negotiate cooperation with other parties interested in bidding to manage and operate the Pantex plant outside Amarillo. The plant's primary mission is to assemble, disassemble, test, and evaluate nuclear weapons in support of the nation's stockpile management program.
The Texas A&M System already helps manage Los Alamos National Laboratory with Battelle Memorial Institute and the University of California. Texas A&M University also has the largest nuclear engineering program in the country.
Finally, the Board deferred action regarding the predevelopment agreement with Aplin Center LLC to give Texas A&M University's new administration additional time to consider a proposal to build an on-campus educational facility.
About Texas A&M University System
The Texas A&M University System is one of the nation's largest higher education systems with a $7.8 billion budget. The Texas A&M System educates more than 153,000 students through a statewide network of 11 universities, comprehensive health science centers, eight state institutions, and RELLIS campuses, and reaches 23 million students each year through its services and assistance programs. We are making additional educational contacts. System-wide research and development spending exceeds $1 billion and helps drive the state's economy.
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