Regents Affirmed Directors for Engineering Agency, Athletics

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The Texas A&M University System’s Board of Regents on Wednesday affirmed new directors for Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) and the Athletics Department at Texas A&M University. Both had been announced earlier.

Last month the Regents named Robert H. Bishop ’79 as Vice Chancellor and Dean of the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. At the time, Bishop also was named the sole finalist to become the Director of TEES, which required a waiting period of at least 21 days before the Regents could give final approval.

Bishop, who comes from The University of South Florida, starts his new duties on Tuesday.

On Wednesday, the Board formally authorized Texas A&M University President Mark Welsh III to proceed with a contract, in accordance with System policy, with Trev Alberts, the former Nebraska athletics director who was announced as Texas A&M’s athletics director two weeks ago. Details of the contract will be released when it is finalized.

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The Texas A&M University System is one of the largest systems of higher education in the nation, with a budget of $7.8 billion. Through a statewide network of 11 universities, a comprehensive health science center, eight state agencies, and the RELLIS Campus, the Texas A&M System educates more than 153,000 students and makes more than 23 million additional educational contacts through service and outreach programs each year. System-wide, research and development expenditures exceed $1 billion and help drive the state’s economy.

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