| 2011 | John Sharp ’72 appointed chancellor of The Texas A&M University System on September 6. |
| 2011 | On September 25, Texas A&M announced its departure from the Big 12 Conference to become the 13th member of the Southeastern Conference—the third new member in the conference’s 78-year history—effective July 1, 2012. |
| 2011 | Northside Residence Hall construction began in October. Crocker, Moore and McInnis Halls demolished to build new 600-bed residence hall, the university’s first new residence hall since 1989. Project due for completion in July 2013. |
| 2011 | Renovation began in May for Harrell Hall (Corps of Cadets Dorm 8) to include a leadership learning center. Project due for completion in July 2012. |
| 2011 | The new Agriculture and Life Sciences Building opened on West Campus on September 23. The 13,000-square foot, five-story building houses the administrative offices for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Texas AgriLife Research and Texas AgriLife Extension Services, as well as the Departments of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications and Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences. |
| 2011 | The engineering-oriented Emerging Technologies Building (ETB) opened on November 18. The building houses two departments within the Dwight Look College of Engineering: the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, as well as interdisciplinary research involving students and faculty from the Texas A&M Institute for Preclinical Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, College of Science and the Visualization Laboratory in the College of Architecture. The five-story, 212,000-square-foot building is located in the northeast quadrant of the campus. |
| 2010 | Dr. R. Bowen Loftin ’71 becomes Texas A&M University’s 24th President. |
| 2009 | Dr. Elsa Murano resigns as President of Texas A&M University; Dr. R. Bowen Loftin ’71, Vice President and CEO of Texas A&M University Galveston appointed Interim President. |
| 2009 | Clayton W. Williams, Jr. Alumni Center rededicated and the 12’ bronze Aggie Ring replica on the Haynes Ring Plaza unveiled. |
| 2008 | Clayton W. Williams, Jr. Alumni Center undergoes significant enhancements, Haynes Ring Plaza constructed. |
| 2008 | Hurricane Ike flattens the city of Galveston, forcing the closure of the Galveston campus. Sea Aggies spend the rest of the semester attending classes in College Station. |
| 2007 | A&M System Board of Regents appoints Dr. Elsa Murano as the first female and first Hispanic President of Texas A&M. |
| 2006 | Mike Fossum ’80 becomes Texas A&M’s first astronaut in space aboard the space shuttle Discovery. |
| 2006 | Dr. Robert M. Gates nominated as Secretary of Defense by United States President George W. Bush. |
| 2005 | In the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, campus becomes a relief shelter for thousands of evacuees. Tulane students spend a semester attending classes in College Station. |
| 2004 | The Association of Former Students celebrates 125th Anniversary. |
| 2004 | The Association establishes Constituent Networks as a way to engage more former students. |
| 2004 | Bonfire Memorial dedicated as a monument to those who lost their lives in the Bonfire collapse of 1999. |
| 2003 | The Association’s Bylaws are rewritten. |
| 2003 | January 8. Parking, Traffic and Transportation Services renamed Transportation Services. |
| 2003 | January 14. A&M President Robert Gates announces establishment of two annual Presidential Professor for Teaching Excellence Awards at $25,000 each. |
| 2003 | January 22. Department of Speech Communication renamed Department of Communication. Journalism Department eliminated. |
| 2003 | February. President Gates establishes Vice President and Associate Provost for Institutional Diversity position. |
| 2003 | April 1. Aggie Ring monument unveiled. |
| 2003 | April 17. Three Research Park groundbreaking. |
| 2003 | West Campus Athletic Training and Dressing Room facility. $5,496,000. |
| 2003 | Coastal Engineering Laboratory in Research Park. $5,505,000. |
| 2003 | Chemical Engineering Building. 38,000,000. Named for JACK E. BROWN ’46. |
| 2003 | Fall. Texas A&M Varsity Tennis Center named for GEORGE P. MITCHELL ’40. |
| 2003 | September 1. A. Benton Cocanougher named Interim Chancellor. |
| 2003 | September 4. Texas A&M branch campus opens in Qatar. |
| 2003 | Football Complex and Academic Center at South End of Kyle Field. $26 million. Named for the HARVEY R. BRIGHT ’43 family. |
| 2003 | West Campus Parking Garage. $31,788,000. |
| 2003 | Wellborn Road Pedestrian Passage Way. $14,897,300. |
| 2003 | Soccer Field Renovation and Drainage System. $804,000. |
| 2003 | Campus Master Plan formulated. |
| 2002 | June 30. A&M President Dr. Ray M. Bowen ’58 steps down after 8 years to return to teaching. |
| 2002 | August 1. Dr. Robert M. Gates, former head of the CIA, appointed President of Texas A&M. |
| 2002 | October 3. President Gates receives medallion of office and is installed as A&M’s 22nd President, 125th anniversary celebration ends. |
| 2002 | October 26. Academic Building-West in Bush Library Complex dedicated. Named for ROBERT H. ALLEN ’50 and JUDY LEY ALLEN. |
| 2002 | December. Directory of Former Students goes online at www.AggieNetwork.com for active members. |
| 2002 | East Main Drive rebuilt and Storm Water Detention System constructed on Polo Field, $7,168,000. |
| 2001 | April 1. The crew of the U.S. EP-3E reconnaissance aircraft, including Navy Lt. (jg) Richard “Rick” Payne ’97, is detained in China following a forced landing after being struck by a Chinese F-8 fighter jet. After 11 days of diplomatic negotiation, the crew was released to a flag-waving reception back home. |
| 2001 | Texas A&M University achieves membership in the Association of American Universities. |
| 2001 | August. Jorge F. Quiroga Ramirez ’81 is installed as President of Bolivia, becoming the first Aggie to be named a Chief of State. He had served as Vice President since 1997. |
| 2001 | August. Texas A&M Sports Museum opens in The Zone. |
| 2001 | September 22. Red, White and Blue Out. Just 11 days after the terrorist attacks on New York City and the Pentagon, the three decks of Kyle Field were turned the colors of the American Flag. Five Texas A&M students launched an impromptu T-shirt sales project that raised more than $200,000 for the families of New York police and firefighters. |
| 2001 | Urban Search & Rescue Training Center-Phase II, $2,085,908. |
| 2001 | Fall. Texas A&M and its Corps of Cadets celebrate their 125th anniversary. |
| 2001 | One Spirit One Vision campaign announced with a $1 billion goal. |
| 2001 | December. World’s first cloned cat is born at Texas A&M. Animals previously cloned at Texas A&M included a prize Brahman bull, pigs and goats. |
| 2001 | Simpson Drill Field Reviewing Stand, $340,000. |
| 2001 | Wellborn Road Pedestrian Bridge demolished. |
| 2000 | May 2. Special commission on the 1999 Bonfire collapse issues its report. |
| 2000 | June 16. Texas A&M President Dr. Ray M. Bowen ’58 announces that a decision on the future of Bonfire will be postponed until 2002 while plans are made to restructure the activity and the Bonfire itself. |
| 2000 | Joe Routt Plaza and Mall opens at north end of Kyle Field, $1,831,427. |
| 2000 | Emergency Operations Training Center, $2,000,000. |
| 2000 | Urban Search & Rescue Training Center, $892,768. |
| 2000 | Directory of Former Students issued on CD-ROM. |
| 2000 | October 28. Silver Taps monument donated by the Class of 1995 unveiled in the Academic Plaza. Sculpture – Rodney C. Hill. Class announces creation of $50,000 Muster Endowment Fund. |
| 2000 | November 11. Aggie Ring of World War II Medal of Honor winner Turney W. Leonard ’42 is returned to the A&M campus 56 years after being found on a European battlefield. |
| 2000 | Lt. Gov. James R. “Rick” Perry ’72 becomes the first Aggie to serve as Governor of Texas. In November 2002, he becomes the first Aggie to be elected Governor. |
| 1999 | Dairy Products Teaching and Research Lab, $2,500,000. (Converted for use by SureBeam Corporation in 2001.) |
| 1999 | Texas A&M Foundation Building. $10,000,000. Named for JON L. HAGLER ’58. |
| 1999 | Kyle Field North End Zone expansion (The Zone), $45,608,747. Named for BERNARD C. RICHARDSON ’41. Grass practice fields added, $2,200,000. |
| 1999 | Texas A&M University: A Legacy of Tradition, photo book of campus by Nancy Glenn and Bob Herger, published. |
| 1999 | “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” sculpture by Reneé Headings unveiled in the Great Hall of the Clayton W. Williams, Jr. Alumni Center. |
| 1999 | TTI Research Building, $7,827,660. Named for Former Chancellor GIBB GILCHRIST. |
| 1999 | May 12. “The Next Tradition” Block Party replaces induction banquets for graduating seniors. |
| 1999 | Department of Performance Studies established. |
| 1999 | Vision 2020 Task Force unveils recommendations aimed at placing Texas A&M University among the nation’s Top 10 public academic institutions by the year 2020. |
| 1999 | August 1. Howard D. Graves named Chancellor. |
| 1999 | The Association of Former Student launches new logo and brand campaign, “We are the Aggie Network.” |
| 1999 | September 10. “Danger 79er,” Statue of Lt. Gen. JAMES F. HOLLINGSWORTH ’40, unveiled on Corps of Cadets quadrangle. Sculpture by Larry Ludtke. |
| 1999 | “First Yell” established to kick off football season. |
| 1999 | October 29. “Shaping The Future” statue by William H. McGlaun, symbolizing the teacher’s role in molding students, dedicated on the 30th anniversary of Texas A&M University’s College of Education. |
| 1999 | November 18. Bonfire stack collapses. Eleven students and one former student die and 27 students are injured. More than 194 designs are submitted for a Bonfire Memorial. Final selection constructed on the Polo Field, November 2004. |
| 1999 | Randy Matson ’67 retires; Porter S. Garner III ’79 appointed The Association’s Executive Director. |
| 1998 | Reed Arena Special Events Center, $33,425,000. Aggie Muster 1998 was first major event in the facility. Named for CHESTER J. REED ’47. |
| 1998 | Student Computing Center added to Evans Library, $22,526,000. |
| 1998 | New Varsity Tennis Center, $3,970,000. |
| 1998 | University Child Care Center, $1,100,700. |
| 1997 | March 27. Texas A&M’s College of Business renamed the Lowry Mays College & Graduate School of Business in honor of L. LOWRY MAYS ’57. College renamed Mays Business School in 2002. |
| 1997 | September 1. The George Bush School of Government and Public Service opens. |
| 1997 | Animal Science Teaching, Research and Extension Complex, $8,556,000. |
| 1997 | October 11. “The Day the Wall Came Down,” a 7- ton bronze sculpture of wild horses leaping over the rubble of the Berlin Wall, unveiled at George Bush Presidential Library Complex. Sculptor-Veryl Goodnight. Made possible through the efforts of Joe Hiram ’38 and Betty Moore. |
| 1997 | October 11. “Aggie Bonfire Sculpture” dedicated by Class of ’87. Sculptor-Fred Adickes. |
| 1997 | November 6. Dedication of the George Bush Presidential Library Complex, including the Presidential Library and Museum, Presidential Conference Center, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Department of Political Science, Department of Economics and International Center. $82,682,000. Dedication attended by 4 U.S. Presidents and 6 First Ladies. |
| 1997 | West Campus streets development, $7,000,000. Energy Conservation Initiatives, $4,045,000. Olsen Road Completion, $572,000. |
| 1996 | February 24. State of Texas historical marker for Texas A&M’s Corps of Cadets erected. |
| 1996 | GTE-Texas A&M Distance Learning Center established. |
| 1996 | May 21. Torch relay for the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games crosses the Texas A&M campus. |
| 1996 | September 1. Baylor College of Dentistry (Dallas) and East Texas State University merged into the Texas A&M University System. Names of East Texas campuses changed to Texas A&M University-Commerce and Texas A&M University-Texarkana. |
| 1996 | First football season for the Big 12 Conference. |
| 1996 | October 5. The seventh floor of Rudder Tower is named the Paul and Judy Andrews Industrial Distribution Conference Center. |
| 1996 | Materials Research Facility in Doherty Building. $1,400,000. |
| 1995 | September 2. Dedication of 12th Man Plaza. |
| 1995 | Student Recreational Sports Center and Natatorium, $36,400,000. |
| 1995 | I-Camp established for newly enrolled international students. |
| 1995 | Outstanding International Alumnus Award established. |
