Research Identity: Join an Update and Listening Session

4/9/2024

A message from the Division of Research

Sent on behalf of Dr. Jack G. Baldauf, Vice President for Research

The Research Identity Committee invites you to attend an Update and Listening Session to gain feedback on the progress and developments made to define the Texas A&M University Research Identity. Registration for the virtual sessions via Zoom is now open for Texas A&M students, faculty and staff, as well as faculty and staff at the Texas A&M System and its agencies to participate and provide input.

Select date to register (registration is required):

On Jan. 12, Dr. Alan Sams, Executive Vice President and Provost for Texas A&M, shared the charge for Dr. Jack Baldauf, Vice President for Research, and R. Ethan Braden, Vice President and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, to create a plan to establish and elevate Texas A&M’s research identity in response to last fall’s State of the University address by Texas A&M President Mark A. Welsh III. 

In following this charge, the committee was formed to include faculty, staff and student representatives from across the university, including remote and branch campuses, and the Texas A&M System, meeting weekly since Feb. 6. The committee includes representation from Undergraduate Research; the Graduate and Professional School; Postdoctoral Scholars; University Research Council; Council of Deans; Council of Principal Investigators (CPI); Faculty Senate Research Committee; the Texas A&M System; Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station; Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service; Texas A&M AgriLife; Texas A&M University at Galveston; Texas A&M-Fort Worth; Mays Business School; Office of the President; Planning, Assessment and Strategy; Community Engagement; Government Relations; and the Texas A&M Foundation. 

With a focus to define the Texas A&M Research Identity and develop a process for advancing this identity throughout the state and the nation, the committee’s charge is to explore the following:

  1. What are the traits and characteristics of Texas A&M’s research enterprise? 
  2. What are the strengths of the university’s identity? What makes us distinct?  
  3. What does Texas A&M desire to be known for? 
  4. Why should target audiences care?
  5. How does the university best communicate our research to our stakeholders?

Separate sessions with the University Research Council, Faculty Senate Research Committee, Council of Deans and Department Heads are being scheduled.                          

Questions? Please contact Mona Somers, Office of the Vice President for Research via email at msomers@tamu.edu.

Dr. Jack G. Baldauf

Vice President for Research

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