When I go to college I want to get bachelors in software engineering. This requires great skills in mathematics and computer science. This should take roughly four years no matter where I go to college.
El Paso community college (EPCC) has done much in the beginning to accomplish one of its few main goals, to provide masses of people with quality education. EPCC was founded in June 1969 and grew very rapidly in population that they were forced to build more complexes of buildings to house the students. Because of this, they had to rely on donations to pay for all the expanding. From teachers and students walking from house to house asking for money for their school, to large donations such as the $1.75 million donation from the Economic Development Administration and College …show more content…
Texas wanted to create a college in November 1866 under the Morrill Act. This college wasn’t created until April 17, 1871 when an Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas was established. Under the Morrill Act Students had to participate in military training but in return gained 2,415 acres of land. Under General James Earl Rudder in the 1960s, TAMU opened its doors to African-Americans and women. Military training was also made voluntary. In 1963, the school was renamed Texas A&M University, the A and M are symbolic for their past but no longer mean Agriculture and Mechanical. In 1989 TAMU was granted a sea grant and space grant, they are one of the first universities to have three distinctions of a land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant. The Corps of Cadets still played a major role in keeping the TAMU tradition pure and alive. in 1997 on the west campus, NAMU opened the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, making it one of the few universities to own a presidential
El Paso community college (EPCC) has done much in the beginning to accomplish one of its few main goals, to provide masses of people with quality education. EPCC was founded in June 1969 and grew very rapidly in population that they were forced to build more complexes of buildings to house the students. Because of this, they had to rely on donations to pay for all the expanding. From teachers and students walking from house to house asking for money for their school, to large donations such as the $1.75 million donation from the Economic Development Administration and College …show more content…
Texas wanted to create a college in November 1866 under the Morrill Act. This college wasn’t created until April 17, 1871 when an Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas was established. Under the Morrill Act Students had to participate in military training but in return gained 2,415 acres of land. Under General James Earl Rudder in the 1960s, TAMU opened its doors to African-Americans and women. Military training was also made voluntary. In 1963, the school was renamed Texas A&M University, the A and M are symbolic for their past but no longer mean Agriculture and Mechanical. In 1989 TAMU was granted a sea grant and space grant, they are one of the first universities to have three distinctions of a land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant. The Corps of Cadets still played a major role in keeping the TAMU tradition pure and alive. in 1997 on the west campus, NAMU opened the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, making it one of the few universities to own a presidential