As we continue to work toward creating an inclusive campus without barriers, our team interacts and collaborates with faculty, staff and students to achieve an equitable learning environment for students with disabilities at Texas A&M.

A total 2,790 students with disabilities registered in Fall 2021 to receive support from the department, which is more than a threefold increase from 2010’s registrations. This growth is challenging the department’s capacity. To ensure that appropriate support is available to meet the diverse needs of Aggies with special needs, the department is working with the Texas A&M Foundation to create a $2 million endowment. These funds would support expansion of facilities such as the testing center and provide critical technology to accommodate students.

Given the Aggie student population’s steady growth, there is an identified need to continue expanding opportunities for intentional interaction and engagement among underrepresented students and intercultural competence initiatives to help all students prepare for our increasingly diverse world.

Therefore, DMS is expanding into a new 9,000+ square foot space located on the lower level floor of the Memorial Student Center.  The new DMS Lower Level Suite will usher in new opportunities for students to collaborate, build community, and ensure validation and belonging across their numerous cultural affinity groups.

The Cultural Explorations program aligns student-centered exploration with culture and scholarship. Immersive experiences, such as a weekend in historic San Antonio, allow students to increase knowledge, develop skills, explore values, and learn how to contribute on campus, in the community, and beyond.

Excellence uniting Culture, Education, and Leadership (ExCEL) is a student-run organization and student program that assists students who are interested in engaging within the Black and African American Aggie community in making a smooth transition during their first year as an Aggie, cultivating relationships between freshmen, upper class students, faculty, and staff; providing a sense of social belonging within our large campus community; and serving as a resource for academic and personal transition to campus life.

We provide gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Aggies and their straight supporters the knowledge and skills needed to change the world. Through innovative educational workshops, premier leadership opportunities and connections with a strong network of mentors, the center ensures that no Aggie feels forgotten.

Created in 1969, this iconic Texas A&M student organization provides the campus community with educational and enriching experiences that elucidate the culture and contributions of people of African descent and their impact on society. Student leaders organize and host the annual MLK Breakfast, a formal event to reflect on the life, legacy and accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

This annual forum brings African-American students from across the country together to engage in meaningful personal and professional development while addressing problems and concerns of the black community.

About 3,000 Hispanic and 500 African-American students live on campus, and many are the first in their families to attend college. Aggie Familia and AFAM are networks within Residence Life in which students feel safe enough to ask some challenging questions instead of toughing it out on their own. During activities scheduled every three weeks, student and staff mentors interact with new students in an effort to make them more comfortable and confident with their college experience. 

Institute for the Development and Education of Asian American Leaders (IDEAAL) is a year-long institute for incoming first-year Asian Pacific Islanders Desi American (APIDA) students. IDEAAL is an opportunity for freshmen to find their sense of belonging and connect with the Texas A&M community through peer-to-peer mentorship and leadership and identity development. The core of IDEAAL is to guide first year students on the road to becoming strong influences in the Aggie Community.

Latino Logradores (LatiLo) is a freshman program that supports the success of Latino/a/x students at Texas A&M by providing mentorship, a family atmosphere, transition from high school to college and resources that help them thrive in a college environment. This will be a freshman's first connection to the familia Latina where they can build long-lasting relationships, explore their culture, build networks, feel empowered, develop holistically and be a service to the local community.