Join us on Wednesday, March 6th as we here from Kim McCuistion, Associate Vice Chancellor and Director for the Texas A&M University’s Downtown Fort Worth research and academic campus.

McCuistion is currently dean of Tarleton’s Fort Worth campus on Chisholm Trail Parkway. She has been hailed by the Fort Worth Business Press as one of the Great Women of Texas and as one of 400 Most Influential Leaders in Fort Worth by Fort Worth Inc.

“Dr. McCuistion has the leadership and vision to grow our Fort Worth research and academic campus into something great,” said Texas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp. “We made a Texas-sized commitment to Fort Worth, and we will keep that promise.”

McCuistion will now take on the task of turning the new campus into a hub for collaboration between key Fort Worth industries and top research, education and workforce training assets of the Texas A&M System. Her goal in the new role is to spur business and job growth across North Texas.

“Working with city and county leaders, industry partners and Texas A&M System universities and agencies, we will create an ecosystem of research excellence and robust entrepreneurship — I have no doubt,” McCuistion said.

McCuistion holds a bachelor’s degree in animal science from Texas A&M University, a master’s degree in animal science from Kansas State University and a doctorate in agriculture from West Texas A&M University. She joined Tarleton in 2018 as chief of staff after 11 years with Texas A&M University-Kingsville. She had a split appointment there with the Department of Animal, Rangeland and Wildlife Sciences and the King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management. She served three years as Interim Dean of Texas A&M-Kingsville’s Honors College.

The new campus will include The Texas A&M System Research and Innovation Center, as well as an Education Alliance Building, which will host conferences and house professional, technical and university courses offered by the Texas A&M School of Law, Tarleton State University, Texas A&M University, the Texas A&M Health Science Center and other alliance members.

The innovation center and new education building will form the nucleus of the new, urban campus along with a new, state-of-the-art Texas A&M Law School. The campus will be constructed in phases beginning with the Research and Innovation Center. To download an artist’s renderings of the proposed buildings, please go to https://fort-worth.tamus.edu/ .

The campus will house a wide range of initiatives involving the A&M System’s network of state agencies. Discussions so far include programs in emergency response communication, medical technologies, advanced manufacturing, nutrition, biotechnology, medical laboratory science and nursing.

Six notable Fort Worth employers — Alcon, AT&T, Bell, Elbit Systems of America, Lockheed Martin, and Philips — are interested in collaborating in particular research areas. An incubator for business startups might relocate to the center.

The A&M System agencies involved include the Texas Division of Emergency Management, the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute.

REGISTER BELOW

TIME:
10:30 a.m. Board Meeting
11:30 a.m. Registration
12:00 p.m. Lunch and Program

LOCATION:
“777 Main” 
Petroleum Club | 40th Floor
777 Main Street | Fort Worth, Texas

COST:
$35.00 Full Buffet
$30.00 Young Members

PARKING:
$6.15 On-Site Parking
(with validation)

Sustaining Member Presentations
Sign up to give your Company Elevator Pitch at this meeting!
With the intent of making it easier on sustaining members to coordinate the month/ date they will be able to give their annual company elevator pitch, the SAME Ft Worth Chapter will open up a new Eventbrite sign up page located on the Chapter webpage.  The number of speaking firms per month will be limited to 5 so once “tickets” are sold out firms will need to choose another open month.  
Register to present your company at this meeting https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2024-sustaining-member-presentations-tickets-788250938777

Bonus: As a new feature, speaking firms will have the option to purchase a $50 donation raffle gift card in advance through Eventbrite rather than bringing their own as has been the tradition. The Ft. Worth Post will have the gift cards ready for that event when the speaker arrives.  Of course, if you’d like to bring your own gift card, that is still ok too! 

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