The Bush School of Government and Public Service is committed to public service. Two men who exemplify a life lived in service to others are O.W. Sadberry, Sr. And Oliver Wayne Sadberry, Jr. One year ago today, February 21, 2022, Bryan ISD announced its new intermediate school would be named the O.W. Sadberry, Sr. Intermediate […]
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Former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood at the Bush School
On Wednesday, March 26, the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy at the Bush School of Government and Public Service had the privilege of hosting Mr. Ray LaHood, former US secretary of transportation, at the Institute’s 2015 ConocoPhillips White House Lecture Series. In recognition of his many years of exemplary public service and […]
Bush School Students Aid Local Food Bank
One of the first activities of the new semester saw new and returning Bush School students helping the Brazos Valley Food Bank. In record time, the students put together 200 family boxes of nonperishable foods to be distributed to needy families. The Food Bank is a central distribution site in the Brazos Valley that unites […]
Bush School Students Celebrate Wall Raising for Habitat Bush House
Students from the Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University, along with Habitat for Humanity supporters, will hold a wall-raising ceremony Saturday (March 2) for a house that will be built in honor of President George H.W. and Mrs. Barbara Bush. The ceremony is set for 8 a.m. in Bryan’s Faith […]
Card Appointed to House Select Committee on Economic Development
In April, Texas House Speaker Joe Straus appointed Bush School Acting Dean Andrew H. Card Jr., to serve on the Select Committee on Economic Development which was established by the Texas Legislature in 2011. The committee is developing objective criteria in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the state’s economic development policies in encouraging new […]
Acting Dean Card Remembers 9/11
As one of the principal actors in the drama of the 9/11 attacks, Acting Dean Andrew Card of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University was featured in Newsweek’s coverage of the 10th anniversary. Newsweek featured the famous picture of Card whispering to President George W. Bush in a Florida schoolroom, advising the President […]
President George H. W. Bush Receives the Medal of Freedom
On February 18, President Barack Obama presented the Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to President George H. W. Bush. President Bush joined fourteen artists, athletes, civil rights activists, humanitarians, and others in receiving the honor. President Obama said these medals are presented to those who have made contributions to society that speak […]