Texas A&M approves Mark Welsh as university's permanent president
Texas A&M has a new university president: Mark A. Welsh III.
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Texas A&M has a new university president: Mark A. Welsh III.
COLLEGE STATION — A month into this year’s fall semester, Texas A&M University senior Ben Fisher got an email that took him by surprise. It was an invitation to the
The former Bush school dean and four-star general is believed by many to be the right person to move the university forward after controversies over the summer.
As the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents considers naming the former dean and four-star general as the sole finalist for president, many believe Welsh is the right person to move the university forward after a pair of controversies bruised the school’s morale.
Texas A&M’s Board of Regents named A&M’s interim president, Ret. Gen. Mark Welsh III, the sole finalist for the university’s open president position during a special telephonic meeting Friday morning.