Your gift supports student success and ensures they have the opportunities and resources needed to excel.
Giving to the Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is a founding pillar of Texas A&M University, the premiere land-grant institution in Texas. Since its establishment, the College has evolved to advance agriculture in the state, address new challenges across disciplines and create solutions for the world’s most complex issues through teaching, research, Extension and service. The college is home to more than 300 faculty experts and over 7,600 students across 15 departments. We represent a community of scholars working to restore connections among people, agriculture, food, science and the economy.
Ways to Give
There are numerous ways to give through the Texas A&M Foundation that allow you to direct your gift for a specific purpose at Texas A&M University. You can support students, faculty, college programs or student activities with an endowed gift that will provide permanent support, or you can make a non-endowed “pass-through” gift to be used more immediately for a designated purpose.
Industry Partnerships and Corporate Giving
The best choice a business can make is investing in future generations. If you’re a business looking for ways to give back through time, talents, money or experiences, our development team would love to connect and help identify ways we can turn your interests into a worthwhile investment.
Heather Hirsch ’12
Director of Corporate Relations
(979) 431-3740 | [email protected]
Department Funding Priorities
Discover what impacts your gift can make.
Support Experiential Learning
Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management curricula emphasizes high-impact learning that promotes real-world knowledge and application of classroom taught concepts. We believe our students gain invaluable skills and experience through hands-on learning. In our reimagined natural resource curriculum, we added a summer field camp and managed internship program to round-out our student’s classroom experience. Through partner collaborations and enhanced in-house facilities, we are offering career building opportunities that will produce future natural resource leaders unmatched by other academic institutions.
Invest in Education
The department’s priority is developing qualified professionals who can lead in a variety of industries to manage and conserve our natural resources. The department is seeking several opportunities in the forms of scholarships and graduate student fellowships, to make higher education more accessible for all students, in addition to seeking funding for endowed professorships and chair positions that will help recruit and retain world-class faculty.
Enhance our Living Classrooms
A distinct aspect of RWFM is the breadth of teaching and research that go beyond the traditional classrooms and laboratory spaces. The department utilizes several properties that serve as outdoor teaching and specialized research facilities for student, faculty, Extension and community needs. These properties are in need of critical updates to support and enhance their use.
The Texas A&M Foundation
The Texas A&M Foundation builds a brighter future for Texas A&M University, one relationship at a time.
As a nonprofit and the primary academic fundraising institution for Texas A&M, we aspire to be among the most trusted philanthropies in higher education. Our team works with former students, corporations and other Texas A&M supporters to match their charitable interests with the university’s priorities. Gifts create scholarships, advance faculty endeavors, enhance student programs and fund campus construction, greatly enhancing Texas A&M’s mission to provide the highest quality undergraduate and graduate programs and develop new understandings through research and creativity.
Contact Our Development Team
Our development officers are determined to help you invest in causes you care about. Whether you are considering making your first gift or are already a longtime donor, we’re excited to work with you!
