COLLEGE STATION – Five employees received the 2019 Distinguished Service Award from the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) during an awards ceremony at the Brazos County Expo Complex. The agency’s highest employee award went to Jesse Watkins, Merribeth Kahlich, Jonathan Dikes, Charley Todd and Laura Shehan. For more than 25 years, the TEEX Distinguished…
BRYAN, TEXAS – In 1999, the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) became the first to offer Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Technician I training for civilians. The entry-level workers would supplement the workforce of retired military EOD (Explosives Ordnance Disposal) Technicians tackling the massive cleanup and remediation of thousands of acres of former military installations closed…
BRYAN, TEXAS – An innovative new program has prepared seven women for employment as Facilities Maintenance Workers – training they can put to use when they are released from the Brazos County Detention Center. The participants were recognized at a ceremony on Dec. 12, where they received their certificates. The women were awarded the OSHA…
COLLEGE STATION – Twenty-five new peace officers graduated from the Central Texas Police Academy on Dec. 6, after 18 weeks of comprehensive classroom and hands-on training conducted by the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) at the RELLIS Campus in Bryan. Keynote speaker was Brig. Gen. Bentley Nettles, Executive Director of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage…
