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Campus Life

Memorial Student Center Council

The Memorial Student Center Council is the major programming body at Texas A&M University. It consists of the MSC Council, which is the administrative body, and more than 20 programming organizations. Texas A&M’s student center programs are unique in that they are substantially managed by students.

Working with an MSC committee gives students many significant opportunities. In the process of selecting programs, they evaluate artists, speakers, entertainers and a variety of other program resources. Students assess the market to see if a program will be of sufficient interest to the campus community to justify the expense of booking that event. Students organize their committees, schedule the needed facilities, plan the advertising campaign and do everything necessary to produce a program that is of professional quality. MSC student leaders accept major responsibilities, learn to establish productive working relationships and meet many interesting people.

Involvement in the MSC also provides students with opportunities to make friends, establish a sense of identity, be of service to their University, and become part of the MSC network of current and former students.

The following MSC committees and programming organizations are housed in the Student Programs office located on the 2nd floor of the MSC above the bookstore: Abbott Family Leadership Conference Committee, Aggie Leaders of Tomorrow (ALOT), Asian Cultures Education, Committee for the Awareness of Mexican-American Culture (CAMAC), Fall Leadership Conference, Film Society, Freshmen in Hosting and Service (FISH), Hospitality, Insights, J. Wayne Stark Northeast Trip, L.T. Jordan Institute for International Awareness, LEAD (Leadership Enrichment, Action and Development Committee), Literary Arts Committee, OPAS, Student Conference on National Affairs (SCONA), Spencer Leadership Conference, Spring Leadership Trip, Town Hall, Visual Arts Committee, Wiley Lecture Series, Woodson Black Awareness Committee (WBAC) and Champe Fitzhugh, Jr. International Honors Leadership Seminar.

In addition to the opportunities afforded to students through these programming committees, the MSC Council also has resource areas that help students develop professional business skills. The six resource areas are marketing, development, assessment and finance, diversity, human resources and operations.