Memorial Student Center/Texas A&M's College Union

The Memorial Student Center (MSC) is one of the busiest and most exciting buildings on campus. It is a living memorial to the students and former students of Texas A&M who gave their lives in defense of freedom.

The MSC is sometimes called a student union. But the MSC is much more than a place only for students--it is the community center of the University. It is the one place on campus where all members of the University family can come together in free association as citizens and partners.

The MSC provides a number of essential services and facilities for the University community: meeting rooms, three art galleries, a craft shop, food services, the bookstore, a browsing library, a ticket office, spacious lounges, a recreation area with bowling and billiards, a ballroom, hotel rooms, the Student Organizations Finance Center, music listening facilities, a copy center and the Student Programs Office.

The MSC offers a learning environment which enhances the quality of life at Texas A&M and gives individual students an opportunity to get involved. Last year more than 2,000 students involved in the MSC produced more than 1,500 cultural, recreational, educational and entertainment events which attracted an audience of nearly 450,000 people--mostly their fellow students. Any student can become involved by either attending an activity or by participating in the planning and organizing of these events.

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 25 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 located in Room216 of the MSC: Academic League, ALOT (Aggie Leaders of Tomorrow), Abbott Family Leadership Conference Committee, Asian Cultures Education Committee, Black Awareness Committee, CAMAC (Committee for the Awareness of Mexican-American Culture), Cepheid Variable, CIA (Current Issues Awareness), Class Councils, Conversations, E. L. Miller Lecture Series, Fall Leadership Conference, Hospitality Committee, LEAD (Leadership Enrichment, Action and Development Committee), L.T. Jordan Institute for International Awareness, Literary Arts Committee, Film Society, OPAS (Opera and Performing Arts Society), Spring Leadership Trip, Visual Arts Committee, Wiley Lecture Series, 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 five resource areas are marketing, development, assessment and finance, human resources and operations. For more information, please call (979) 845-1515 or visit our website at www.msc.tamu.edu.