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College Station, TX – The Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) announced today that Robert McKee has resigned as Director of Disaster Preparedness and Response and Texas Task Force 1.

Tarleton State University and the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) have signed an agreement whereby credits earned in TEEX training classes can be applied toward Tarleton degrees.

TEEX and The Texas A&M University System Office of Safety have teamed up to prepare A&M System universities for emergencies. TEEX has developed and delivered tabletop exercises that present a potential threat or incident scenario. The exercises allow university administration and emergency personnel to work through their response plan to keep students and employees safe.

Six employees received the Distinguished Service Award from the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) on Friday, Dec. 16, during an awards ceremony at the Brazos County Expo Center. Recipients were Carolyn Abt, Don Bailey, Laura Corn, Ed Fritz, Debbie Patranella and Lee Santo.

The Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) announced the retirement of Associate Agency Director Bill May, who joined the agency in 1998. May was responsible for Homeland Security Services for the agency as well as Director of the Integrative Center for Homeland Security.

The Texas Engineering Extension Service has announced two appointments to leadership positions with the agency. Dan Gray has been tapped to serve as the Chief Financial Officer and an Associate Agency Director of TEEX. Ron Peddy has been selected to serve as Division Director for the Infrastructure Training & Safety Institute.

The Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) is partnering with three other educational organizations to build a comprehensive training program for workers in the therapeutics manufacturing industry. The goal is to provide a trained biomedical and pharmaceutical workforce to fill positions in research and manufacturing needed to support the One Health Plus™ Biocorridor initiative in Bryan-College Station.

Changes to the Post-9/11 GI Bill® education benefits program of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, which went into effect Oct. 1, are expected to increase the number of veterans who enroll in the VA-approved programs offered by the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX). The Post-9/11 GI Bill® now allows veterans to use their education benefits at non-college degree-granting schools such as TEEX.

The Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) has opened its first European office in London as part of the agency’s strategic goal to increase international business. The office will help TEEX grow new business in the United Kingdom and across Europe, said TEEX Director and CEO Gary Sera.

Mays Business School at Texas A&M University and the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) have entered into a five-year agreement to provide mutually beneficial services to both entities. As part of the agreement, TEEX will provide two Disaster City® Challenge events for Mays’ Full-Time and Executive MBA programs annually, and Mays will sponsor one enrollment per year in the Executive MBA program annually for a TEEX employee.