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Day 1 will start at 10:15 a.m. and end around 4 p.m. Refer to the sample schedule (https://newaggie.tamu.edu/students/nsc-schedule/2-day-nsc-schedule/) for more detailed information about Day 1. Day 2 will start at 8 a.m. unless the college/school communicates differently with the student's academic college and ends around 1 p.m.Academic Units Participating:College of Agriculture and Life Sciences College of Arts and Sciences (check that your major is participating in this conference (https://newaggie.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/S26_NSC_ArtSci_GEOS-ACAD.docx)) Mays Business School College of Engineering Texas A&M Engineering at Blinn Blinn TEAM NPO School of Public Health For more information, visit newaggie.tamu.edu (https://newaggie.tamu.edu/).

Aggie Lyceum Civic Conversations are structured and facilitated conversations using the National Issues Forum Institute (https://nifi.org/) guidebooks. These events allow students to engage in dialogue and deliberation around difficult issues/problems in small group discussions. Trained student facilitators lead other students through the issue guide, ensuring that everyone gets the opportunity to consider the issues.1776: What Should We Do? (https://nifi.org/nifi-issue-guide/1776-what-should-we-do/) It is easy to see history as a series of events, each one simply unfolding after the other. But in fact, the past is filled with key points at which different decisions might have changed the course of history. Before it was history, it was a choice. Imagine that you are a citizen in one of the 13 colonies in the spring of 1776. Tensions across America, especially in New England are at their height. What should we do about our relationship with England?Advance Registration (https://ers.tamu.edu/event/12225) is required.

Drop in to connect with peers, share a laugh, converse or simply enjoy a comfortable environment to socially recharge.