Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi

The Student Government Association at TAMU-CC hosts the officers of the student body.[25] The SGA runs a three-branch system, with the Executive Board consisting of the Student Body Officers,[26] the Legislative Branch consisting of the Student Senate,[27] and the Judicial Branch consisting of the Chief and Associate Justices.[28]

The current legislative branch, or Student Senate, has two underlying groups of senators: general senators, which holds an international senator, a student veteran senator, a housing senator, an athletics senator, disability services senator, and a library senator. The college senators, which holds three senators for each of the seven colleges: Business, Education & Human Development, Liberal Arts, Nursing & Health Sciences, Science & Engineering, Graduate Studies, and University College.

Elections for SGA are held twice a year, once near the close of the spring for all positions and then at the opening of the fall for the freshman senators and remaining vacancies from the spring elections.

TAMU-CC has an entirely student-run newspaper, Island Waves.[29] It was first published in 1993, and is, in part, funded through student fees and advertisement sales.[30] Issues are published every Thursday throughout the fall and spring semesters, with three issues printed over the summer.

Islander Magazine is a biannual news publication for Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, first published in the Fall of 2006.[31]

TAMU-CC is home to three Interfraternity Council Fraternities (IFC): Phi Gamma Delta, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and Sigma Pi.[32] The university has four National Panhellenic Sororities (NPC). Alpha Gamma Delta, Delta Delta Delta, Gamma Phi Beta, and Zeta Tau Alpha.[32] The university also has six Multicultural Greek Council organizations (MGC): Lambda Theta Alpha, Sigma Lambda Gamma, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Omega Delta Phi, Alpha Phi Alpha, and Kappa Delta Chi.[33] Greek Life is a growing aspect of the TAMU-CC campus gaining notoriety and size over the years since it began at the university in 1998.

The Dining Hall opened in 2014.[34]

Islander Dining Hall has been designated as an Ocean Friendly Restaurant (OFR).[35] It is the second university dining hall in the nation to receive the designation.[35] As part of 400 OFR in the U.S., Islander Dining Hall is working to lower an estimated 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic entering the world's marine ecosystems.[35] Elizabeth Alford, Marketing Manager for the Islander Dining Hall, said of the designation:

"With the university surrounded by Oso Bay and Corpus Christi Bay, it is important that we take the initiative to reduce the amount of plastic and Styrofoam waste that could potentially come from Islander Dining Hall. . . . It is imperative that we use our location as an educational tool for our students. This recognition encourages our community to be stewards of the environment."[35]

Islander Dining Hall has banned the use of Styrofoam, plastic bags, plastic plates, and plastic utensils.[35] Islander Dining Hall also uses reusable food ware for onsite dining, recycles and provides biodegradable coffee cups and to-go plates.[35]

TAMUCC's team nickname, the Islanders, was taken from the institution being located on an island. Their mascot is "Izzy the Islander", a blue figure designed to represent the "coastal lifestyle" of Corpus Christi. He was redesigned in 2022, previously depicting a costumed man with a tiki mask headdress, grass skirt, and spear.[38] Prior to that, the official mascot was "Tarpie" the Tarpon.

The TAMUCC Islanders basketball team is coached by Steve Lutz[39] and play their home games at the American Bank Center as well as at the Dugan Wellness Center on the University's campus. They have played in the NCAA tournament three times, most recently in 2023.

The TAMUCC Islander cross country team is regarded as the most successful sport in school history, as the women's team has won seven of the nine conference titles (more than any other team in the history of Texas universities). In 2009, they scored the highest at the regional meet, with a sixth-place finish. In 2018, under new head coach Brent Ericksen, the Islander women won the Southland Conference title by one point, making the win the smallest margin in conference history.

• Justin Butts, writer and host of KEDT "Your Wholesome Heritage Garden" radio show [48]
• Chris Daniels, basketball player
• Robert Gammage, Texas politician
• Paulette Guajardo, politician, mayor of Corpus Christi
• Rose Meza Harrison, Texas politician
• Kim Henkel, screenplay writer, producer and actor[49]
• Cassandra Jean, actress, model, and beauty pageant
• Kevin Palmer, basketball player
• Sarah Pauly, softball player
• Richard D. Sorenson, educational leadership author[50]
• Raul Torres, Texas politician
• Larry D. Wyche, United States Army Lieutenant General
• Rose Meza Harrison, Texas politician

• Elliot Chenaux
• Colleen Fitzgerald
• Gary Jeffress
• Robert S. Nelsen