Texas A&M’s president provides an update on his assessment of the Corps of Cadets.
Mark Welsh’s website post includes tasks to be completed by the new corps commandant in May and June, before the new commandant officially starts August 1.
That includes restructuring the size of cadet units starting this fall to make them more balanced, assisting the president in clarifying the role of the corps board of visitors, and prepare updated budget projections and requests for the next academic year.
After the new commandant is officially on the job, the president identified two projects for this August. One is implementing a new cadet chain of command that will be completed by December 15th. On August 31st, the president says the commandant will present a concept plan to replace Duncan dining hall, replace the Trigon military science building, and build a new cadet life center.
The president also says the commandant will complete or has completed five other tasks. They are recruiting and maintaining a corps size of 2,550 members, not using external consultants for recruiting for at least two years, establishing a firm policy for the cadets use of the dining hall for meals associated with formation and march in, and ensuring each corps advisor is evaluated annually, to include cadet input and receives ongoing training.

