Texas A&M is looking for students, staff, faculty, and former students to tell their story.
Amy Smith, Senior Vice President Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, says their partnership with StoryCorps, a national oral history project based in New York City, allows people to record their stories, which are then preserved in the Library of Congress Archives.
StoryCorps is parking their Airstream trailer, which serves as a recording studio, next to the 12th Man statue on campus Tuesday, February 20 through Saturday, February 24 from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
“We are not being too prescriptive one way or another, it’s just a matter of someone having an interesting story to tell, and I believe everyone has an interesting story to tell, and how Texas A&M weighs into that story,” said Smith.
Smith said there are few time slots left this week at the StoryCorps trailer, but they are setting up two recording studios on campus, which are available by appointment, through March 20th. You can also download the StoryCorps app and record your story through it.
The temporary studio locations are on the second floor of the Clayton W. Williams, Jr. Alumni Center on a walk-in basis and the Creation Rooms at The Studio in Evans Library Annex.
“We talk about from the outside looking in you can’t understand it, and from the inside looking out, you can’t explain it, and there is a beautiful mystique to Texas A&M, but it is also a story that we need to get out and we should tell the world,” said Smith.
StoryCorps edits the recordings into stories between two and five minutes, and the stories are preserved in the Library of Congress Archives.
Click here to reserve a studio.
Click here to learn more about StoryCorps.
Click below to hear Amy Smith visiting with WTAW’s Chelsea Reber.