Walking into the Appelt Aggieland Visitor Center, guests are greeted by this colorful mural, a sleek, modern design and the masked (but still smiling) Howdy Crew.
With a newly updated space in the Rudder Tower lobby, a bright mural depicting classic Aggie iconography and an expanded video room, the visitor center has continued to safely welcome future Aggies and their families during the pandemic. While enforcing mask guidelines, consistently cleaning and social distancing, the Howdy Crew tour guides take visitors on a journey around campus and explain the traditions, values and transformational education that make Texas A&M University unique.
Director of Visitor Experience Kelli Hollinger ’02 credits the passionate Howdy Crew for the unit’s sustained success. “Our tour guides are passionate about Texas A&M and represent its broad diversity. Through their varied personal experiences, they communicate that there’s not just one Aggie story,” Hollinger said. “While it could be their 100th tour, it may be a prospective student’s one chance to learn about Aggieland. The Howdy Crew approach each tour like it’s the best one they’ve ever given.”
