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Margaret Katherine "Kathy" Banks is an American academic and civil engineer. She was the 26th president of Texas A&M University from 2021 to 2023, where she was the second woman to hold that position out of 41 total presidents at the time, including her interim successor.
Jul 23, 2023 · Texas A&M University president M. Katherine Banks resigned Thursday amid controversy over the school’s failed attempt to hire a new professor to lead its journalism program.
Jul 21, 2023 · The president, M. Katherine Banks, submitted a letter of retirement late on Thursday, in which she said that the negative attention over the journalism director, Kathleen McElroy, was a...
Jul 21, 2023 · President Katherine Banks said in a resignation letter that she was retiring immediately because “negative press has become a distraction” at the nearly 70,000-student campus in College Station.
Jul 21, 2023 · Texas A&M President M. Katherine Banks has resigned in the wake of a recent, public controversy over the bungled hiring of Black journalist Kathleen McElroy. The process had led to questions...
Jul 21, 2023 · After a week of turmoil over the botched hiring of a Black journalist to revive the Texas A&M University journalism department, M. Katherine Banks has resigned as the university’s president.
Jul 21, 2023 · Katherine Banks said in a resignation letter she would retire immediately as president, because “negative press has become a distraction” at the nearly 70,000-student campus in College Station.
Jul 21, 2023 · COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - Texas A&M University President Katherine Banks is retiring immediately, according to officials with the Texas A&M University System. Chancellor John Sharp said...
Jul 21, 2023 · President Katherine Banks said she took responsibility for the "flawed hiring process" involving former New York Times editor Kathleen McElroy.
Jul 21, 2023 · Texas A&M President Katherine Banks resigns amid fallout from failed hiring of journalism professor. “The recent challenges regarding Dr. McElroy have made it clear to me that I must retire immediately,” Banks wrote in her resignation letter. “The negative press is a distraction from the wonderful work being done here.”