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Page 5 • The Battalion
Voelkel gives control, direction to Corps
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The Battalion
T ho position of Corps commander de
mands a lot of time and dedication.
As Corps commander, Tyson Voelkel
helped the freshman Corps class post its
highest GPR in Corps history and sponsored
acampus-wide barbecue for the first time.
-Tyson Voelkel
In addition, he is the first Corps comman
der who is a member of the Aggie Band.
A native of the College Station area,
Voelkel has lived in many exotic places, in
cluding Africa, the Middle East and Europe.
“College Station to me was a big city,”
Voelkel said. “We’d load up our Suburban
and come to the mall, and it was the
biggest shopping thing I’d ever seen. I
loved it.”
When he was a child, Voelkel’s mother
taught him to defend his beliefs and stand
up for himself. He said this helped him de
velop his confidence and leadership skills.
Voelkel said he decided to come to A&M
for many reasons. One was a long lineage
of A&M graduates, dating back to his great
grandfather, Class of 1880.
"Since I was born here, I know College
Station,” Voelkel said. “I know A&M. De
spite all the naysaying, A&M is still the
friendliest campus you will walk on and the
most conducive to making friends and net
working. That’s why I ended up coming.”
Voelkel said that being in the Corps for
three years is bound to have some kind of
effect on people.
“The Corps has affected me in literally
thousands of ways,” he said. “It’s made me a
very experienced and educated person as far
as dealing with people, being able to be disci
plined and being able to be a decision maker.
“I think it does that for everybody in the
Corps. Everyone comes here the same, and
you make of the Corps what you want to
make of it. Just like life.”
Voelkel realized he could do a lot of good
for the Corps as commander.
“I know that by being in that position, I
could be there to help control and to sift
some of the bad stuff out,” he said. “My
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overall goal was to be here to help the
Class of ’99.
“That’s the love of my life — to take care
of those fish. The freshmen are the Corps.”
Voelkel said being Corps commander
has changed his attitude toward life.
“It has made me a more appreciative per
son,” Voelkel said. “Every day you wake up,
you should be thankful you are here. I ap
preciate my family and my loved ones more
because my time is limited with them, and I
don’t have time to throw away anymore.”
Voelkel said his position has also given him
a better appreciation of how his actions “affect
the global community, not just individuals.”
“I look at being Corps commander as a
great accomplishment,” Voelkel said. “But I
think the greatest accomplishment is being
able to just make it to where I am and con
tinue to keep up the relationships and
friends that I’ve had.
“I know when I walk away from here, I’m
not just going to have a diploma. When I
walk across that stage, I’ve got my diploma,
but I’ve got all these friends that I’ve made.
That’s an accomplishment to me in itself.”
After graduating from the Corps,
Voelkel will continue his education at A&M
to finish his industrial distribution degree.
After he graduates from A&M, Voelkel
plans to be a pilot in the U.S. Army.
Voelkel said the Corps has allowed him
to become closer to A&M traditions.
“The Corps is the single-most important
contributor to the traditions and the A&M
lifestyle,” he said. “I’m not just talking
about ‘Howdy.' I’m talking about Silver
Taps and Muster. These things are the
backbone of A&M. There’s not another
school in the world that does the things
that we do.”
Voelkel said the Corps has a unique re
lationship with A&M.
“You won’t find another person who loves
A&M more than the Corps,” he said. “We will
do anything for A&M. If we had more stu
dents come here and see [the Corps Center],
that would bo such a learning tool for so many
more people because they’d get to see what the
Corps is really about.”
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