COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KRHD) — Hundreds of Texas A&M University students gathered Friday to say goodbye to President Mark Welsh on his final day leading the university.

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Students assembled outside the administration building on campus to give Welsh a sendoff just hours before his tenure as president ended at 5 p.m.

"I'm grateful we had so many students here, so grateful that we were able to wish him well," said Carter Mallory, student body president at Texas A&M University.

Tyler Dupnick

It was a bittersweet Friday for Aggies saying goodbye to their leader.

"He shows up for us and he embodies the Aggie core values, even though he's not an Aggie himself, he definitely is the true exa

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