 ETSU's main campus in Commerce was one of three institutions to join TAMUS that year, along with its branch campus in Texarkana (renamed Texas A&M University–Texarkana) and Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas.In 2012, then-President Dan R. Jones credited joining TAMUS with accelerating the growth and beautification of the A&M–Commerce campus.In 1998, graduate school dean Keith D. McFarland was named the 10th president in the history of A&M–Commerce.