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The WT Wool Judging Team traveled to Denver for NWSS and came home champions last January.

Team Spotlight: WT Wool Judging

Kerrigan Jensen, Multimedia Reporter March 3, 2025

West Texas A&M University is proud to be the home to a new competitive team, wool judging. Wool judging consists of grading different specimens of wool based on certain characteristics that competitors...

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Behind the Major with Gracee Roberson: Advocating for the unheard

Behind the Major with Gracee Roberson: Advocating for the unheard

Kaelin Collar, Associate Editor-in-Chief February 26, 2025

Gracee Roberson is a senior working towards a bachelor of science while majoring in animal science, specializing in pre-veterinary medicine at West Texas A&M University. Roberson is from Sherman and...

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The WT Wool Judging Team traveled to Denver for NWSS and came home champions last January.

Setting the Standard; WT’s new wool judging team takes the win

Kerrigan Jensen, Multimedia Reporter February 24, 2025

Amy Scriffiny is a freshman from Olathe, Colorado, who is studying Agricultural Media and Communication at West Texas A&M University. Scriffiny had never judged wool before attending WT, but started...

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Ask the Professor: Dr. Lance Kieth

Ask the Professor: Dr. Lance Kieth

Maddox Nite, Editor-in-Chief December 12, 2024

Dr. Lance Kieth is the associate dean of the Paul Engler College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, as well as a professor of agricultural education at West Texas A&M University. Kieth has been...

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Dr. Cassidy Kilma has joined the VERO campus. She will focus on bovine health and wants to tackle the hard questions about bovine health that have been a struggle to answer.

New bovine health specialists joins Texas A&M’s VERO campus

Carlie Rutledge, Multimedia Reporter November 21, 2024

A new faculty member is joining the Texas A&M AgriLife Research at Amarillo and the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences’s (VMBS) Veterinary Education, Research, & Outreach...

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Behind the Major with Lane Golla: Shaping the Future of Local Agribusiness

Behind the Major with Lane Golla: Shaping the Future of Local Agribusiness

Kaelin Collar, Associate Editor-in-Chief October 30, 2024

Lane Golla is a senior working towards a bachelor of science while majoring in animal science at West Texas A&M University. Golla is from New Braunfels, Texas, and is driven to inform others about...

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Students, faculty, staff, cattle industry professionals, family members, friends and business partners came to watch as bronze statue of Paul Engler was unveiled on October 11th.

Honoring Paul Engler; The Man With A Vision

Kerrigan Jensen, Multimedia Reporter October 22, 2024

A bronze statue standing seven feet tall of Paul Engler was unveiled outside the Happy State Bank Academic and Research building of the Paul Engler College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences on Oct. 11th. The...

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Beyond the 9-to-5: Sidney Dunkel

Red Tran, Video/Audio Editor October 15, 2024

Ms. Sidney Dunkel, an instructor of animal science, started teaching at West Texas A&M University in the fall of 2023. Dunkel obtained her bachelor of science from Texas Tech University in 2021 and...

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Reviving Tradition: WT’s Rough Stock program returns after a decade

Reviving Tradition: WT’s Rough Stock program returns after a decade

McKenna Murphy, Contributor October 15, 2024

In the dust and crowds of the West Texas A&M University rodeo arena, a long-lost tradition is making its return. With the leadership of the current head rodeo coach, a 2009 Buff alum named Cody Joe...

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WTAMU students participate in the 2024 Fall Gather — Mia Encinias, George Graybill, Hayden Holwick, Kaden Husband, Makenzie Norden, Jett Mizer, and Rebecca Tracy, gather around during the event with Doc.

Fall Gather unites the community with agricultural education

McKenna Murphy, Contributor October 2, 2024

Despite the less-than-ideal weather, the annual Fall Gather at West Texas A&M University saw an incredible turnout. The event, held on Sept. 21, brought together students, families, agricultural producers...

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Ask the Professor: Dr. Loni Lucherk

Ask the Professor: Dr. Loni Lucherk

Maddox Nite, Editor-in-Chief September 16, 2024

Dr. Loni Lucherk is an assistant professor of animal science at the Paul Engler College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences at West Texas A&M University. As well as a Gordon W. Davis-endowed chair...

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Buffs handle swine at Rodeo Austin

Maddox Nite April 22, 2024

West Texas A&M University’s Paul Engler College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences took 25 agriculture students to organize, plan and participate in the youth swine show at Rodeo Austin Livestock...

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