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Graphic showing how alcohol can affect different body systems.
Alcohol Awareness: Get Informed
Brian Enevoldsen, the managing director of the WT Enterprise Center, shares information about the Enterprize challenge in his office after a recent orientation.
Local businesses compete for a share of $500,000
iPhone 8 and later iPhones will receive the iOS 16 update, bringing lock screen customization.
Apple updates product line with safety in mind
Amarillo runs on Coffee
Amarillo runs on Coffee
(Dr. James Calvi visited the Flight 93 memorial recently and is posed next to West Texas A&M Universities name at the Visitor Center Complex.
WT’s remembrance of 9/11 engraved in stone
ASO President, Victory Suobite
WTAMU’s African Students Organization president: Victory Suobite
The Multicultural Centers lounge has multiple chairs, a TV and a bar with a whiteboard for artwork or mathematical equations, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2019.
Multicultural Center brings diversity closer to the students
A decorative wall for photo shoots, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019.
Vietnamese culture night promotes international appreciation
Spanish film festival shows Devils Backbone
Spanish film festival shows Devil’s Backbone
Photo courtesy of the WTAMU Theatre Department The cast of this years production of Our Town, a small portion of the talent found in WTAMUs Fine Arts Department, featuring two of the students accepted into IPAI.
Fine arts students aim for international opportunity
Registration Deadline Sept. 22 for WT Career Fair
Canyon, Home to WT, Again Named Safest City in Texas, Rises to 21st Safest in Nation
WT Theatre Hopes to Spell Its Way to S-U-C-C-E-S-S with New Musical
WT Theatre Hopes to Spell Its Way to S-U-C-C-E-S-S with New Musical
WT Authors to Celebrate Recent Publication of Four Books
WT Homecoming: WT Through the Decades Set for Sept. 23 to Oct. 1
Andy Rivas stares at the camera.
Agriculture is Diversity
Emma Smith dancing at a Wesley party
Behind the major with Emma Smith: Faith as the driving force for life
Tearanee Lockhart (right) poses with the Black Student Union float for the 2021 Homecoming parade.
Behind the major with Tearanee’ Lockhart: Communication leads to the breaking of barriers
The Harrington Academic Hall, Amarillo Center sits on Tyler street in Downtown Amarillo as the meeting place for the Continuum of Care committee meeting location. (Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022)
Unhoused people feel the impact of WT
Katsina Cardenas. Photo provided by Katsina Cardenas
Behind the major with Katsina Cardenas: Respecting the land
Students take part in the stampede and rush the football field.
WT welcomes a new football tradition
The Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games has come to a close
The Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games has come to a close
OP/ED Sports and how it has been gendered
OP/ED Sports and how it has been gendered
WT students and Brianna Jarrett, a mix of skiers and snowboarders, throw up the Buffs hand sign after an enjoyable trip at Wolf Creek Ski area, Pagosa Springs,CO.
WT Rec Sports gives students the opportunity to try winter sports
WTAMU marked game ball
WTAMU ends football season in a win
A pedestrian oriented street offers new ways for the game sims to interact without the need for cars. The new large glass pavilion provides a third place for the sims to relax.
Cities: Skylines, get a new perspective
image by Rob Owen-Wahl from Pixabay
‘Don’t Worry Darling’ the fiasco of pop culture
iPhone 8 and later iPhones will receive the iOS 16 update, bringing lock screen customization.
Apple updates product line with safety in mind
The Song of Achilles: Fate, love and glory
‘The Song of Achilles’: Fate, love and glory
Photo from Adobe Stock
Book and movie review: ‘Redeeming Love’
Students frustrated by parking situation during football season
Students frustrated by parking situation during football season
Katelynn Kenyon reviews work at the Testing and Tutoring Services in the Classroom Center. Photo taken March 9, 2022.
WT receives millions in endowments while student workers miss out
NEMA Meeting
Wesley Fall Retreat
West Texas A&M played Texas A&M International on Tuesday March 2 at 1:00 p.m.
The Dust Devils kick where it counts
Ronny Jackson, representative for WT and Texas Congressional District 13 speaks during CPAC Texas 2022 conference at Hilton Anatole. (Aug. 6, 2022)
OP/ED WT and the support of a white supremacist, in 2022
Lemons for sale in the Canyon, TX Walmart Supercenter
Food deserts in the Panhandle area, 2005-2022
image by Rob Owen-Wahl from Pixabay
‘Don’t Worry Darling’ the fiasco of pop culture
Jon Revett, Wide Open Spaces
Faculty arts show, “how we spent our summer”
HelloFresh is an online food subscription service that sends you ingredients to your doorstep with step-by-step instructions on how to cook a meal.
Say Hello to a new Fresh way to cook
Student Press Freedom Day 2022
Student Press Freedom Day 2022
Jeffrey Williams depicted in his graduation announcements.
Op/Ed: Two years in a flash, or how I somehow earned a minor
Students live in a society where they are told more is better. With this kind of thinking, its easy to become overwhelmed.
OP/ED: Negative effects of a heavy workload
The Prairie News image
University traditions: the big ‘whoop’ and 11 others
While many social groups have become more diverse and open, there still seems to be some negative views connected to the church.
Op/Ed: Religion on campus
F1rstgen at WT: My personal experience as a first generation college student
F1rstgen at WT: My personal experience as a first generation college student
Photo display of the missing victims of the ferry attack
Three years since the Sewol-ho Ferry
Mick Jenkins
Mick Jenkins
Stuff You Should Hear Because...
Stuff You Should Hear Because…
The Rey Theory
The Rey Theory
Help in the midst of a mental health crisis
The Road of Life
The Bottom Line About Borrowing
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Registration Deadline Sept. 22 for WT Career Fair

Chip Chandler • September 23, 2022

CANYON, Texas — Employers can register by Sept. 22 for a West Texas A&M University career fair offering them access to hundreds of job-seeking students.  The annual Fall Career and Internship...

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Canyon, Home to WT, Again Named Safest City in Texas, Rises to 21st Safest in Nation

Chip Chandler • September 23, 2022

CANYON, Texas — An independent analyst has once again named Canyon, the home of West Texas A&M University, as one of the safest college towns in the country.  SafeWise, a leading online site...

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WT Theatre Hopes to Spell Its Way to S-U-C-C-E-S-S with New Musical

WT Theatre Hopes to Spell Its Way to S-U-C-C-E-S-S with New Musical

Chip Chandler • September 22, 2022

CANYON, Texas — Laundry. Restaurant. Surpass.  These are the words that still haunt the director and cast members of West Texas A&M University Theatre’s upcoming production of “The 25th Annual...

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WT Authors to Celebrate Recent Publication of Four Books

Chip Chandler • September 22, 2022

CANYON, Texas — Five West Texas A&M University faculty members will celebrate the recent publications of their books in a special event Sept. 27.  The Sybil B. Harrington College of Fine Arts...

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WT Homecoming: WT Through the Decades Set for Sept. 23 to Oct. 1

September 21, 2022

CANYON, Texas — Hundreds of Buffs spanning decades are expected to return to their old stomping grounds as West Texas A&M University celebrates Homecoming 2022.  Themed “WT Through the Decades,”...

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Prominent WT Alumni of Color to Be Honored at Homecoming Week Celebration

Chip Chandler • September 20, 2022

CANYON, Texas — West Texas A&M University will honor its diverse alumni community at its Celebration of Color during Homecoming Week.  The event, hosted by the Office for Diversity and Inclusion,...

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WT Music Professor Publishes First Modern Edition of Austrian Composer’s Sacred Works

WT Music Professor Publishes First Modern Edition of Austrian Composer’s Sacred Works

Chip Chandler • September 19, 2022

CANYON, Texas — Sacred 17th-century music by a Baroque composer is now accessible to the world, thanks to the research of a West Texas A&M University musicologist.  Dr. Kimberly Hieb, associate...

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KAMR’s Andy Justus to Host WT Alumni Association’s Phoenix Event Honoring Distinguished Alumni

KAMR’s Andy Justus to Host WT Alumni Association’s Phoenix Event Honoring Distinguished Alumni

Chip Chandler • September 16, 2022

Copy by Chip Chandler, 806-651-2124, [email protected]   CANYON, Texas — A West Texas A&M University graduate and Amarillo television mainstay will help the University celebrate its...

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Jon Mark Beilue: Being the creative messenger

Jon Mark Beilue: Being the creative messenger

Jon Mark Beilue • September 16, 2022

WT students work with Canyon on award-winning videos   It was a pretty simple and logical connecting of the dots. Randy Ray, director of broadcast engineering and associate lecturer of...

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WT’s Center for Study of American West to Highlight Forgotten Panhandle Settlers in Pair of Events

WT’s Center for Study of American West to Highlight Forgotten Panhandle Settlers in Pair of Events

Chip Chandler • September 16, 2022

Copy by Chip Chandler, 806-651-2124, [email protected]   CANYON, Texas — A Sunray native and nationally regarded scholar on Chicano studies will discuss often-overlooked settlers of...

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Hispanic Heritage Month Activities Set at WT

Hispanic Heritage Month Activities Set at WT

Chip Chandler • September 16, 2022

Copy by Chip Chandler, 806-651-2124, [email protected]   CANYON, Texas — West Texas A&M University will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a series of events through its Office...

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Administrative Changes Announced as WT’s Fall 2022 Semester Continues

Administrative Changes Announced as WT’s Fall 2022 Semester Continues

Chip Chandler • September 16, 2022

Copy by Chip Chandler, 806-651-2124, [email protected]   Dr. Lisa Garza Dr. Betty Coneway Dr. Laura Bell Dr. Kristina Drumheller Anne Medlock Michelle...

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