CANYON, Texas — More than 100 West Texas A&M University students are expected to take part in major day of service in Amarillo and Canyon. For a second year, WT students will participate in The...

CANYON, Texas — A West Texas A&M University student string quartet will give a free recital March 26 as it continues to raise funds for its Carnegie Hall debut. The JAMS quartet in November won...

CANYON, Texas — West Texas A&M University President Walter V. Wendler will speak to Permian Basin-area Buffs at an upcoming event for the WT Alumni Association. Wendler will speak at 6 p.m. March...

CANYON, Texas — Joe Hoot was a young man who’d stop and hold the door for anyone, even when the line would ceaselessly keep streaming in. Who’d give the sweatshirt off his back to an acquaintance...

CANYON, Texas — A unsung American poet with the ability to balance beauty and brutality will be in the spotlight for the March edition of West Texas A&M University’s Great Books series. Dr....

CANYON, Texas — A senior West Texas A&M University student placed second in a research conference for students across The Texas A&M University System. Five other WT students also participated...

CANYON, Texas — The growth of West Texas A&M University’s Department of Nursing and its expanding focus on rural healthcare are in the spotlight in the latest episode of WT’s student-run podcast. Nursing...

CANYON, Texas — An engaged student is behind a significant addition to West Texas A&M University’s online presence. Allan Baltazar, a senior criminal justice and psychology major from Houston,...

CANYON, Texas — Two West Texas A&M University Attebury Honors students will present their research into religion and healthcare at an upcoming regional conference.  Madelyn Eatley, a senior political...

CANYON, Texas — West Texas A&M University students next fall will join a global effort to find new antibiotics as part of an innovative way of teaching microbiology.  WT has joined the teaching...

CANYON, Texas — West Texas A&M University students swept virtually all collegiate-level categories in the 2023 American Advertising Awards. WT students in the Sybil B. Harrington College of Fine...

CANYON, Texas — A panel of Black alumni of West Texas A&M University will take part in the latest installment of the Courageous Conversation series for WT’s Office for Diversity and Inclusion. The...

CANYON, Texas — The leader of Kids, Incorporated of Amarillo discusses his deep ties to West Texas A&M University in the latest episode of WT’s student-run podcast. Jimmy R. Lackey Jimmy...

CANYON, Texas — An acclaimed conductor and rising star pianist, both from South Korea, will team with the West Texas A&M University Symphony Orchestra for its next concert. Dongin Youn Jiyeon...

CANYON, Texas — There once were some students from Canyon /  Who wrote some bad poems with no scansion /  They read them aloud /  To a rowdy crowd /  Who begged, “Your writing? Please...

CANYON, Texas — The West Texas A&M University Concert Band will give a performance brimming with vigor in its upcoming winter concert. The performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. March 5 in Mary Moody...

CANYON, Texas — West Texas A&M University’s education graduate programs are among the best in the nation, according to newly released rankings from a national analyst.  OnlineMastersDegrees.org...

CANYON, Texas — A new minor at West Texas A&M University will help train students to be the voice behind the industry that feeds the world. Beginning in Fall 2023, the Department of Agricultural...

CANYON, Texas — The director of the Center for the Study of the American West at West Texas A&M University is about to go as far west as possible in the United States. Dr. Alex Hunt, CSAW director...

CANYON, Texas — A prizewinning musician will open the 2023 Grace Hamilton Piano Festival at West Texas A&M University. Hsiang Tu—a prizewinner at the New Orleans International Piano Competition,...

CANYON, Texas — A West Texas A&M University student will spend a semester studying at one of the most prestigious universities in South Korea thanks to a generous scholarship from the U.S. Department...

CANYON, Texas — For the first time in more than 10 years, West Texas A&M University has a newly established school, following a $3 million gift from Amarillo National Bank—the largest gift in the...

CANYON, Texas — West Texas A&M University will aggressively try to counter any offer potential students get from other schools, under the terms of a new program announced Feb. 12 by WT President...

CANYON, Texas — A group of West Texas A&M University students are actively battling disinformation as part of a national competition. Students in the University’s Department of Communication...

ANYON, Texas—From K-pop to Mexican cinema, West Texas A&M University’s Distinguished Lecture Series will present a global lineup of seven events this spring, including the internationally acclaimed...

‘I Am WT’ Podcast Highlights Current Magister Optimus, Enyonam Osei-Hwere CANYON, Texas — West Texas A&M University’s top professor for 2022-23 is in the spotlight in the newest episode...

CANYON, Texas — Teachers from Amarillo, Canyon and Groom will be celebrated as the region’s best multilingual instructors by West Texas A&M University and the Panhandle Language Teachers Association. Recipients...

CANYON, Texas — A segment of a Danish philosopher’s treatise on human existence with a regionally resonant title will be featured in the February installment of West Texas A&M University’s Great...

CANYON, Texas — West Texas A&M University’s Grammy Award-nominated Harrington String Quartet is renowned for making beautiful music. Now, they’re seeing if those dulcet tones can also help make...

CANYON, Texas — Hundreds of West Texas A&M University students will meet with dozens of employers at the annual Career and Internship Expo on Feb. 9. The expo, which will run from 10 a.m. to 2...

CANYON, Texas — West Texas A&M University showed year-over-year growth in key metrics of student enrollment in new data released today. The freshman class grew nearly 3 percent over spring 2022...

CANYON, Texas — The Paul & Virginia Engler College of Business at West Texas A&M University is one of the best business schools in the nation, according to newly released rankings from The Princeton...

PAMPA, Texas — A $1.5 million endowment will cover tuition costs for four years at West Texas A&M University for Pampa and White Deer students, thanks to a recent gift by a Pampa man in memory of...

CANYON, Texas — In West Texas A&M University Theatre’s next production, the murderous musical “Sweeney Todd,” everyone from the not-so-blameless victims to the homicidal titular character himself...

CANYON, Texas — The West Texas A&M University Symphonic Band is one of only nine university bands to be invited to perform at this year’s College Band Directors National Association convention. The...

CANYON, Texas —West Texas A&M University professors are leading a new study of how to promote learning for multilingual students through a research partnership with Eastridge Elementary School in...

CANYON, Texas — West Texas A&M University will commemorate Black History Month by celebrating heroes and pointing the way forward for diverse students. WT’s Office for Diversity and Inclusion...

WT AmeriCorps Members to Deliver Books, Serve in Schools for World Read Aloud Day CANYON, Texas — West Texas A&M University AmeriCorps members will celebrate World Read Aloud Day on Feb. 1 with...

CANYON, Texas — The West Texas A&M University Police Department announces the promotions of two officers and a civilian employee. Plus, the University’s Office of Civil Rights and Title IX has...

CANYON, Texas — West Texas A&M University’s chief diversity and inclusion officer is the recipient of a prestigious national award from the Not Alone Foundation. Angela Allen, who has headed...

CANYON, Texas — A former West Texas A&M University student who founded an art museum in Plainview will be featured in a new exhibition at WT. Kelly Alison’s “Get Behind the Mule,” featuring...

CANYON, Texas — West Texas A&M University offers the No. 1 online bachelor’s programs for veterans and the No. 3 online MBA program for veterans in Texas, according to recently released rankings...

CANYON, Texas — The 2022 winner of a major award from West Texas A&M University’s Center for the Study of the American West will discuss the region’s ongoing water crisis in a special Jan. 30...

CANYON, Texas — West Texas A&M University’s online undergraduate program is No. 2 in Texas and tied for No. 30 in the country, according to newly released 2023 rankings from U.S. News & World...

CANYON, Texas — Professors in West Texas A&M University’s School of Music will take the stage Jan. 27 to demonstrate to current and future students, among others, that they practice what they preach. The...

    CANYON, Texas — Not everything is bigger in Texas. A West Texas A&M University student traveled to the world’s tallest building in her successful effort to win the University’s...

CANYON, Texas — The final tally is 962 graduates for West Texas A&M University’s Class of December 2022. Overall, the University awarded 655 baccalaureate degrees, 290 master’s degrees and...

CANYON, Texas — Warm greetings, warm clothes and warm food will greet West Texas A&M University students when they return for the spring 2023 semester. When classes resume Jan. 17, new and returning...

CANYON, Texas — When West Texas A&M University students begin classes Jan. 17 for the spring semester, many will take part in a pilot program designed to better help them reach their full potential. The...

CANYON, Texas — West Texas A&M University’s Agronomy Club is entering 2023 as the top club in the country. The club recently won National Club of the Year after entering the President’s Trophy...

This article appears in the Winter 2022 edition of The West Texan. Click the image to read the full issue. Every day, students, faculty and staff across West Texas A&M University are searching...

Cole’s estate planning will have long-range impact This article appears in the Winter 2022 edition of The West Texan. Click the image to read the full issue. To pay his way through college, Dr....

Tom Musser honored for long-term WT giving This article appears in the Winter 2022 edition of The West Texan. Click the image to read the full issue. Those who know Thomas Musser ’80 know he’s...

This article appears in the Winter 2022 edition of The West Texan. Click the image to read the full issue. West Texas A&M University alumni can make direct impacts on students’ lives through...

CANYON, Texas — A major gift from a former president of West Texas A&M University and his wife will allow the University to significantly expand its foothold in pre-veterinary education and animal...

CANYON, Texas — Professors from two Colleges at West Texas A&M University recently won a major national grant to study a project that can recycle gin waste and potentially reduce the amount of water...

CANYON, Texas — Registration is open now for New Student Orientation sessions for West Texas A&M University students for the 2023-24 academic year. Incoming freshmen can sign up for eight different...

CANYON, Texas — More than 50 West Texas A&M University students will take part in a special pre-commencement ceremony Dec. 9. The Donning of the Stoles ceremony — a tradition among African...

CANYON, Texas — Thirty West Texas A&M University students received an early Christmas gift when they were surprised with scholarships from Education Credit Union. The students took part in WT’s...

CANYON, Texas — The reward has been doubled for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for damage to a West Texas A&M University sculpture. The WT Police Department is seeking...

Students from the Attebury Honors Program celebrated their accomplishments and saluted their advisers during the reception in Legacy Hall on WT’s Canyon campus. “In addition to the regular rigor...

CANYON, Texas — Faithful Buffs can now wear their pride on their bumper. The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles is now offering WT-branded plates for in-state passenger vehicles. The plates, which...

CANYON, Texas — The West Texas A&M University Police Department is seeking tips to help locate suspects in an on-campus act of vandalism. Around Oct. 30, the newly installed bronze sculpture of...

ANYON, Texas — West Texas A&M University alumni from the top of Texas are sought for a special gathering in Pampa. The WT Alumni Association will host a dinner at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 8 at The Coffee...

CANYON, Texas — The holiday season at West Texas A&M University officially will open Dec. 1 with the annual Festival of Lights. The event—which will feature the official lighting of WT’s Christmas...

CANYON, Texas — More than a thousand students will officially receive their diplomas in West Texas A&M University’s Dec. 10 commencement ceremonies. Students from the Paul Engler College of...

CANYON, Texas — The West Texas A&M University Concert and Symphonic Bands will be featured in back-to-back concert nights. The WT Concert Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30, and the WT Symphonic...

CANYON, Texas — The region’s most-anticipated holiday concert returns Dec. 4 when the West Texas A&M University Symphony Orchestra presents its 2022 edition of “Music of the Christmas Season.” Free...

West Texas A&M University alumni are helping young people in one Panhandle town rocket to success. Photo: This article originally appeared in the Spring '22 issue of The West Texan. Click the image...

At first,  Randall Boles ’74 wasn’t sure he wanted a baby brother. “I was the baby in family until he came along 11 years later and spoiled my whole deal of being the favorite,” Boles said. Photo:...

Photo:This article originally appeared in the Spring '22 issue of The West Texan. Click the image to read the entire issue. “When I heard they were closing it, I was just praying they wouldn’t...

After successfully founding a Texas nonprofit dedicated to ensuring equal access for people with disabilities,  Regina Blye ’01 has taken her mission to a national level. Photo: This article originally...

CANYON, Texas — Five undergraduate art students at West Texas A&M University will be featured in a wide-ranging new exhibition opening Dec. 1. “This Heart Is the Best of Me” will feature works...

CANYON, Texas — A West Texas A&M University student string quartet will make its Carnegie Hall debut in the spring. The JAMS Quartet recently won the collegiate strings category of the American...

CANYON, Texas — The West Texas A&M University percussion ensemble will offer musical selections stretching from day to night in its upcoming fall concert. The concert is set for 7:30 p.m. Nov....

Renee Padilla, a junior animal science major from Hereford, is the 2022 WT Intern of the Year for his internship with Cargill.

CANYON, Texas—Actress, playwright and educator Anna Deveare Smith will headline West Texas A&M University’s Distinguished Lecture Series annual spring event. Smith will speak at 7 p.m. April...

CANYON, Texas — Two West Texas A&M University agricultural science professors were the lead editors for a new review of research into liver abscesses in cattle for a major national veterinary medicine...

CANYON, Texas — West Texas A&M University nursing students will learn what it’s like to live on the razor’s edge of poverty during a morning-long exercise Nov. 16. Senior nursing students...

CANYON, Texas — The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents on Nov. 10 approved two major infrastructure projects at West Texas A&M University. During the regents’ Nov. 10 meeting,...

CANYON, Texas — The West Texas A&M University horse judging team won two championships at recent competitions. The team took top honors at the National Reining Championship on Nov. 2 and 3 and...

CANYON, Texas — Six student dancers at West Texas A&M University will explore fractured relationships, harrowing addictions and the joy of discovering oneself in works they choreographed for an upcoming...

CANYON, Texas — Ongoing research conducted by a West Texas A&M University team into how climate change can be measured recently won a $150,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. The grant...

CANYON, Texas — Twenty West Texas A&M University students soon will depart on a trip that will change not only their lives, but also the lives of children and families an ocean away. Students...

CANYON, Texas — An organization potentially representing about half of West Texas A&M University’s student population recruit new members and celebrate its accomplishments during F1RSTGEN Week. Tying...

CANYON, Texas — West Texas A&M University’s soil judging team placed second and qualified for nationals for the first time at a recent competition. Alex Kuehler, a senior plant, soil and environmental...

CANYON, Texas — An upcoming West Texas A&M University opera production may be set in an infernal realm, but it’s meant to show students—and audiences—that there’s nothing to fear in tackling...

CANYON, Texas — A West Texas A&M University student who pioneered a small innovation that could have a multimillion-dollar impact in the beef processing industry will be honored as the University’s...

CANYON, Texas — A world-renowned opera star will give a recital at West Texas A&M University while the University hosts a regional conference. Greer Grimsley, a bass-baritone who’s one of the...

CANYON, Texas — A classic tale with a confounding ending will butterfly back into the spotlight for the November edition of West Texas A&M University’s Great Books series. Dr. Eric Meljac,...

Copy by Chip Chandler, 806-651-2124, [email protected]   CANYON, Texas — Ten nurses educated at West Texas A&M University—including the current head of the WT Department of Nursing—will...

Copy by Chip Chandler, 806-651-2124, [email protected]   CANYON, Texas — West Texas A&M University will salute the U.S. military in an array of Veterans Week events from Nov. 5 to 11. Commemorations...

CANYON, Texas — After careers as a working actress and a teacher of English, speech, theater and art, West Texas A&M University graduate student Marcia Tippit knows a thing or two about long voyages. “Life...

CANYON, Texas — Secret codes hidden in works by three major composers will be unlocked during a special Harrington String Quartet concert event.  All three concerts in HSQ’s “Synergy in G”...

CANYON, Texas — A recent West Texas A&M University graduate will present groundbreaking research into methods to more closely analyze a crucial feature of the Texas Panhandle ecosystem — playa...

West Texas A&M University President Walter V. Wendler, left, congratulates the 2022 WT Family of the Year — sophomore Jose Trejo, second from left, and his parents Sara and Francisco Trejo of Gruver.

CANYON, Texas — West Texas A&M University alumni will help feed homeless people during a Nov. 3 volunteer night. The Serve with the Herd event will allow Buffs to serve dinner to clients at Faith...

Copy by Chip Chandler, 806-651-2124, [email protected]   CANYON, Texas — A horrific hate crime is examined in a staged version of a true-crime docuseries in West Texas A&M University...

Copy by Chip Chandler, 806-651-2124, [email protected]   CANYON, Texas — A record-breaking ensemble will perform in the West Texas A&M University Symphony Orchestra’s next concert. Nearly...