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The Prairie News

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

Marcus Rogers, Senior Staff March 10, 2022

Private investments to West Texas A&M University and its buildings have been released regularly this spring semester with the $2.5 million endowment for the Geneva Schaeffer Education Building, $5...

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Coming back to school amid COVID-19

Jonah Dietz, Senior Reporter September 18, 2020

“Your engagement in—and outside the classroom is key to the ultimate college experience,” says the official West Texas A&M University website, as it describes how its faculty are always looking...

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Illustration by Alyssa Gonzales.

The continuous struggles of a working college student

Alyssa Gonzales, Sports Editor March 9, 2020

The life of a college student may seem like a breeze to some people. You go to school, do your homework and you work as hard as you can until you’re able to walk across the stage and receive that long...

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Photo Courtesy of Career Services
Student Employment Week is a campus wide celebration of student workers at WTAMU.

WTAMU Student Employment Week 2019

Savannah Wesley, Features Editor April 17, 2019

Student Employment Week (SEW)  is a time to celebrate and acknowledge the student workers across the university for all their hard work throughout the year. Student employees are large contributors...

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Wages affect student workers

Wages affect student workers

Preston Thomas January 28, 2015

Minimum wage works out to about 12 cents a minute.   At the beginning of 2015, the minimum wage was raised in 20 states and the District of Columbia. Texas was not among them, the state’s...

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