December 7, 2020
COVID-19 UPDATE
For the most up to date information from West Texas A&M University and the Texas A&M University System about COVID-19, visit the University's COVID-19 Information Page.
Details for December 2020 Commencement Ceremony
The December 2020 Commencement Ceremony will be available in a virtual format.
The virtual commencement page — wtamu.edu/academics/graduation/virtual-commencement.html — will go live at 10 a.m. Dec. 12 and will remain online through Jan. 4 so families can watch any time over the Christmas holidays to celebrate with their graduates. Additionally, the ceremony will air at 3 p.m. Dec. 12 on NewsChannel 10 Too (digital channel 10.2, Suddenlink channel 6) and at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 12 on NewsChannel 10 (digital channel 10.1, Suddenlink channel 12). In addition to an official commencement address from WT President Dr. Walter Wendler, the virtual ceremony also will include video remarks from The Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp, TAMUS Board of Regents President Elaine Mendoza and WT’s academic deans, among others.
Graduates, please consider participating in the virtual commencement ceremony!
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Students Awarded Scholarships from new Presidential Initiative
Jessica Williams, a senior double majoring in Wildlife Biology and Broadcast Journalism from Merkel and Katie McCallie, a junior Wildlife Biology major from Flagstaff, AZ were amongst the first winners of the President's Earn and Learn Scholarship.
2020-2021 Ranch Horse Team
gears up for Spring
Back Row, L-R: Dr. Lance Baker, Coach; Bryson Bassinger, So. Animal Science, Sanger; Jadin Vogler, Jr. Equine Industry and Business, Firth, NE;
Ilda Corrales, Fr. Animal Science, Dimmitt; Aleathia Rakowitz, So. Equine Industry and Business, Alvin; Wyatt Dushay. Sr. Bachelor of Applied Arts and Science, Ft. Stockton.
Front Row, L-R Lauren Waymire, Sr. Equine and Industry Business, Douglas County, CO; Tess Gore, Jr. Ag. Media & Communications, Crawford, CO;
Lacy Grace Petty, Sr. Ag. Media & Communication, Adrian;
Michaela Corn, Sr. Marketing, Carlsbad, NM.
This Spring, the Ranch Horse Team will be competing in the D1 Collegiate Division at the Stock Horse of Texas shows. Competitions will take place on March 5-7 in Bryan College Station; April 9-11 in Lubbock at Texas Tech University; and at the National Ranch and Stock Horse Alliance Collegiate Championships April 23-25 in Lubbock.
“One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.”
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.