Facilities | Agriculture and Natural Sciences Building  A thorough renovation of the Agriculture and Natural Sciences Building was completed in 2007, with the inclusion of "smart classrooms" and updated laboratories. Home to the Department of Agricultural Sciences and the Department of Life Earth and Environmental Sciences, the three-story building is situated on the corner of Fourth Avenue and 26th Street. The building’s most attractive interior feature is the center atrium lobby, a favorite between-classes stop. The atrium is surrounded by 13 classrooms, 41 labs and 47 faculty offices. Campus Map | Alternative Energy Institute and Wind Energy Test Center  The Alternative Energy Institute is recognized both nationally and internationally for its expertise in the collection and analysis of wind data and wind characteristics. AEI is the major information resource on wind energy for the state of Texas.
Also located at the test center is a renewable energy building with passive and active heating, solar hot water, daylighting, night flushing in the summer and electricity.
Campus Map | Alumni Banquet Facility  The Alumni Banquet Facility, formerly the South Dining Hall, was expanded and renovated by the Alumni Association to gain a more permanent presence on campus. The facility houses the Dr. Hazel Kelley Wilson Banquet Hall, the Buffalo Room and Isley Terrace for dinners, dances and formal occasions. Campus Map | Auxiliary Physical Education Building  The Auxiliary Physical Education Building houses the locker room for
both the Buffalo football and baseball teams, who practice nearby. The
building also features a full service athletic training facility and
equipment room. Campus Map | Buff Hall  West Texas A&M’s newest residence hall is Buff Hall. The facility features “super suites” for 176 upperclassmen. Each suite has a common living area, a mini-kitchen equipped with a full-size refrigerator, and four private bedrooms and two baths. Each bedroom offers Internet and cable-TV access. The hall also has laundry facilities, group study room, multimedia room, full kitchen and wireless Internet. Juniors, seniors and graduate students will have priority in reserving space at the facility.
Campus Map | Buffalo Courts Alumni Center  Buffalo Courts has been home to the WTAMU Alumni Association for several years, but the rock and limestone structure first served as a dormitory for WT athletes.
In the early 1930’s, WT Coach Al Baggett and Canyon Mayor C.H. Jarrett, pharmacist and president of the Canyon Athletics Clubs, came up with the idea for an athletic dormitory. Funds were raised and student athletes were hired to help build the facility. Construction began in 1934 and Buffalo Courts opened in 1935 as the state’s first dormitory for athletes.
The 2-story recreational hall is the only part of the original structure still standing. A major renovation in the 1980s made it a beautiful, historic home for the Alumni Association. The Randall County Historical Commission dedicated an official state historical marker at the facility in October 2007. Campus Map | Classroom Center  The newly renovated Classroom Center has undergone a complete transformation, giving WTAMU students access to the most up-to-date educational possibilities. Each of the more than 40 classrooms is equipped with smart-classroom technology making certain of an exciting intellectual environment where students will realize a true piece of sophisticated University learning.
Inside the Classroom Center is the core of student resources, the Student Success Center (SSC), where students can go for everything from advising to tutoring. Offices located in the SSC include the STARR Center, Student Employment Services, Career Services, Counseling Services, Educational Services, First-Year Experience, Life Services, Nationally Competitive Scholarships, Student Support Services, Student Disability Services, Study Abroad, Transfer Center and the Writing Lab. Campus Map | Computer Center  The computer center is the central hub for information technology staff, their offices and daily operations. The computer center does not facilitate computers for the use of students. Students can find open access computer use in the Hastings Electronic Learning Center in the basement of the Cornette Library. Campus Map | Conner Hall  Conner Hall is home to University honors students. It is a coed hall and offers 47 private rooms available only to students participating in the Attebury Honors Program. Each private room offers cable and ethernet connections, carpeting and built-in furniture. Students congregate in the air-conditioned lobby to visit or watch the big screen television. Laundry facilities are available. Campus Map | Cornette Library and Hastings Electronic Learning Center (HELC)  Spacious 100,000-square-foot Cornette Library is located in the center of campus and serves as cultural and intellectual resource for both the University community and surrounding region. The Hastings Electronic Learning Center (HELC) is in the library’s basement and contains more than 375 computers loaded with the latest software.
The library proper has approximately 350,000 and bound periodicals and 650,000 government documents. It is a depository for both the U.S. and Texas documents. A well-stocked coffee shop was installed on the library’s first floor in 2007.
The HELC is open 24 hours a day and contains an open-access computer lab, five computer classrooms, two compressed video classrooms, a compressed video conference room, instructional support areas, offices and lounges. Several courses are taught in the HELC like CIS, art, music, science and physics. It also hosts media services and training opportunities.
Campus Map | Cousins Hall .jpg) Cousins Hall, named after the University’s first president, is considered the most historical residence hall at West Texas A&M University. It is the first dormitory built by the state of Texas on the campus of a teacher’s college. It retains its early charm as the only hall with its own ballroom. It also features a grand piano, private wings, ping pong and pool tables, big screen television, carpeted rooms and laundry facilities. It is a card-access hall and offers cable and internet access for its female residents.
Campus Map | Cross Hall  Cross Hall is an air-conditioned, high-rise unit for female students. The card-access hall offers residents the convenience of elevators, carpeted rooms and cable and ethernet connections. The hall features individual floor lobbies, floor balconies and a main lobby with ping pong and pool tables. Laundry facilities and a community kitchen also are available. Campus Map | Dining Hall "The Caf"  The Dining Hall, more commonly known as The Caf, might possibly be the most popular building on campus. The 700-seat circular facility is the place for everything from pancakes and cultural favorites to fat-free, sodium-free entres and hamburgers. Plus, there’s a dessert station for those with a sweet tooth. Meals are prepared and served by ARAMARK. The Dining Hall also houses smaller, more intimate rooms for meetings and banquets. Campus Map | Engineering Building and Bivins Nursing Learning Center  The Engineering Building is home to both the Department of Engineering and Computer Science and the Bivins Nursing Learning Center, a nursing lab where students utilize advance, high-tech equipment in a hospital-like setting. The building also contains the University Meat Lab.
The engineering program has more than 10,000 square feet of space and houses a computer teaching lab, a computer access lab, an electronics lab and a machine shop. Other labs include a thermal and fluids teaching lab and a material science research and teaching lab.
The 9,000-square-foot Bivins Nursing Learning Center is located in the central portion of the Engineering Building and features an acute care simulation lab, a primary care lab, an audio visual lab and a testing lab.
Students of agriculture use the northernmost portion of the building, the Meat Lab, to study and produce fine cuts of meat produced at the University’s Nance Ranch. Much of it is for sale. Campus Map | Fieldhouse "The Box"  Affectionately known as “The Box,” the WTAMU Fieldhouse is home to the Lady Buffs volleyball program, and three Division II national championship banners attest that it has been a very good home, indeed. The Fieldhouse is renowned for the close proximity of the fans to both the playing surface and the player benches.
Over the years (prior to construction of the First United Bank Center) the box was a venue for numerous performances by entertainers with household names—Steve Martin, John Denver, Willie Nelson, George Strait, Crystal Gale and Tina Turner, just to name a few.
Campus Map | First United Bank Center  Bill Cosby, Willie Nelson, Pat Green, Cross Canadian Ragweed and superstars of World Wrestling Entertainment are just some of the headliners who have performed at the First United Bank Center.
Home to Buff and Lady Buff basketball, the facility has seating for 5,000 and a scoreboard with a large video screen.
Used for WTAMU commencement exercises and a host of other public events—high school playoff games, conventions, freshmen convocation—The First United Bank Center first opened its doors Jan. 26, 2002.
Campus Map | Greenhouse  The WTAMU greenhouse complex, located on the north side of campus, provides research opportunities and hands-on experience for students of plant science. Campus Map | Guenther Hall  Guenther Hall is an air-conditioned, 12-unit hall for WTAMU’s male students. The hall, built around a shady courtyard, offers its residents extra long twin mattresses, built-in furniture and carpeted floors. Cable and ethernet connections are available along with laundry and kitchen facilities, foosball and pool tables and a big screen television.
Campus Map | Horse Center .jpg) Students can stable their horses at the WTAMU Horse Center, home to the highly competitive women’s equestrian team. The Horse Center is situated on an 80-acre spread just north of campus and features a 200’ x 105’ indoor arena, two lighted outdoor arenas, a round pen and a Hitchcock pen. Horses graze in adjacent pastures laced with shade trees and the historic Tierra Blanca Creek.
Location provides easy access to I-27, and parking is plentiful.
Those without their own horses have access to the West Texas A&M University herd featuring about 50 horses stabled at the Horse Center. Campus Map | Hudspeth Hall  Hudspeth Hall, built in 1960, served as a womens' dorm. Hudspeth Hall is presently not in use. Campus Map | Jack B. Kelley Student Center .jpg) The Jack B. Kelley Student Center, affectionately called the JBK, is the center of student activity at WTAMU. Whether it’s food, fun or even a job, it can be found at the JBK. Students can drop by between classes for a hot cup of coffee or a quick bite to eat or just settle down for some good study time or to watch a favorite television show. The JBK houses the University Bookstore, post office, food court, and coffee shop along with study lounges, meeting and conference rooms. It’s also a one-stop student service center with offices for student affairs, student government, student activities and the Gold Card Office. Campus Map | Jarrett Hall  Jarrett Hall, a coed facility, is one of the largest residence halls on campus. It is comprised of 24 units built around a divided courtyard. The rooms offer carpeting and cable and ethernet connections. The air-conditioned lobby features a big screen television and foosball, ping pong and pool tables. Laundry facilities are available. The hall also provides accommodations for students with disabilities.
Campus Map | Jones Hall  Jones Hall is the high-rise, air-conditioned residence hall for men. The hall offers its residents easy access to the Virgil Henson Activities Center. The card-access hall features elevators, a television room and accommodations for students with disabilities. Rooms are carpeted and cable and ethernet connections are provided. Campus Map | Joseph A. Hill Memorial Chapel  The Joseph A. Hill Memorial Chapel is named after the University’s second president and stands as a testament to Dr. Hill’s determination to provide a place for student mediation and reflection. “Its very presence on the campus would be a message of faith in Deity, and would suggest comradeship between education and spiritual values,” he said.
The chapel’s first cornerstone was laid June 9, 1950, and dedicated in a special ceremony on Oct. 21, 1950. The red sandstone building with stained glass windows and country steeple changed the landscape of the campus and provided a place for student prayer, Bible studies, meetings and inductions, memorials, worship services and weddings. Carillon bells ring daily from the refurbished building. It remains Texas’ only privately funded chapel located on state university property. Campus Map | Killgore Research Center  Home to the Graduate School, Killgore Research Center is the focal point for ever-expanding student and faculty research at West Texas A&M University. The internationally recognized Alternative Energy Institute is housed in the center, along with the Department of Agricultural Sciences Odor Lab and the University’s Beef Carcass Research Center. Campus Map | Kimbrough Memorial Stadium  The second-largest stadium in NCAA Division II, Kimbrough Memorial Stadium has a seating capacity of 20,000, which isn’t always enough. A Lone Star Conference record 23,276 fans packed the stadium for the homecoming game Oct. 13, 2007, a victory that helped propel the Buffs football team to a perfect 11-0 regular-season record.
The University’s live buffalo mascot, escorted by the Herdsmen, leads the Buffs out onto the field before each game.
The stadium features a synthetic, all-weather playing surface, and the scoreboard is equipped with a Daktronics ProStar high-definition large video screen, an updated version of the Sony JumboTron.
Besides WTAMU football, the stadium is used for high school football and soccer games and band competitions. Campus Map | Mary Moody Northen Hall  Mary Moody Northen Hall was built in the 1970s to accommodate the University’s increasing number of fine arts students, and today the facility boasts even more space with its Northen Hall Addition.
The new addition, completed in 2006, offers fine arts students a new band/orchestra rehearsal hall, percussion studio, music studios, practice rooms, offices and easy access ramps to the Northen Recital Hall stage.
The original building houses music studios, two dance studios, a public art gallery, the 572-seat Northen Recital Hall and more than 50 art and art-related studios, computer labs, classrooms, offices along with an atrium for receptions and special events. Campus Map | Nance Ranch  The Nance Ranch maintains approximately 475 acres of cultivated land which is in two roughly equal fields. All farming is strictly dryland, as there is no irrigation water available at the Ranch. The farming operation acts as a working laboratory for the Dryland Agriculture Institute and the Integrated Pest Management program, and provides numerous research and teaching opportunities for faculty and students. Campus Map | Old Fine Arts Building  The Old Fine Arts Building is the temporary home of all the offices displaced by the ongoing renovation of the Classroom Center. That includes all the departments within the College of Business, the Department of English, Philosophy and Modern Languages and the Department of Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics.
The Old Fine Arts Building was vacated in October 2006 upon completion of the new Sybil B. Harrington Fine Arts Complex. When it is no longer needed as a temporary refuge, the Old Fine Arts Building will be dismantled and replaced by a parking lot.
Campus Map | Old Main  Old Main, the oldest building at West Texas A&M University, remains as much as an integral part of the campus scene as it did when it first opened in 1916. The four-level structure houses numerous administrative offices including the University president as well as classrooms, laboratories and learning resource centers. Offices for enrollment management and personnel also are located in Old Main along with the College of Education and Social Sciences and the Department of Nursing.
Even though the building is nearing it’s 100th anniversary, it retains the same early-century charm that prompted onlookers in 1916 to declare Old Main “the greatest building in Texas, the Capitol only excepted.” Campus Map | Old Student Union Building "Old SUB"  Once a haven for student activities, the “Old Student Union” is a name that better describes the building’s historic use. Today, though the name stuck, this facility is home to the University Police Department and its Parking Services, the International Student Office and the Office of Continuing Education.
The north portion of the building is home to a weight room used by West Texas A&M University student athletes.
Campus Map | Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum  Visitors are amazed at all the things that can be seen under one roof at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum. This is the largest history museum in Texas with a collection of more than three million artifacts. Twenty-two different galleries take visitors back in time through art, history, archeology, paleontology, petroleum, transportation and textiles. The museum’s collection of Texas art is considered one of the best in the state. Campus Map | Physical Plant Complex  The Office of the Physical Plant employs approximately 124 people for building maintenance, custodial service and grounds keeping. The Physical Plant services 2,300,000 square feet of building space and 114 acres of landscape. Campus Map | Power Plant  The Power Plant north of Cornette Library keeps University buildings comfortably warm no matter what the weather is like outside. Five boilers generate steam that runs through tunnels to most campus buildings. The Power Plant is manned around the clock. Campus Map | President's Home  The President’s Home, built in 1986, is located just north of the Virgil Henson Activities Center. The house is much more than just a home for the first family—it’s also a place for meeting and entertaining. The home’s tri-level design features a designated area on the first floor for public entertaining. The O’Brien’s graciously open their home to students and others for dinners and social activities throughout the year. Campus Map | Residential Living  The Office of Residential Living maintains the University’s nine residence halls which house approximately 1,200 undergraduate and graduate students each year. Each hall has its own unique appeal for a “home away from home” to meet each student’s personality, living style and location preference. The Office of Residential Living strives to create an atmosphere that promotes academic success, personal growth and social awareness for each of its hall residents. Campus Map | Rodeo Arena  The West Texas A&M University rodeo arena is just south of Kimbrough Memorial Stadium. It is home to the men's and women's rodeo teams, which compete in the highly competitive Southwest Region of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. The men's team captured a national championship in 2005 Campus Map | Shirley Hall  Students living in Shirley Hall have easy access to the University’s Dining Hall, Cornette Library and Virgil Henson Activities Center. The female residence hall features 12 air-conditioned units arranged around an attractive courtyard. Three additional units house the Greek Social Sororities. Shirley is a card-access hall with spacious study areas, a big screen television, community kitchen and laundry facilities. Residents also enjoy cable access and ethernet connections in each room.
Campus Map | Stafford Hall  Stafford Hall is a two-story residence hall for female students at West Texas A&M University. It offers residents both cable and modern internet access in each room. The hall features an air-conditioned lobby, big screen television, piano, pool table, community kitchen and laundry facilities. Campus Map | Stanley Schaeffer Agriculture Education Learning Lab  Built and christened in 2007, the Stanley Schaeffer Agriculture Learning Laboratory is tooled for ag mechanics and home to the University’s Agriculture Education Program. This pre-engineered metal building, northeast of campus, has approximately 10,000 square feet of mechanical laboratory space and plenty of equipment that students use in preparation for teaching careers in agriculture. Campus Map | Sybil B. Harrington Fine Arts Complex  TThe Sybil B. Harrington Fine Arts Complex opened in August 2006 as WTAMU’s first new academic building in 30 years. The building features smart classroom technology to actively engage students in the learning process. Other special features include state-of-the-art radio and television studios, a 304-seat Branding Iron Theatre, the Happy State Bank Studio black box theatre, an acting studio, recital hall, music studios and choir rehearsal rooms. The Sybil B. Harrington Fine Arts Complex is home to the Department of Music, the Department of Art, Theatre and Dance and the Department of Communication. Campus Map | Virgil Henson Activities Center  Although the Department of Sports and Exercise Science and a number of student service operations (medical and wellness services) are housed in the Activities Center, the facility is, for the most part, a recreational haven. Originally built in 1970, the Activities Center accommodates an indoor swimming pool, an eight-lane bowling alley, weight room, racquetball/handball courts, game room, TV lounges and a couple of all-purpose rooms, including one large enough to attract eight pick-up teams to its four regulation-size basketball courts. The Activities Center is also home to Kids Kollege, the University's child-care center. Campus Map | |
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