College of Business Press Releases

• 12-18-25: WT News & Notes | December 2025
• 12-09-25: Amarillo Enterprize Challenge Launches with Half-Million in Business Funding
• 12-03-25: WT Researchers Highlight Risks of AI in Healthcare Advertising on Social Media
• 11-12-25: WT Enterprise Center to Celebrate Entrepreneurship with Workshops, Student Contest
• 10-16-25: From Fiberglass Resilience to Bank Runs, WT McNair Students to Showcase Research
• 10-08-25: Area Small Businesses Sought to Participate in WT's Buff Business Summit
• 10-06-25: Sage Students Win WT Homecoming Queen, King and Float Competition
• 09-29-25: Mother with WT Ties Extending Nearly a Century Names Family of the Year
• 09-26-25: WT News & Notes | September 2025
• 09-05-25: WT Hires 30 New Faculty Members for 2025-2026 Academic Year
• 08-29-25: WTEC Launches Free AI Workshop Series for Entrepreneurs in September
• 08-19-25: Top WT Faculty, Staff Members Honored at Convocation
• 07-24-25: Three Amarillo Businesses Awarded $100,000 each in Enterprize Challenge
• 06-11-25: WT Faculty Celebrate Promotion and Tenure
• 06-06-25: 2025-26 Regers Lead WT Cohort Announced
• 05-21-25: Two Canyon High Graduates to Study in Central Europe with WT College of Business
• 05-14-25: WT Faculty Earn Professional Development Grants
• 05-13-25: WT Honors Top Faculty, Staff in Year-End Ceremony
• 05-08-25: WT Attebury Honors Students Honored at Year-End Reception
• 05-05-25: Student, Community Leaders Recognized by WT's Engler College of Business
• 04-28-25: WT Woman, Man of the Year, Other Student Leaders Honored
• 04-14-25: WT Career Closet Reopening Following Significant Renovations
• 04-23-25: WT to Honor Students Lost During 2024-2025 Academic Year
• 04-08-25: Top WT Student Employees for 2024-2025 Honored
• 03-24-25: 'Start A New Business' Series to Kick Off April 1
• 03-10-25: WT Faculty Publish Cannabis Research In Prestigious Journal
• 03-03-25: WTEC and TMAC to Host Automation and Robotics Workshop for Entrepreneurs
• 02-24-25: WT, SBDC Team to Offer Business Intensives for Amarillo, Canyon High Schoolers
• 02-04-25: WTEC Excellence Awards Spotlight Economic Impact and Entrepreneurial Success
• 02-03-24: WT's Engler College of Business Encourages Transfers from Austin School
• 01-28-25: WT Business Students Launch Series of Career Exploration Trips
• 01-28-25: Amarillo Enterprize Challenge Announces Launch with $100,000 in Awards for Businesses
• 01-21-25: U.S. News: WT Online Programs Rise in National, State Rankings
• 01-17-25: WT Alumni Association, Engler College of Business to Meet with Austin Alums

• 11-21-24: WT Piloting Professional Certification Courses in Engler College of Business
• 11-11-24: WTEC to Mark Global Entrepreneurship Week with $7500 Pitch Event, Workshops
• 11-01-24: WT Student Organization Wins National Merit Award
• 10-01-24: WT Faculty to Present Research into Women in Business at Enterprise Center Events
• 09-06-24: 32 New Faculty Hired for WT's 2024-2025 Academic Year
• 05-22-24: Jon Mark Beilue: Coming out on the other side
• 05-21-24: WTEC, TMAC Partner to Support Manufacturing-Industry Entrepreneurs
• 05-21-24: WT Faculty Celebrate Promotion and Tenure: 10 Retirements Also Marked
• 05-10-24: WT's Engler College of Business Recognizes Community, Student Leaders
• 05-10-24: $225,000 Awarded to Finalists of 2023-24 Amarillo EnterPrize Challenge
• 05-09-24: WT Business Students Raise Thousands for Wildfire Relief, Other Charities
• 05-08-24: Outstanding WT Faculty, Staff Honored in Year-End Ceremony
• 05-07-24: Paul Engler's Memory Honored with Formation of Four New Professorships at WT
• 04-30-24: WT Small Business Client and Nonprofit Partner Win Prestigious SBA Awards
• 04-29-24: Launch Week Set for New WT Human Resources Graduate Degree Program
• 04-11-24: WTEC Begins Upgrades for Incubator Program, Moves SBDC to Central Facility
• 04-09-24: WT Researchers Explore Increase in Cyberbullying Against Educators
• 03-28-24: WT Student Duo Places Highly in National Competition
• 03-20-24: Jon Mark Beilue: Adding to WT's Appeal
• 03-04-24: New WTEC Program to Help HR Professionals 'Reset the Clock' on Mistakes
• 02-15-24: WT to Launch New Degree Programs in Hospitality/Tourism, Human Resources
• 02-07-24: WT’s Online Programs Continue to Rank Highly in Prestigious U.S. News Rankings
• 01-12-24: WTEC Introduces New Program for Leaders in the Financial Industry

• 11-16-23: WT Professor Part of Team Studying Conflict Resolution in Communication
• 11-07-23: WTEC to Celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week in November
• 11-02-23: "I Am WT" Podcast Spotlights Ron Watts, Late Bill Semmelbeck
• 10-26-23: "I Am WT" Podcast Spotlights Gary, Cindy Barnes
• 10-13-23: WT NcNair Students to Spotlight Research in Upcoming Fair
• 10-13-23: WT Honors 2023 Distinguished Alumni at Homecoming Event
• 09-27-23: Former Microsoft Exec to Speak at WT Hispanic Heritage Month Event for Distinguished Lecture Series
• 09-20-23: Top AT&T Leader Jennifer Van Buskirk to Offer Insight at WT's Sigman Series
• 09-12-23: WT Student HR Management Chapter Earns National Honor
• 09-12-23: Four Illustrious Retired WT Faculty Named Professors Emeriti
• 09-11-23: WT Distinguished Lecture Series to Feature Five Nationally Known Speakers in the Fall
• 08-30-23: Paul Engler Gives $1 Million to WT in Annual Presentation
• 08-14-23: Former WT Administrator and Longtime Amarillo Businessman Named WT 2023 Distinguished Alumni
• 07-18-23: WT Student to Attend Irish University With Help From State Department Scholarship
• 06-12-23: WT Communication, Business Students Score Multiple Telly Awards For Videos
• 05-25-23: WT Enterprise Center to Provide 'Blueprint' for Entrepreneurial Success
• 05-25-23: 22 WT Faculty Members Earn Promotions; Seven Announce Retirements
• 05-22-23: WT Enterprise Center, Barrio Committee to Host Final Entrepreneurship Workshop
• 05-04-23: Outstanding WT Faculty, Staff Recognized at End-of-Year Ceremony
• 04-28-23: WT Business Students Honored at Year-End Symposium
• 04-25-23: WT Enterprise Center to Host Second Workshop for Entrepreneurs
• 04-17-23: WT's Loftin to be Inducted in Enactus Hall of Fame
• 04-12-23: WT's Paul & Virginia Engler College of Business Earns International Accolade
• 04-11-23: WT Recognizes Year's Top Student Employees
• 03-30-23: WT Establishes Barbara Petty Professorship in Tribute to Longtime Administrator
• 03-24-23: Top Student Leaders Honored at Rogers Lead WT Conference
• 03-20-23: WT to Team with Barrio Neighborhood Planning Committee to Promote Entrepreneurship
• 03-13-23: WT Engler College of Business, WTEC and SBDC to Host Intern Event
• 03-10-23: WT Student Scores Second, Five Others Present Research at TAMUS Conference
• 03-06-23: 2022-23 Amarillo Enterprize Challenge Finalists Award Totals $500,000
• 02-15-23: WT Student Wins State Department Scholarship to Study in South Korea
• 02-14-23: Amarillo National Bank Names School at WT Following $3 Million Gift
• 02-03-23: WT Named to Princeton Review List of Best Business Schools for 2023
• 01-26-23: U.S. News: WT Bachelor's, MBA Programs for Veterans Tops in State
• 01-25-23: U.S. News & World Report: WT's Online Programs Among Top in Texas, Country

• 11-10-22: WT's Engler College of Business to Host Women's Business Leadership Event
• 11-02-22: Jon Mark Beilue: So You Want to be Your Own Boss? 
• 10-24-22: Gruver Restaurant Owners Named WT Family of the Year
• 10-19-22: Late WT Alum's Leadership Philosophy Still Carries on at AT&T
• 10-05-22: Top AT&T Executive to Speak for WT's Sigman Leadership and Innovation Series
• 10-05-22: Amarillo Business Experts to Offer Advice from the Trenches of Small-Business Ownership
• 09-13-22: WT's Engler College of Business Spearheading 2 New Podcasts
• 09-07-22: WT Enterprise Center Names New Managing Director
• 08-31-22: WT's Small Business Development Center Named Center of the Year
• 08-31-22: New Emeritus Faculty Members Honored at WT
• 08-26-22: Fifth Anniversary of Historic Engler Gift to WT Marked During Annual Ceremony
• 08-11-22: Seven Faculty in WT's Engler College of Business Named to Professorships
• 06-22-22: Two WT McNair Scholars Awarded Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Fellowships
• 05-23-22: 21 WT Faculty Members Earn Promotions; Seven Announce Retirements
• 05-09-22: WT Business Students Honored at Year-End Symposium
• 05-04-22: Paul Engler to be Awarded Honorary Doctorate at WT's Spring Commencement
• 05-04-22: Award-Winning WT Faculty, Staff Honored at Year-End Celebration 
• 04-18-22: Fortune Magazine: WT's Online MBA Program Ranks No. 9 in Country
• 04-14-22: WT's Engler College of Business to Host Golf Tournament April 28
• 03-11-22: TFE Times: WT Business Graduate Degree Among Best in Country
• 03-04-22: WT Stock Analyst Team Advances to Regional Championships
• 02-25-22: Four Local Businesses Win $399K in the Amarillo Enterprize Challenge Grant Competition
• 02-14-22: WTAMU Foundation Distributes $70,000 in Grants for Faculty Research, Projects
• 02-08-22: Two Online Master's Programs at WT Listed Among Best in Country
• 01-25-22: U.S. News & World Report: WT Online Bachelor's Program No. 1 in Texas
• 01-12-22: Wellington State Bank, WT Team to Improve Banking Education

• 12-20-21: Analyst: WT's Business, Education, Healthcare Programs Among Best in Nation; Multiple Programs Highly Ranked
• 12-16-21: WT's MBA Program Scores Highest-Even Ranking From Princeton Review
• 12-09-21: WT's ALPFA Student Chapter Collects Necessities for Family Support Services Clients
• 12-08-21: WT Enterprise Center Names Interim Executive Director
• 10-14-21: Jon Mark Beilue: If Not For That Broken-Down Car
• 09-29-21: Ralph De La Vega, Former Top AT&T Exec, To Headline WT's New Stan Sigman Leadership and Innovation Series Oct. 13
• 09-20-21: 33 New Faculty Members Join WT For 2021-22 Academic Year
• 09-10-21: WT Online Degree Programs Ranked Nationally
• 08-26-21: Lin Appointed New Gensler Professor, Names for Founder of WT's CIS Department
• 08-10-21: Annual $1 Million Gift Presented by Paul Engler; Part of Largest Donation in WT History
• 08-02-21: Rude Emails Linked to Lack of Sleep in WT-Led Research
• 07-16-21: WT Enterprise Center to Celebrate 20 Years of Service to the Panhandle
• 06-24-21: WT Expands MBA Program with New Specialization Track
• 05-24-21: WT President Dr. Walter Wendler Reaches 3,000-Plus Newly Admitted Buffs
• 05-21-21: 14 WT Faculty Members Awarded Tenure, Promotion
• 05-14-21: Beilue: ‘A sense of legacy’
• 05-06-21: Outstanding WT Business Students, Community Leaders Recognized at Symposium
• 05-05-21: Stanley Schaeffer to be Awarded Honorary Doctorate at WT Spring Commencement
• 05-03-21: Grad Degree Search: WT in Top 10 Percent of Schools Around the Country
• 04-29-21: Outstanding WT Faculty, Staff Honored at Spring Meeting
• 04-27-21: Fortune Ranks WT’s Online MBA Among the Country’s Best
• 04-26-21: Global Analyst: WT’s Online MBA Among Best in World
• 04-20-21: Stan Sigman Professorship, Scholarships Established at WT in Honor of Late Business Leader
• 04-13-21: WT’s Engler College of Business Among the Tops in Value Across the Country
• 03-31-21: Joe Bob McCartt Memorial Scholarship Established at WT in Memory of Leading Amarillo Businessman, WT Supporter
• 02-24-21: Watkins: The Mixed Blessing of Sharing Good News at Work
• 02-19-21: Beilue: The one-hour economic insight
• 02-11-21: WT Finance and Economics Graduate Program Ranked No. 2 in Country
• 01-29-21: Susan Allen Retires as WT Assistant VP; Melissa White Named as Successor
• 01-26-21: WT No. 1 in Texas, High Nationally in U.S. News & World Report 2021 Rankings 

• 12-21-20:  WT Scholars Recognized for Analytics Skills
• 12-18-20:  WT Student Organization Surpasses Goal for Meals on Wheels Fundraiser
• 12-15-20:  Giving Back to the Community and Preparing Future Leaders
• 12-09-20:  WT College of Business Rises in Princeton Review's Rankings
• 12-01-20:  WT Student Group Leading Fundraiser for Meals on Wheels
• 11-20-20:  WT College of Business Inducts Students into Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society
• 11-19-20: WT Distinguished Alumni Named for 2020
• 11-12-20:  Jon Mark Beilue: What 'Transformational' Looks Like
• 11-06-20:  Paul Engler Presents $1 Million to WT as Part of Largest Gift in University History
• 09-09-20:  WT's Paul and Virginia Engler College of Business Announces Professorship Appointments 
• 08-14-20:  WT Online MBA Student Ranked Among Top Business Leaders of Tomorrow
• 06-10-20:  WT Communication and Business Students Take Home 20 Tellys
• 06-10-20:  Small Business Disaster Recovery Assistance Available Through WT
• 05-26-20: Faculty Excellence Recognized at WT for the Academic Year
• 04-23-20:  Money During a Difficult Time: WT's SBDC provides small business help, a fit for WT 125
• 02-18-20:  Engler College of Business Ranks No. 2 by TFE Times
• 01-22-20:  Abdullat to Serve as Dean of the Engler College of Business
• 01-14-20:  WTAMU Earns Recognition for U.S. News & World Report
• 01-09-20:  WTAMU Students Wrap a Holiday of Giving

• 12-18-19:  Terry Named EVPP at WT
• 12-11-19:  WT Recognized for 10 Top Degree Programs
• 11-26-19:  Engler College of Business is Top Choice in The Princeton Review
• 11-22-19:  Engler COB Ranked in Top Ten
• 10-23-19:  WT Business Students Inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma
• 09-19-19:  Engler College of Business Announces Professorship Appointments
• 09-13-19:  Engler College of Business Receives ABET Accreditation Extension
• 09-12-19:  WT Announces New T. Boone Pickens Professorship of Economics
• 09-03-19:  WT Ranked Among Top Value Online Bachelor's Degrees
• 08-16-19:  Thrill of Learning Still Drives WT's Longest-serving Professor
• 08-02-19:  Engler College of Business Dean Nationally Recognized
• 07-30-19:  WT Students Earn Professional Certification for HR Competency
• 07-09-19:  WT Launches New Global Online Network
• 06-28-19:  Engler College of Business Named Best Value Online MBA Program
• 06-27-19:  WT Students Earn 18 Telly and Communicator Awards
• 06-05-19:  Engler College of Business Graduate Students Named Business Leaders of Tomorrow
• 04-18-19:  WT Instructor Educates Local High School Students on Personal Finance
• 03-20-19:  Jon Mark Beilue: 'To See a Miracle, This is One'  
• 02-21-19:  Grandfatherly Advice: Pay it Forward
• 02-13-19:  WT Receives No. 2 Ranking for Master's Degree in Finance and Economics
• 02-13-19:  WT Ranks in the Top Ten for CIS Graduate Studies
• 01-31-19:  Super Opportunities Await
• 01-25-19:  WT AMA Chapter to Host Seminar on Super Bowl Sports Marketing
• 01-15-19:  U.S. News & World Report Recognizes WTAMU Online Programs

• 12-06-18:  The Surprise Graduation Ceremony
• 11-07-18:  Engler College of Business Named a Top Online MBA Program by Princeton Review
• 11-01-18:  Jon Mark Beilue: WTAMU Student Turns Shipping Containers into Apartments
• 10-23-18:  Engler College of Business Inducts 2018 Beta Gamma Sigma Class
• 10-02-18:  Two Faculty Members Named to Endowed Professorships at WTAMU
• 09-18-18:  Engler College of Business Announces Professorship Appointment
• 08-01-18:  MBA Healthcare Management Program Ranks #1
• 06-05-18:  University's Media Minds Wins 10 Telly Awards
• 05-17-18:  WTAMU Graduate Business Degrees Continue to Rank in the Top 10
• 05-08-18:  Amarillo Inventor Named SBA's West Texas Small Business Person of the Year
• 05-07-18:  Engler College of Business Recognizes Students and Community Leaders
• 05-07-18:  Engler College of Business Inducts Students into Academic Honors Societies
• 04-23-18:  Engler College of Business Earns Coveted AACSB Extension of Accreditation
• 04-05-18:  University's AMA Chapter to Host Internet Marketing Seminar
• 02-01-18:  University’s AMA Chapter to Host Marketing Seminar on NAFTA
• 01-29-18:  WTAMU Professor Wins Discipline-Based Grant in Business Communication
• 01-09-18:  U.S. News & World Report Recognizes WTAMU's Online Programs in 2018 Rankings

• 12-18-17:  College of Business Announces Professorship Appointment
• 11-15-17:  WTAMU Announces Engler Naming Gift
• 10-30-17:  College of Business Inducts Beta Gamma Sigma Class of 2017
• 10-19-17:  WTAMU SBDC Consultant Given 2017 Women of Distinction Recognition
• 10-09-17:  WTAMU Business Program Earns Top Spots in Rankings
• 09-06-17:  WTAMU Students Wins KPMG Scholarship from ALPFA National
• 07-18-17:  Media Minds Wins Telly and Communicator Awards
• 07-05-17:  Graduate Business Student to Teach in Japan via JET Program
• 06-16-17:  Leadership Scholarship established to honor Glen Parkey
• 05-30-17:  Enactus Team Earns Top 10 Finish at National Competition
• 05-15-17:  WTAMU Student Portfolio Managers Announce 2017 Stock Picks
• 04-24-17:  CFA Team Finishes as Top 10 in North and South America
• 04-06-17:  AMA to Host Marketing Cities Seminar
• 04-04-17:  Phoenix Banquet to Honor Three College of Business Distinguished Alumni
• 03-13-17:  AMA Chapter to Host Marketing Seminar on New Ventures
• 03-06-17:  College of Business CFA Team Wins Regional Championship
• 01-12-17:  WTAMU Programs Recognized as Best in Texas for Veterans

• 11-10-16:  The AMA Chapter in COB to Host Healthcare Marketing Seminar
• 11-10-16:  Accounting Student Named WTAMU's Intern of the Year
• 11-07-16:  Enterprise Center to Mark Global Entrepreneurship Week with Special Screening
• 11-07-16:  College of Business Inducts 2016 Beta Gamma Sigma Class
• 10-20-16:  Graduate Business Program Earns No. 3 Spot in Latest Ranking
• 06-14-16:  WTAMU MediaMinds Wins 16 Telly Awards
• 03-22-16:  SHRM Clothing Drive Helps Students Dress for Success
• 01-15-16:  WTAMU Student Wins Gilman Scholarship for Study in Japan
• 01-12-16:  WT Online Programs Recognized with Top 20 Rankings

2015 Press Releases

• 11-19-15:  College of Business Announces Professorship Appointments
• 11-04-15:  Enactus Team Receives Grants for Community Projects
• 11-04-15:  CIS Student Wins Pathways Research Competition
• 09-24-15:  Koch Foundation Funds WTAMU Economics Club
• 06-29-15:  WTAMU MEDIAMinds Wins Five Telly Awards
• 06-29-15:  College of Business Home to Bain Media Room
• 03-02-15:  University's CFA Team Wins Southwest U.S. Championship
• 02-10-15:  WTAMU College of Business Announces New Appointments and Professorships
• 02-10-15:  University MEDIAMinds Students Testing Time Code Product
• 02-02-15:  Graduate Business Healthcare Management Program Earns National Ranking
• 01-29-15:  WTAMU Names New SBDC Director
• 01-08-15:  WTAMU Online Programs Earn U.S. News & World Report Recognition

2014 Press Releases

• 11-12-14:  WTAMU’s Graduate Business Program Earns Top Ten National Ranking
• 08-28-14:  TV Personality Bill Rancik to Speak at WTAMU
• 08-06-14:  The College of Business adds the Bank of America TV Classroom
• 07-17-14:  WTAMU Student Receives PCAOB Scholarship
• 06-10-14:  Media Minds Wins Three Telly Awards
• 05-04-14:  WTAMU's Enactus Team Competes at National Competition
• 01-14-14:  Hampton Wins Moses Business Plan Competition at WTAMU

2013 Press Releases

• 12-22-13:  Browning Named Recipient of Two Faculty Fellowships
• 11-25-13:  WTAMU College of Business Names Patterson Professorship
• 11-19-13:  WTAMU Offers Financial Help with CashCourse Website
• 11-14-13:  Global Financial Crisis is Focus of Seminar at WTAMU
• 08-21-13:  CIS Program Receives ABET Accreditation
• 07-25-13:  WTAMU Students Learn Communication/Marketing in U.K.
• 06-04-13:  Enactus Team Places in Top 20 at National Competition
• 02-22-13:  WTAMU College of Business Team Ranks in Top Five at CFA Competition
• 02-06-13:  Two WTAMU Business Students Named Interns for Thornberry
• 01-14-13:  WTAMU Names Pjesky to Associate Dean of Graduate School and Research Position
• 01-09-13:  Skorodziyevskiy Wins Moses Business Plan Competition at WTAMU

2012 Press Releases

• 07-27-12:  WTAMU's College of Business Earns AACSB Accreditation
• 06-11-12:  SIFE Team Ranks in Top 12 Nationally
• 05-02-12:  College of Business Students End Semester with Trip to Denmark, Sweden
• 04-17-12:  SIFE Team Wins Regional Championship
• 02-22-12:  Walker Receives Career and Lifetime Achievement Award

2011 Press Releases

• 11-22-11:  WTAMU Site of Post-Financial Crisis Seminar
• 10-13-11:  Engler Named Executive in Residence At WTAMU
• 06-21-11:  COB Grad Lands Internship with Executive Office of the President in Washington, D.C.
• 05-25-11:  Two COB Students Receive Undergraduate Research Stipends
• 03-22-11:  Sife Prepares for National Competition
• 03-22-11:  SIFE Wins 17th Consecutive Regional Championship
• 03-22-11:  WTAMU Students Gain Experience with Terry Fator Show
• 02-14-11:  Convocation to Honor WTAMU Chairs and Professorships
• 02-03-11:  Walker, Keith Name to Professorships at WTAMU

2010 Press Releases

• 11-11-10:  COB to Host Seminar on Post-Financial Crisis Issue
• 11-03-10:  COB Student Receives Wall Street Journal Achievement Award
• 11-03-10:  Graduate Students Find Convenience, Accessibility at WTAMU's Amarillo Center
• 05-05-10:  WTAMU COB Announces Williams Professorship
• 04-23-10:  WTAMU Technology to be Highlighted at Cisco Virtual Conference
• 04-20-10:  SIFE Advances to National Competition
• 03-02-10:  SIFE Members Team Up to Can Hunger

2009 Press Releases

• 11-03-09:  University to Host Special International Business Seminar
• 07-14-09:  Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Comes to WTAMU for Economic Education Event
• 04-14-09:  Online B.B.A. Option Available at WTAMU
• 04-14-09:  CIS Students Participate in Immersion Experience
• 04-07-09:  SIFE Wins Regional Championship
• 03-31-09:  Global Financial Crisis Part II is topic of Special Seminar
• 03-17-09:  College of Business Announces Professorships
• 02-01-09:  Spotlight on Dr. Nick Gerlich

2008 Press Releases

• 11-25-08:  WTAMU Faculty and Staff Accomplishments
• 11-04-08:  Two Business Students Selected for Africa Trip
• 10-28-08:  Faculty and Staff Accomplishments
• 10-21-08:  Financial Crisis is Topic of Special Seminar