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32 New Faculty Hired for WT’s 2024-2025 Academic Year
West Texas A&M University’s faculty roll has increased by more than 30 new scholars as the 2024-2025 academic year begins.
“We are excited to welcome a talented group of new faculty members this year,” said Dr. Neil Terry, provost and executive vice president of academic affairs. “They will play an essential role in advancing student success and academic excellence at WT.”
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WT to Offer First Embedded Associate Degree in Fall 2024
West Texas A&M University will launch its first embedded associate degree in the fall, part of the University’s ongoing efforts to combat student indebtedness.
Students can earn an associate degree in mathematics en route to completing a bachelor’s degree, following the recent approval of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
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WT Adds New Equipment to Further Science Education in Engineering, Environment
West Texas A&M University will launch its first embedded associate degree in the fall, part of the University’s ongoing efforts to combat student indebtedness.
Students can earn an associate degree in mathematics en route to completing a bachelor’s degree, following the recent approval of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
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WT Student to Study Cloud Formation During Internship at National Lab
A West Texas A&M University student will spend the summer at a renowned national laboratory to study how the climate impacts the formation of clouds. Ava Sealy, a senior environmental science major from Lovington, New Mexico, is one of about 180 other students from around the country selected to intern at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington. Sealy— who spent several weeks this spring at Gruvebadet Atmospheric Laboratory and Dirigible Italia Arctic Station in Ny-Ålesund in Svalbard, Norway—will work on a project examining how ice in the atmosphere forms different types of clouds.
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WT Biology Professor Wins Grant to Study Panhandle’s Pheasant Population
A West Texas A&M University faculty member recently earned an $860,000 grant to study the declining population of an economically important Panhandle bird. Dr. Joshua Brown, assistant professor of biology in the Department of Life, Earth and Environmental Sciences in WT’s Paul Engler College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences , is actively seeking area landowners to participate in a study of ring-necked pheasants in the High Plains.
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2024
- WT Students Take Part in Study Abroad Trip to Research Arctic Cloud Formation
- Outstanding WT Faculty, Staff Honored in Year-End Ceremony
- Paul Engler’s Memory Honored with Formation of Four New Professorships at WT
- Spring ’24 Attebury Honors Graduates Celebrated at WT
- Top WT Students, Others Honored at End-of-Year Ceremony
- WT Professors Win Grant to Improve STEM Education for Underrepresented Students
- Faculty, Student Scholarship in Spotlight at Annual Research Fair
- WT to Offer Embedded Associate Degrees for Students Pursuing Bachelor’s
- WT McNair Scholars Present Research at National Conference
2023
- ‘I Am WT’ Podcast Spotlights Sara-Louise Newcomer, Companion Animal Program
- WT Attebury Honors Graduating Seniors to Be Honored at Nov. 30 Reception
- WT Students Earn Surprise Scholarships from Education Credit Union Foundation
- Single Mom, Daughter from Canyon Named WT’s Family of the Year
- Matlack Named WT’s New Davidson Professor of Wildlife Biology
- WT Student Science Clubs to Host Science Community Night
- WT’s One West Campaign Sets New Goal: $175 Million
- Jon Mark Beilue: Climate Science Awareness
- WT Leading New Study into Microbes, Water Quality at Lake Meredith
- WT Student to Study in South Korea Thanks to State Department Scholarship
- 22 WT Faculty Members Earn Promotions; Seven Announce Retirements
- Outstanding WT Faculty, Staff Recognized at End-of-Year Ceremony
- Spring ’23 Attebury Honors Graduates Celebrated at WT
- WT to Memorialize Students Lost in 2022-23 Academic Year
- WT Woman, Man of the Year Celebrated Among Other Outstanding Students, Staff
- WT Recognizes Year’s Top Student Employees
- 'I Am WT' Podcast Focuses on Tiny Earth Initiative, Search for New Antibiotics
- WT's Hiranuma Appointed to Energy Department Advisory Committee
- Memorial Scholarship Fund Established in Honor of Late WT Student Joe Hoot
- WT Student Scores Second, Five Others Present Research at TAMUS Conference
- WT Students to Present Research at Regional Honors Conference
- WT Joins Tiny Earth Initiative in Effort to Increase Hands-On Learning in Labs