NSO Resource Center

New Student Orientation

The NSO Resource Center

Before you get on campus to experience orientation, there are a series of tasks, both required and useful, that will help prepare you for your first days on campus.

Although it seems like the list of required tasks never seems to get any shorter for new students, the NSO Resource Center is here to help! This page has a variety of NSO related resources as well as general admission information to help you get orientated before stepping foot on campus.

Explore the NSO Resource center to find what your next steps are before becoming a buff!

New Student To Do List

From submitting transcripts to applying for housing, the New Student To Do List has it all!

Pre-Orientation Testing

Admissions Documents

Immunization Records

West Texas A&M University requires proof of Bacterial Meningitis Vaccination prior to registering for classes

Evidence of vaccination must be submitted in one of the following four formats:
- A complete Meningitis Immunization Record Form.
- A document bearing the signature or stamp of the physician or his/her designee, or public health personnel (must include the month, day, and year the vaccination was administered).
- An official immunization record generated from a state or local health authority (must include the month, day, and year the vaccination was administered).
- An official record received from school officials, including a record from another state (must include the month, day, and year the vaccination was administered).

Evidence to Decline Vaccination must be submitted in one of the following formats:
- An affidavit or a certificate signed by a physician who is duly registered and licensed to practice medicine in the United States, in which it is stated that, in the physician's opinion, the vaccination required would be injurious to the health and well-being of the student. Or submission of the completed Meningitis Medical Exemption Form.
- An affidavit signed by the student stating that the student declines the vaccination for bacterial meningitis for reasons of conscience, including a religious belief.
- Students living on campus: A conscientious exemption form from the Texas Department of State Health Services must be used and can be requested here - Affidavit Request for Exemption from Immunizations for Reasons of Conscience.
- Students NOT living on campus: May complete the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Affidavit and submit the original notarized document to the Office of Admissions.
- Students who intend to enroll in Distance Education courses (or online only) must submit the petition for a waiver available here - Petition to Waive Bacterial Meningitis Vaccination
Students age 22 or over are not required to receive the meningitis vaccine or submit documentation.

All documents should be mailed, faxed, emailed or hand-delivered to the Office of Admissions.
- Mail: Office of Admissions, WTAMU Box 60907, Canyon, TX 79016
- Phone: (806)651-2020
- Fax: (806)651-5285
- E-mail: admissions@wtamu.edu
- Hand Delivery: Office of Admissions, Old Main room 124