West Texas A&M University

10/08/2026

Kevin Prufer, the Texas poet laureate, will speak at a special Oct. 15 event at Cornette Library's Poets' Garden. The Texas Poets' Corner event also will celebrate its first poet laureate, retired Amarillo oncologist and poet Dr. Phillip Periman.

CANYON, Texas — Kevin Prufer, the poet laureate of Texas, will be featured at a special Oct. 15 event at West Texas A&M University.

10/08/2026

Amarillo Area Foundation and student and faculty artists in WT's Sybil B. Harrington College of Fine Arts and Humanities worked together on a new art installation at the foundation's office that celebrates the life and legacy of Dr. Sybil and Don Harrington.

The works have been on view for a few months, and an immersive look inside the project will be shown Oct. 13 in Buffalo Vision: The Frontier of Learning in the Geneva Schaeffer Education Building on what would have been Dr. Harrington's 118th birthday.

CANYON, Texas — The birthday of one of the Texas Panhandle’s most significant philanthropists will be celebrated with an immersive viewing of a new art installation built in her honor.

10/07/2026

Today, the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture announced that WT has received a $9.75 million grant to fund the most advanced cattle feedlot research facility in the world. The grant, the largest federal award in WT history, will be matched by The Texas A&M University System and other sources, bringing the project total to $19.5 million.

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CANYON, Texas — West Texas A&M University has received a $9.75 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture—the largest federal award in University history—to fund what promises to be the most advanced cattle feedlot research facility in the world.

10/07/2026

The popular YA hero Percy Jackson comes to life in WT Theatre's staging of "The Lightning Thief," on stage Oct. 14 to 18. The musical depicts the young hero's journey after learning he's the son of a Greek god.

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CANYON, Texas — A hugely popular young-adult book series explodes on stage in West Texas A&M University Theatre’s opening production for the 2026-2027 season.

10/06/2026

WT's Great Books series will continue with a discussion of the relationship satire "The Feminist" by Tony Tulathimutte on Oct. 13 at Burrowing Owl Books in Amarillo. Dr. Brendan Stephens, the Jenny Lind Porter Professor of English, said he expects the short story will spark a lively discussion.

CANYON, Texas — A dark satire about the relationship between men and women will be in the spotlight in October for West Texas A&M University’s Great Books Series.

10/06/2026

The WT Symphony Orchestra will perform a score written for the 1925 silent classic "Phantom of the Opera" during three upcoming screenings in Canyon, Frenship and Dalhart. The live cinema events are perennially popular, better than the "best surround sound speaker system," according to conductor Dr. Mark Bartley.

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CANYON, Texas — Just in time for spooky season, the West Texas A&M University Symphony Orchestra will perform the score for a simultaneous screening of silent horror classic “The Phantom of the Opera” at three upcoming concerts.

10/05/2026

Today, on World Teachers’ Day, we celebrate the educators currently making a difference, and the future educators preparing to do the same. 🍎

Through WT’s Buff Teacher Residency, our students spend a full year co-teaching alongside skilled mentor teachers, gaining classroom experience and personalized feedback to lead classrooms of their own after graduation 📚

10/05/2026

Veteran and beginning entrepreneurs alike are invited to register for a free, four-part workshop to help them prepare for long-term success through America's SBDC at WTAMU. Sessions run weekly from Oct. 13 to Nov. 3; seating is limited.

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CANYON, Texas — Prospective and seasoned business owners alike can learn to plan for long-term success during a four-part workshop series sponsored by America’s Small Business Development Center at West Texas A&M University.

10/05/2026

Ag Row—the stretch of agricultural research, education and diagnostic facilities in the northeast corner of WT's campus—will be available for public tours from 2 to 5 p.m. Oct. 10 during a special celebration for the newly formed Panhandle Agriculture Consortium.

Attendees can visit, tour and see the impactful work being done at each building along the way: the WT Agricultural Sciences Complex; the Veterinary Education, Research and Outreach, or VERO, building; the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory; and the newest addition, the Texas A&M AgriLife High Plains Research and Extension Center. The USDA research lab in Bushland also will set up a booth during the event.

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CANYON, Texas — The newly formed Panhandle Agriculture Consortium will host an open house from 2 to 5 p.m. Oct. 10 along Russell Long Boulevard on the West Texas A&M University campus in Canyon.

10/02/2026

The combined WT choirs will offer a program of 20th- and 21st-century music about faith and love during a free Oct. 8 concert.

CANYON, Texas — Modern songs of faith and love are on the program when the West Texas A&M University choirs offer their fall concert.