WT Fall 2025 Commencement Ceremonies Set for Dec. 12-13

Copy by Chip Chandler, 806-651-2124, cchandler@wtamu.edu

CANYON, Texas — Around 1,000 students will be celebrated at West Texas A&M University commencement ceremonies Dec. 12 and 13.

Students from the Paul Engler College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences and the College of Nursing and Health Sciences will take part in the 2 p.m. Dec. 12 ceremony.

Students from the Terry B. Rogers College of Education and Social Sciences and the Sybil B. Harrington College of Fine Arts and Humanities  will take part in the 10 a.m. Dec. 13 ceremony.

And students from the Paul and Virginia Engler College of Business and the College of Engineering will take part in the 2 p.m. Dec. 13 ceremony.

All three ceremonies will take place inside the First United Bank Center, 3301 Fourth Ave. in Canyon; they also will be livestreamed at wtamu.edu/commencement.

In all, 1,031 students have earned undergraduate or graduate degrees.

“Preparing students to graduate and succeed is the epitome of the educational mission of WT,” WT President Walter V. Wendler said. “Students who earn a degree from WT benefit for the rest of their lives from the value of the education offered by outstanding faculty at a university that takes pride in making a public education affordable. WT graduates go from here to the world to live and serve.”

Dr. Mary Liz Brooks, the Barbara Petty Professor of Business Communication in the Engler College of Business, will deliver the alumni charge. Brooks graduated from WT in 2000.

Doors at the center, located on the east end of WT’s Canyon campus at the intersection of Russell Long Boulevard and Fourth Avenue, will open to the public an hour before each ceremony begins. Seating is open and on a first-come, first-served basis at the 5,000-seat center. No tickets are required.

Graduates should arrive one hour before their ceremony is scheduled to begin and check in with their college. Agriculture and Natural Sciences, Education and Social Services, and Business students will enter the north door of the center. Nursing and Health Sciences, Fine Arts and Humanities, and Engineering students will enter the south door.

Parking will be available at the center, with overflow parking available behind the Agricultural Sciences Complex and the Virgil Henson Activities Center.

Handicapped parking is available at the center.

Each ceremony will last up to two hours. At the end of each ceremony, graduates will walk in the recessional out of the arena doors. Guests may meet their graduates outside.

The WT Bookstore will be at each ceremony to sell merchandise and graduation accessories, and the campus store will be open from 11 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Dec. 13. For information, call 806-651-2748.

Sign-language interpreters will be available at each ceremony.

Graduates of WT will value hard work and performance as measures of excellence, a key mission of the University’s long-range plan, WT 125: From the Panhandle to the World.

That plan is fueled by the historic One West comprehensive fundraising campaign, which reached its initial $125 million goal 18 months after publicly launching in September 2021. The campaign has raised more than $175 million and will continue through 2025.

About West Texas A&M University

A Regional Research University, West Texas A&M University is redefining excellence in Canyon, Texas, on a 342-acre residential campus, as well as the Harrington Academic Hall WTAMU Amarillo Center in downtown Amarillo. Established in 1910, the University has been part of The Texas A&M University System since 1990. WT boasts an enrollment of more than 9,000 and offers 66 undergraduate degree programs, including eight associate degrees; and 44 graduate degrees, including an integrated bachelor’s and master’s degree, a specialist degree and two doctoral degrees. WT recently earned a Carnegie Foundation classification as a Research College and University. The University also is home to the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, the largest history museum in the state and the home of one of the Southwest’s finest art collections. The Buffaloes are a member of the NCAA Division II Lone Star Conference and offers 16 men’s and women’s athletics programs.

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