Author Archive: Ryan Schaap
I'm Ryan Schaap, my major is Agricultural Media and Communications. I write for "The Prairie" newspaper as a staff writer. You never know what life is going to throw at you; but one things for sure, I can't wait to catch it and check it out.
WT dance concert captures flight through dance
Web Editor’s Note: For more photos of the Dance Concert, click here! Dance in Flight, a dance concert that took place April 26 through 28, showed that dance can be interpreted based on the aspect of flight. Seven pieces were choreographed by both resident faculty and guest artists from as far as northern Michigan. Some [...]
WT Dance Concert: This Week in Photos
Check out these great photos we got of the WT Dance Concert! To read more about the event, click here.
WT’s Buffalo Advertising takes second at NSAC
WTAMU placed second at the National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) in Shreveport, La. Districts were divided into two different areas and WT went up against Texas Tech, Midwestern State, Oklahoma State University, Texas State and Texas A&M. Texas A&M took first place followed by WT and Texas State was in third. About 24 teams from [...]
Miscellaneous: This Week in Photos
Check out the miscellaneous photos for this week! To read the articles associated with these pics, check out these links: WT Ag students chat about issues facing industry International students will present about culture
WT Ag students chat about issues facing industry
A group of students called the WTagchat meet to discuss agriculture and informational topics as they become more popular. This forum is open to all students, even those that are not based in agriculture. The group was created by Reba Underwood, a junior studying Agriculture Media Communications. “I wanted a forum where Ag students and [...]
Nance Ranch Feedlot: This Week in Photos
Check out these pics of the Nance Ranch! To read more about the research being done at the ranch, click here.
Nance Ranch provides opportunity for WT research
Web Editor’s Note: To view photos of the ranch, click here. The Nance Ranch Feedlot Research unit in the Department of Agriculture and Natural Science gives students and professors the ability to research the cattle feeding industry in ruminant nutrition, management and animal health. Dr. Michael Brown, professor of Ruminant Nutrition and Management, said they [...]
Circle K helps raise money for tetanus vaccines
Circle K will be raising money for tetanus vaccines through an event called ‘The Race to Eliminate,’ which will take place on March 24. “It’s a disease that is present in third world countries that kills a child every nine seconds,” said Abby Walker, President of Circle K. “The vaccinations are provided for people in [...]
Dr. O’Brien speaks at rescheduled Q&A session
WTAMU Student Government sponsored a Q&A in the JBK featuring University President Dr. Patrick O’Brien on Feb. 27. The purpose of the event was for Dr. O’Brien to address students’ questions concerning the future of the University. Questions ranged from topics about construction on campus to parking concerns. “I think it went well, there were [...]
Google’s new privacy policy
Google’s new privacy policyhas taken the individual user’s information into a single profile to target any person’s search results with advertising and services. Google is taking the information it collects from a user and is now making it available across all its platforms. They have also simplified the policy to make it easier to read. [...]
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