Category: Features
Gerlich reflects on her time at WTAMU
Seven years ago, just prior to the 2006-2007 season, Krista Gerlich took the reigns as head women’s basketball coach at WTAMU, replacing the retiring Hall of Famer Bob Schneider and inheriting a team that went an impressive 28-4 the year prior. Gerlich spent the previous three years as an assistant to another Hall of Famer, [...]
Social Media in academics
Professors utilize social media in four critical ways: to connect, to notify, to teach, and to share knowledge. A social network such as Facebook is being used to discuss assignments while also building relationships. Not only do social networks enhance communication but it is also a significant increase in engagement on both sides. “I use [...]
WT Buff Olympics
On Saturday, April 20, the Agriculture Department held its first annual Buffalo Olympics. All the organizations within the department got together to create an event where all majors could come together to play games, eat and dance one last time before the semester ends. “I wanted to have an event in which all the students [...]
Bob Woodward serves as guest lecturer
After sixteen best seller books, twelve number one national non-fiction best seller books, years of ground-breaking investigative reporting, two Pulitzer Prizes and now an associate editor of The Washington Post, Bob Woodward served as the lecturer for the Distinguished Lecture Series on Monday night at The First United Bank Center. Woodward began reporting for [...]
WTAMU Buffs Go Green
WTAMU has been recycling pounds and pounds of products like plastic bottles and aluminum cans since 2010. “I think it’s a good thing for the school to do because aside from the obvious benefits of helping the environment, it gives the school a better image and has the potential to draw in more potential students [...]
Professor profile: Robertson inspires
Somewhere between reading five newspapers, researching topics within the agricultural industry, grading homework assignments, reading roughly 100 emails and answering both his office phone and his cell, Dr. Tanner Robertson still finds time to not only teach but still be a husband and a father. Robertson said the hardest part of his job is turning [...]
WTAMU health clinic brings lessons to life
WTAMU has one-of-a-kind qualities, and the nursing program does, too. The program’s students have one thing most students at other schools don’t: a full-time health clinic to learn. “We have undergrads coming in, two per week while they’re in their community rotation units of nursing,” Health Partners Clinic registered nurse Brynn Mereneff said. “We only [...]
Love, loss and a little bit of softball: Part 5
This is part five of a seven part series. The night of April 17, 2012 was a picture perfect night for softball. The Lady Buffs were hosting WTAMU’s rival, Eastern New Mexico, in a single game series on that Tuesday. There was scheduled to be a concert that night after the game. The Lady Buffs [...]
A day in the life of a Resident Assistant
Resident Assistants have a special responsibility that most people don’t get the chance to experience. They are required to take on certain tasks that involve interacting with fellow students that they wouldn’t have met otherwise. They represent a model for students at college campuses as someone that will always be there when no one else [...]
Stress bares down on some professors
The 2013 spring semester has been full of unexpected events. With an evacuation, a snowstorm and most recently, spring break, students have had some opportunities to enjoy some time outside of the classroom. For some students, the semester seems to be flying by and with class cancellations throughout the Spring, the stress doesn’t seem to [...]
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