West Texas A and M University, known as WTAMU, is celebrating sort of a birthday. 100 years ago yesterday, the Texas Legislature passed a bill creating the university. The college then opened on September 20, 1910 with 152 students and 16 staff members in a single building that housed the administration and faculty offices, classrooms, laboratory and a library.
Today, it has a sprawling campus with over 7,000 students. It boasts 60 undergraduate-degree programs, 40 graduate-degree programs and a doctoral program. Happy birthday WTAMU! You are a wonderful asset to the Panhandle.
Unfortunately, the school also announced some bad news yesterday. The scheduled speaker for the Spring commencement was announced. It is Karl Rove. I wish I could put a positive spin on that, but I can't. It's just downright embarrassing!
There can't be a redder part of Texas than this area of the Panhandle.
NOTE - This is not an April Fool's joke. I wish it was, but it's not.
The "bad" news is a matter of opinion.... It's not too often that a deputy chief of staff speaks at WT.
ReplyDeleteI stand by my characterization, especially in light of what he did to the Justice Department (just look at the Ted Stevens case).
ReplyDeleteI fully agree with this being bad news. WTAMU is often called to be the liberal arts school of the TAMU system, yet it is seated squarely in one of the reddest counties in the country.
ReplyDeleteOf course, with how corrupt the university's president and new deans are, Karl Rove should fit in very nicely. Maybe they'll offer him a nice position at the school.