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Food, Friends and Fundraising –

Ag Day Tops $2 Million in ADA Support

The annual Ag Day Reunion and Celebration was held on Saturday, Sept. 7 in the Bain Event Center at the WTAMU Agricultural Sciences Complex. The event is hosted by the WTAMU Department of Agricultural Sciences and the Ag Development Association (ADA).

This year’s celebration attracted a crowd of over 400 alumni, friends, and supporters to the event featuring food, fun and fundraising. Ag Day has become known as the largest single-day fundraising event in the area – and this year was no exception.

A total of $229,000 was raised on Saturday from the plentiful silent auction, the energetic live auction and donations.

“Ag Day is arguably our Department’s biggest event of the year,” said Dr. David Lust, head of the Department of Agricultural Sciences. “The funding raised is used for student recruitment throughout the year and the impact is undeniable. This is illustrated by the increase in enrollment the Department has seen due to the recruiting efforts of the past 20 years. Increased enrollment drives the success of our students and our Department.”

Some of the auction items included:

Ten person ribeye dinner, cooked and prepared by the WTAMU Meat Judging Team with a signed championship helmet from the 2024 National Meat Judging Champions
The original Kenneth Wyatt painting, "That'll Learn Yew"
Four National Finals Rodeo tickets to the 1st Saturday performance
Bronze buffalo sculpture
Luxury Mediterranean SeaDream cruise for two

Mike and Gary Kuhlman were both awarded the ADA Buffalo Award for their revered generosity in helping the ADA fulfill their purpose of supporting the Ag Department.

The Coors Cowboy Club provided a prime rib dinner.

The following ADA executive committee members were announced: Garrett Robinson, president; Nate Green, president-elect; James Graves, treasurer; and Alondra Meixueiro, information coordinator.

The Department and the Paul Engler College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences would like to thank the members of ADA, the Department faculty and staff, WTAMU Ag Ambassadors, donors and the community partners who organized and participated in Ag Day.

Air Bud or Lake Bud?

Anna Visalli, a senior Companion Animal student, is working with Laura Speight of Working Dogs for Conservation (WD4C) during her last semester of school.

Laura works with dogs who are trained to sniff boats to identify Green Lipped Mussel larvae at Lake Meredith. The mussel larvae are an invasive species in Texas.

Under Laura's guidance, Anna works with Arly, an 18-month-old golden retriever. Anna will complete her degree this December and will pursue conservation dog work after graduation.

Residential Living Day

Residential Living invited all faculty members to a come-and-go breakfast on Monday, Aug. 12. Representatives from each college met with the Community Advisors (CAs), students who live on campus and act as resources for students within their respective living spaces. The college faculty oversaw conversations about meta-majors.

Introduced in Fall 2023, clusters of rooms in residence halls are designated for meta-major housing, where incoming freshmen with the same or similar majors are grouped.

Chemistry & Physics Help Lab

Open House

The Department of Chemistry and Physics hosted an open house for the help lab on Sept. 5. The help lab assists WT students in 1000 and 2000-level chemistry and physics courses. The open house kicked off a semester full of help.

Open Hours

Mon-Thu: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Fri: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Location: NSB 113

WT’s Pre-Healthcare Club is an organization dedicated to assisting all students pursuing a career in healthcare, such as medicine, pharmacy, physician assistant, optometry, dentistry, physical therapy, and other related fields.

The Fall 2024 semester will feature speakers from medical, osteopathic medicine and physical therapy schools as well as community service activities.

Reach out to club president, Jordan Bennett, with any questions!