Category: Spring 2020 Issue

Welcome to the spring issue of our e-newsletter. I hope you are doing well, staying positive and optimistic during these uncertain times. It is a great honor to connect with you as the new Dean of the Paul and Virginia Engler College of Business and am excited to begin this journey with you in pursuit of success for the College. History has taught us that in moments of crisis, good and prudent leadership is warranted and needed. Our University’s senior leadership anticipated the challenges we are currently facing and put in motion processes to get our University ready to respond to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. This plan has allowed us to swiftly ensure the continuity of learning Read more

The Accomplishments of the Paul and Virginia Engler College of Business In a time of transition, I have found the occasion to pause and to reflect on all the things for which we are thankful. I joined the College of Business in 1998, and subsequently joined the administrative team Read more

Selim Sheikh, D.O., M.B.A Many of our graduate students are in the medical field and want a business background to complement their career path. Selim Sheikh, a May 2019 Paul & Virginia Engler College of Business graduate Read more

Rankings provide a certain degree of external validation of an academic program’s ability to fulfill it’s mission, objectives, and teaching goals.  External rankings were one of the focus points for the Paul and Virginia Engler College of Business during a strategic planning session in 2012. Read more

In early February, four Engler College of Business students traveled to Super Bowl LIV to work as Wi-Fi coaches for Extreme Networks. While on the job at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, these students were able to experience the magnitude Read more

In 2017, WT Business alum, Landon Ware, opened Sacred Maroon in The Shops on Fifth Avenue on the downtown square in Canyon. Sacred Maroon is a WT Spirit Shop offering apparel and gifts such as shirts, pullovers, jackets, hats, blankets, coasters, and decals. Having attended WT in the late 2000s, Landon felt that there was a lack of choices for apparel that had modern designs Read more

The West Texas A&M chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) provides students with an opportunity to gain knowledge and insight into the effective management Read more

Given the diversity of the Engler College of Business student body, students may not know much about the West Texas A&M University campus, history, and traditions. In each issue of our newsletter, we will highlight Read more

Looking forward and reflecting on the positive contributions that the Paul and Virginia Engler College of Business has made to the students, the university, and the panhandle, it is a Read more