Former President George W. Bush gets ready to address the press after the 100K race.
Get your headphones on and listen up to our latest episode. This one is about Former President Bill Clinton’s speech at WTAMU. The transcript for this episode can be found below. Continue reading
Former President George W. Bush cycled through Palo Duro Canyon for the Warrior 100K race for wounded veterans. During the event, he gave a brief press conference and was interviewed by The Prairie. Watch the report here.
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Former President Bill Clinton spoke at the First United Bank Center on April 24. The former president attracted people young and old, who listened to his remarks on the Flight 93 Memorial, his time as president and the current issues in America and abroad.
“The most interesting thing to me, today is what I think is a disconnect in what works in America in real life and what works in America in politics,” Clinton said. “In politics, what works is division and argument…what works in real life is when we have networks of cooperation with people who know different things, have different skills, and look at problems in different ways.”
Clinton pointed to successful areas of the country, such as Silicon Valley and the rise of computer simulation technology in Florida, but also brought attention to problems such as rising childhood obesity, the energy crisis, and healthcare. Continue reading
Former President George W. Bush will host the second annual Warrior 100K at Palo Duro Canyon State Park on April 26-28. The 100-kilometer mountain bike ride is dedicated to U.S. servicemen and women wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan.
“I look forward to spending time with these wounded warriors in a beautiful part of Texas,” Bush said in The Bush Center web site. “The W100 is a great way to remind all our fellow citizens of the unbelievable courage, skill, and sacrifice of those who wear the uniform of the United States.”
Twenty veterans will participate in this ride which, according to The Bush Center web site, “highlights the courage and sacrifice of U.S. military personnel who served their country honorably and were significantly injured during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.”
According to a representative from The Bush Center, the event is not opened to the public and it is dedicated to the 20 warriors and their families. Continue reading
Phuripan Jangthongsiri shares her country with fellow students. Photo by Brittany Castillo.
Students from both the English as a Second Language International (ESLI) program and the English as a Second Language (ESL) methods course mingled at WTAMU on April 5.
“We have had a project linking ESL education students and international students in the ESL language program,” Catherine Wedding, an ESL instructor, said. “We’ve met three times during the semester.”
The ESLI students’ latest focus is on an elementary school presentation in the Amarillo School District.
“Our international students are presenting speeches that they will give next week at Margaret Wills Elementary School in Amarillo,” Wedding said. “The children have studied the countries [the ESLI students] represent, [and] then they sit down for discussion time.” Continue reading
The WTAMU Engineering and Computer Science department opened registration for its high school summer camp, “Designing Tomorrow, Today,” for area high school students.
The camp will run from June 10-15 on the WT campus and is open for any high school student ages 14 and up.
“The camp gives student an idea of what they’ll actually be doing as engineers and gives them an idea of how the campus here works,” Rhonda Dittfurth, outreach coordinator for the Engineering and Computer Science department, said. Continue reading
Educational level increases earnings, which may encourage more people to finish high school and pursue further education.
The trend at Amarillo High School has been slightly higher than the state average of high school graduates even though the total number of high school graduates has declined slightly between 2003 and 2009.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, education has paid off with the more educated workers earning more money. In 1975, only 63 percent of adults had a high school diploma, while in 2000, 84 percent did. In 1975, only 14 percent had a bachelor’s degree or higher while in 2000, 26 percent had at least a bachelor’s degree. An increase in earnings is associated with each increasing educational level. Continue reading
WTAMU’s Jean Walker was awarded the 2011 Dual Career/Lifetime Achievement Award by the Amarillo Women’s Network (AWN).
Walker is WT’s Miller Professor of Entrepreneurship, and she created the Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) team 18 years ago, which wins regional awards annually.
AWN member Lou Ann Garrett nominated Walker for the prestigious award in Jan. 2012.
“Being named to the Miller Professorship of Entrepreneurship is a fitting tribute to her impact in our area and a compelling reason to honor her with AWN’s Career Achievement Award!” Garrett said in her nomination letter. Continue reading
Check out these pics of the pollution in Thompson Park! To read more about the park, and the cleanup efforts, click here.
Thompson park littered with trash from lake. Photo by Lisa Hellier.
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