The purpose of the Panhandle-Plains
The very nature of intercollegiate athletic competition unites a university with the broader community it serves. Athletics brings students, local citizens, parents and alumni together in a way that no other entity on campus can do. Further, athletics generates a tremendous amount of media exposure that provides WT a grand stage on which to promote its academic and community achievements and to spur interest in its academic programs, research opportunities and campus life. All told, athletics generates more than 100,000 in-person visits to the WT campus each year, more than 200,000 annual viewers and listeners to live game broadcasts and year-round coverage on local newspaper, television and radio stations.
Historical Museum—to collect and
preserve the record of life in the
Panhandle-Plains region—is as viable
in 2018 as it was in 1921. However,
for the museum to be viable in 2035,
it must maintain its role of collecting
and preserving history, yet expand its
reach to become a community-service
provider and a change agent for the
Panhandle-Plains region. The mission
of the Panhandle-Plains Historical
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Museum is to use its collection to
build relationships and the vision of
the museum is to improve the quality
of life in the Panhandle-Plains region
THE PANHANDLE-PLAINS HISTORICAL MUSEUM The museum is a vital part of Texas history as well as the history of our region. It contributes to the power of West Texas A&M University to serve the Texas Panhandle. In its possession are more than two million artifacts—many of them irreplaceable—that fuel research and learning. In its nearly 100 years of service, tens of thousands of visitors have gained insight into the contributions made to the arts, the oil and gas industries, governance and a multitude of other aspects of Panhandle life that color our institution and the lives of people who study and visit here. The museum will flourish in the future.
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