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West Texas A&M president outlines nursing expansion and behavioral-health hospital plans for the Panhandle
Summary
West Texas A&M President Walter Windler told Potter County leaders the university is relocating AgriLife facilities, adding a Pantex-affiliated research lab and pursuing renovation of a former bus station into nursing training space (estimated $12–$13 million), while praising coordination around a new HHS behavioral health hospital on Amarillo Boulevard.
Dr. Walter Windler, president of West Texas A&M University, briefed Potter County commissioners on campus projects that he said will support the region’s workforce and health-care capacity.
"We're gonna develop a specialization in behavioral health nursing that we've never had before," Windler said, describing new nursing programming tied to a planned HHS behavioral health hospital on the site of the former Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Lab on Amarillo Boulevard. He said the university purchased the adjacent bus station and estimates $12–$13 million would be needed to renovate it for an expanded nursing program.
Windler also outlined a nonclassified Pantex research lab under construction on campus, a planned AgriLife center relocation to campus, and a proposed $10 million joint water-resiliency legislative ask with Texas Tech. He said a substantial percentage of WTAMU employees and students live in Potter County and that the university aims to serve the region first.
