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Dan Waggoner Hall Annex (formerly part of the Polytechnic Baptist Church) was purchased by the University in 1989 and houses classrooms, faculty offices, the University counselor, the Office of the Graduate Programs in Counseling, and the Theatre Department.
Wade Hall (1920, remodeled in 1981) is an apartment building providing housing for students, faculty, and staff.
West Village (2005) is a 250-bed apartment style housing facility located at the corner of Wesleyan St. and Vickery Blvd. The three-story building has a combination of two-bedroom efficiencies and four-bedroom apartments. The Residential Life Department is located at The Clubhouse in the complex.
Eunice and James L. West Library (1988) is an 84,400 square-foot building housing the University library and special collections, classrooms, Media Services, computer classrooms, Center of Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Central Texas United Methodist Archives Depository, and the Academic Success Center, which houses academic advising, new student programs, and developmental programs. The library is named for its donors, Eunice and James L. West of Fort Worth.
Special University Programs
THE WILLSON LECTURES
The annual Willson Lectures at Texas Wesleyan University are made possible by a gift from the late Mavis Terry Willson and the late J.M. Willson of Floydada, Texas.
In 1946 the Willsons provided an endowment to bring outstanding speakers to the campus. Through the years, these speakers have delivered messages that have challenged and inspired thousands of Texas Wesleyan University students and faculty members.
ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIPS
The Bebensee University Scholar Professorship was created in 1996 through a bequest from the Leo Robert Bebensee Estate to honor Mr. Bebensee as a life-long educator. The Bebensee University Scholar is an individual with the potential to set a model for good University teaching and research and to foster those attributes in her/his colleagues.
The McCann University Professorship was established in 1996 through a bequest from the Ralph and Sue McCann Trust. The McCann University Professorship is designed to celebrate faculty strength by allowing for enhanced professional development.
The A.M. Pate History Professorships were established in 2012 through a bequest from the estate of A.M. Pate. The Professorships will honor Mr. Pates’ love of history and teacher-scholars dedicated to teaching history.
ROBING AND HOODING CONVOCATION
From the time this institution was founded in 1890, a strong bond has united members of the faculty with members of the student body. This close relationship has developed because of the desire of the faculty to teach more than the subject matter and because Texas Wesleyan University students have wanted to learn and understand the beliefs, philosophies, and attitudes of the instructors and professors. Throughout the more than 100 years of the University’s history, it has been recognized