[JD.]

Hey everybody, will be going to Panhandle State University in Goodwell, OK in August of this year and being from out of state not familiar with the panhandle. Any advice or info. on the panhandle? I did visit it so I know it's not exactly a boom town just wondering any past experiences in this area, things to do, people, etc. Thanks.

JD

[JD.]

Actually any views or info on Oklahoma Panhandle State University would be helpful too.

[StillwaterTownie]

I just mainly think of the panhandle as a very remote and isolated portion of Oklahoma. I've driven through it several times and was grateful that my home town was more scenic. As free of distractions as the panhandle is, it should be easy to concentrate on college studies.

[dewlover]

First of all, congratulations! I live in Dumas, Tx...about 60 miles south of Goodwell. Yes, it is remote but Guymon is pretty close and Liberal is about another hour away. My middle child went to PSU in 1998 but only stayed one semester. Are you into sports? Or agriculture/horses, etc? Where is your home right now? If you are involved with school activities I think you will like it there. And....Amarillo is about 2 hours away.....they have dance clubs, concerts,.....everything you might need for a fun weekend!

[JD.]

dewlover:

I plan to major in Animal Science-Livestock Production, Grandpa had a farm and spent most of my time there, plan on going on to be a large animal vet. Heard they had a really good Ag/Animal Sci. program and thought I'd check it out and was definatley impressed with their Ag. faculty and new facilities. Went down there in August when it was 105, but who isn't into heat stoke? I'm in the FFA now and plan to join their collegiate FFA, hoping to get on the livestock judging team too, bronc rode for a few years so might do their Rodeo Team, heard they were best in the nation a few times. I'm from a small town in Illinois, so I'm used to rural life but it's still a thousand miles away. Looks like all my fun is going to be in Amarillo? Might have to jump over to the Texas board and check it out lol. Well, hope I answered your questions, any more comments or whatever keep em comin. Thanks. JD

[eddie gein]

PSU is the smallest school in the state thus you should get a lot of personal attention there. I'm sure the Ag programs are good because they have hung their hat on that for a long time.

The campus is tiny but has many shade trees which is nice in the panhandle.

The hot summers are pretty dry and so they are more tolerable than it is for us "downstaters". However, winters are much harsher up there and it is a LOT windier out there.

Guymon has a couple of hang outs where the students go (all there is in Goodwell is a quickstop or two). During the time I lived in Guymon I was quite surprised at the fact that the students there were fairly cosmopolitian as I was expecting to see mostly cowboys and "goatroper" types. Althought there were many like that it wasn't as prevelant as I thought. I was impressed with the quality of the female students (I assume you are male) as far as looks and class.

As has been mentioned, Liberal KS has some things that Guymon doesn't have and Amarillo has most of the rest you might need for entertainment.

[JD.]

Nice to hear the ladies are good lookin' , yeah seems to me all the fun is down in Amarillo. I heard a lot of good things about Guymon, do you remember much about the campus life, was there a lot to do?