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Student athletic fees pay for championship rings

Chris Collins May 1, 2012

MSU has spent $75,248 on championship rings for student athletes over the past five years, more than a quarter of it – $20,358 – coming from the student body at large. In most cases, donor money...

Wedding mistake costs university over $11,000

Wedding mistake costs university over $11,000

Chris Collins May 1, 2012

A marital mishap at the Wichita Falls Museum of Art in 2010 cost the university more than $11,000 in donor funds. Instead of using the money to buy equipment or fund scholarships, MSU ended up paying...

Engineering program gets $3.8M in donations

Chris Collins April 24, 2012

MSU secured $3.8 million in donations two weeks ago for the Engineering program. James McCoy gave the university $3.3 million for construction, two extra faculty members, and equipment. Fred Stephens...

Sikes House. Photo by Professor Gary Goldberg

Sikes House spending tops $875,000

Chris Collins April 24, 2012

Constant maintenance keeps workers busy  Upkeep on the Sikes House, the two-story presidential residence across Midwestern from campus, isn’t cheap. Since 2002, costs to maintain it have topped...

University spends $84,000 for flowers

University spends $84,000 for flowers

Chris Collins April 17, 2012

Museum board member rakes in about $75,000; other florists get $9,447 A museum board member who lives in Caddo, Texas was paid nearly $75,000 to craft lavish floral arrangements for university functions...

Nursing dept. promotes healthy lifestyles with community fair

Chris Collins March 28, 2012

The MSU nursing department wants you to take care of your body. “Put prevention into practice” is the theme of the department’s 12th annual community health fair, which will be held April 13 at...

Landry Russell showing his support for WFHS Coach Pennington. (Photo by Chris Collins)

Student protests for HS coach

Chris Collins March 28, 2012

Landry Russell was nervous when he started to speak March 26. A board room full of people, at least one hundred of them, and they were all staring at him. “The room was really tense when I...

MSU seeks entrepreneurs

Chris Collins February 29, 2012

MSU students can win $1,000 just for having a good idea. Well, that’s not exactly correct. But a student who has a good business plan can pocket the money with Idea MSU. Idea MSU, a business venture...

President Rogers (Photo by Hannah Hofmann)

Board re-ups Rogers’ contract three years

Chris Collins February 29, 2012

The Board of Regents has voted to extend the contract of President Dr. Jesse Rogers another three years. The contract, which will come up for renewal again in 2015, was extended by the Board in...

Provost nominated for UT-Tyler job

Provost nominated for UT-Tyler job

Chris Collins February 22, 2012

Provost Dr. Alisa White is being considered for the provost position at the University of Texas-Tyler. She came to MSU in 2010 from UT-Tyler, where she served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. She...

Regents approve ‘concept’ of master plan

Regents approve ‘concept’ of master plan

Chris Collins February 22, 2012

MSU Board of Regents members – for more than an hour – scrutinized a master construction plan proposed by administrators last week. Ultimately, the Board agreed to OK the “concept” of the plan,...

MSU caps overload hours for faculty

Chris Collins February 15, 2012

A new university edict capping teaching loads at 15 hours has some professors and students fuming. The rule was implemented by Provost Dr. Alisa White a month shy of the spring 2012 semester, sending...

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