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Natalie Rawson, volleyball head coach, answers questions at a press conference after meeting the team for the first time. Rawson was the assistant volleyball coach from 2010-13, and returns to MSU after a two-year stint as the head coach for Newman University in Wichita, Kansas. Photo by Mark Campbell.

New volleyball coach seeks to improve team

Ethan Metcalf March 26, 2015

MSU hires new volleyball coach from MWSU Campus Watch on Vimeo. Natalie Rawson, assistant volleyball coach from 2010-2013, will return to Midwestern State University's volleyball program, this...

University President Jesse Rogers holds up the Indian sign with the football players as they hold up the Mustang during the playing of the school song after the Midwestern State University v. Eastern New Mexico game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Sept. 20, 2014. Photo by Lauren Roberts

Episode 12: Bringing football to MSU, part 1

Ethan Metcalf March 14, 2015

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University President Jesse Rogers welcomes and introduces people at the beginning of the reception recognizing the founding of the Robert L. Bolin Graduate School of Petroleum Geology, Wednesday, March 11. Photo by Rachel Johnson

Reception marks founding of petroleum geology graduate program

Ethan Metcalf March 11, 2015

At a reception in front of a crowd made up of donors, administrators, board members, faculty and even ex-Regents, University President Jesse Rogers introduced the formation of the Robert L. Bolin...

A candidate for the presidency of MWSU, Suzanne Shipley, now president of Shepherd University, answers questions at a forum Feb. 24. Photo by Rachel Johnson.

Board of Regents choose Shipley for president

Ethan Metcalf March 9, 2015

After about a three-hour closed meeting, the Board of Regents chose Suzanne Shipley, president of Shepherd University, to become the next president of Midwestern State University after University President...

A candidate for the presidencey of MWSU, Robert Nelsen, special adviser to executive vice chancellor for academic affairs for UT Systems, answers questions at a forum Tuesday, March 3, 2015. Photo by Francisco Martinez

‘Fundraising is about friend-raising,’ final candidate says

Ethan Metcalf March 3, 2015

The last of three candidates for University President spoke to about 150 attendees at a forum March 3. Robert Nelsen, special adviser to executive vice chancellor for academic affairs for the University...

Cartoon by Johnny Blevins.

Come out of the closet, Democrats

Ethan Metcalf March 3, 2015

Universities are almost always a bastion of sorts for Democrats. Even in the reddest of cities and states, gathering a bunch of educated youth together creates a pocket of blue. We feel more...

Michael Mills, director of housing and dining services. Photo from video by Cody Samples

Housing, dining director to take over Study Abroad

Ethan Metcalf March 2, 2015

As Larry Williams, sociology professor and director of the Study Abroad Program, reaches retirement this May, Michael Mills, director of housing and dining services, will take over Williams' position...

Episode 11: Founding Health Science at MSU

Ethan Metcalf February 28, 2015

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First presidential candidate visits campus

Ethan Metcalf February 25, 2015

The first of three finalists for the new university president claimed to be a local girl who grew up in Lubbock, but her localness was truly confirmed when Robert McBroom, a physician and attendee...

Consultant looks to improve student retention

Ethan Metcalf February 17, 2015

Consultant looks to improve student retention from MWSU Campus Watch on Vimeo. Nine years ago, university administrators created a plan to boost first-year retention rates, and last Monday administrators...

Maverick turned 7 on Oct. 16, 2013. Photo by Lauren Roberts.

Episode 10: Changing of the Guard, part 3

Ethan Metcalf February 4, 2015

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Jesse Rogers, president of Midwestern State, answers Marco Torres, senior class senator, question about future parking plans for fall of next year during the Student Government Association meeting on February 3, where close to 70 students were in attendance. Photo by Rachel Johnson

Student fee increases slated for fall

Ethan Metcalf February 4, 2015

University President Jesse Rogers spoke about increasing student fees next fall to about 70 students at the first Student Government Association meeting of the spring Tuesday night in CSC Comanche...

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