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Women of MSU continued

The Wichitan Staff April 1, 2022

Jenny Denning, Bookstore Manager Wichita Falls born, Jenny Denning has managed MSU’s book store for 23 years.  She graduated from Wichita Falls High School and graduated from Midwestern State...

Women of MSU

Women of MSU

The Wichitan Staff March 11, 2022

Maria Contreras-Lerma, Moffett Library Custodian Contreras was born and raised in Julimes, Mexico. She came to the United States when she was 16 years-old in search of a better life. In May, Contreras...

After coming from a very conservative background, Brenda Campbell now has a very diverse family. Photo courtesy of Brenda Campbell.

The woman behind MSU’s Chick-fil-A…Brenda Campbell

Thalia Doe, Feature Editor March 11, 2022

If you've ever walked through or passed by the Clark Student Center here at MSU, there is no doubt you've seen, as many students know her, Mrs. Brenda. Brenda Campbell, a Wisconsin native, grew up in...

Mechanical engineering senior and head of suspension Trevor Snyder works with a blowtorch, Feb. 1.

Formula SAE starts engines for upcoming competition

Colin Stevenson, Photography Editor February 25, 2022

Through planning, cooperation and testing, MSU’s Formula SAE team will build a racecar that will compete against other colleges. The organization, formed this academic year, has high hopes and aspirations...

Accounting senior Kassidy Knight is held up by cheerleaders kinesiology senior DanLee Duncan, mechanical engineering junior Robert Hollingsworth and nursing senior Ashleigh Miller as they all stand in front of the bonfire, Oct. 29.

GO STATE! Everything MSU Has Given Kassidy Knight

Thalia Doe, Feature Editor February 25, 2022

Kassidy Knight spent all four years of her college career here at MSU. A Wichita Falls native, Knight said that she always had her mind set on attending Midwestern. “From a young age, I knew I was...

Business management senior Alemu Mercer Miko has transferred to MSU from Campbell University in North Carolina, Feb. 8.

Who is Alemu Mercer Miko? From Spain, to North Carolina, to lastly, the Falls

Thalia Doe, Feature Editor February 11, 2022

With the new year comes a new soccer player for the MSU men’s soccer team. Business management senior, Alemu Mercer Miko, from Mallorca, Spain has been at Midwestern for just a little under a month.  “I’m...

Among teens who reported suicidal thoughts, 6% of American Instagram users traced the desire to kill themselves to Instagram according to files from Facebooks internal message board, Feb. 10.

Collegiate Health: social media and mental health

Samuel Koone, Managing Editor February 11, 2022

Social media is present seemingly everywhere and Midwestern State is no exception. Student organizations post updates on Instagram, MSU posts campus updates on Facebook and Twitter and future graduates...

Theatre and english major Rachel Shipley is the Women’s Stand Council Coordinator for MOSAIC.

A woman of many organizations: Rachel Shipley

Thalia Doe, Feature Editor January 28, 2022

Rachel Shipley from Rowlett, Texas said she had a few options when deciding which college she would attend. Wanting to study theatre, Shipley was able to perform her caracal in front of over 200 college...

Graduation draws near for some mustangs.

Senior Mustangs speak on their last seasons

Thalia Doe and Jaime Alemán December 1, 2021

With everything in life, there comes a time when things come to an end. MSU athletes have the option of playing either four, or five years if they redshirt their freshman year. It can be easy to view student-athletes...

Masters of health services administration junior and forward Hannah Reynolds shoots after Arkansas-Fort Smith fouls.

Hannah Reynolds playing till the final buzzer

Thalia Doe, Feature and Sports Editor December 1, 2021

This basketball season, Hannah Reynolds will walk the stage for senior night acknowledging this one as her last being a Mustang. Reynold's said it is an overwhelming and surreal feeling.  “It’s very...

Amos Perkins poses with Wichitan staff at the spring 2021 end-of-semester party, April 9, 2021. Photo courtesy of Emma Perkins.

Saying goodbye to The Wichitan: I came for the writing and I left with a family

Amos Perkins, Editor in Chief December 1, 2021

I first came to The Wichitan in Fall 2019 about a month into my freshman year of college on a total whim. After all, I was an education major writing a book on the side, just looking for some way to keep...

Judy Smith feeds ducks cracked corn at Sikes Lake.

Stangs’ Stories: A duck-feeding morning with Judy Smith and Friends

Thalia Doe, Sports and Feature Editor November 17, 2021

Judy Smith and her two friends, Pam Jackson and Marilyn Hardman, wake up each morning ready to feed the geese and ducks that live at the Sikes Lake Center. Smith says, Sikes, more than anything, is just...

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