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Students return service to church in need

miguel jaime October 22, 2014

BSM gives back from MWSU Campus Watch on Vimeo.A At Emmanuel Baptist, 15 students from the Baptist Student Ministry devoted a part of their weekend to help a church in need. With brushes in hand,...

More than 100 students attended the sold-out business etiquette dinner Oct. 18 hosted by the Career Management Center and the Dillard College of Business Administration. Photo by Ethan Metcalf.

Students learn proper dinner etiquette

eddie naidicz October 21, 2014

The Dillard College of Business Administration and Career Management Center hosted the seventh annual business etiquette dinner in the Comanche Suites on Oct 18. Attended by more than 100 people, the instructional...

Attendees choose their bowl at the Empty Bowls event at the WIchita Falls Museum of Art at MSU Tuesday afternoon. Photo by Lauren Roberts

Empty Bowls raises hunger awareness for the third year

Courtney Gilder October 21, 2014

The reception for Empty Bowls, a charity event that benefits the Wichita Falls Food Bank, was held Oct. 21 in the Wichita Falls Museum of Art. Attendees at the packed event bought handmade ceramic...

Robert McBroom, infectious disease specialist, talks about what Ebola is and where it comes from at the Ebola Forum in Dillard 101 Tuesday. Photo by Lauren Roberts

Ebola: Just wash your hands

David Joseph October 21, 2014

Days after the first outbreak of the Ebola virus in the United States, Scott Hoyer, chief medical officer at United Regional Hospital, and Keith Williamson, medical director at Vinson Health Center,...

MWSU Medical Director Keith Williamson talks at the town hall meeting on Ebola Oct. 21. Photo by Bradley Wilson

More than 120 attend community meeting on Ebola

The Wichitan October 21, 2014
About 120 attend community meeting on Ebola
Taylor Duval and Kayla Gray are the 2013 Homecoming King and Queen. Photo by Lauren Roberts

New procedures ensure integrity of homecoming election

Savanah Campbell October 21, 2014

More than 60 years ago, a parade of cars and floats made its way through downtown Wichita Falls as part of the beginning of homecoming traditions. Ten years later, with the addition of a torchlight...

Administrators wait for dorm plans to set budget

Ethan Metcalf October 21, 2014

Treanor Architects came to campus last week for a weeklong design workshop, meeting with faculty, staff and students to gather input on the new dorm and mass communication building. Now that the architects...

Pragna Vemuri, a graduate student in computer science, dances Kuchipudi at the Journey of India — Diwali — festival in Akin Auditorium, Oct. 17, 2014. Photo by Sam Croft

About 200 attend Indian festival

Sam Croft October 17, 2014

About 200 people attended Diwali — a Hindu festival of lights — in Akin Auditorium on Friday, Oct. 17. Although scheduled to start at 6 p.m., it got started about 6:40 p.m. with a candle-lighting...

New residence halls being planned

Cody Samples October 17, 2014

New Dorms from MWSU Campus Watch on Vimeo. To help with the increasing numbers of students living on campus, architects met on campus this week to finalize plans for new residence halls. "Looking...

School spirit is student driven

School spirit is student driven

Courtney Gilder October 17, 2014

With two quarters left in play the football team is trailing by a two touchdowns. The stadium erupts in cheers as the running back takes the ball down the sideline for an first down. All along, students...

Midwestern State University President Jesse Rogers gives opening remarks Wednesday about funding and the legislatuive session next semester before the campus facilities implementation plan community forum in Shawnee Theater. Photos by Lauren Roberts

Community gives architects input on master plan

Lauren Roberts October 17, 2014

Land is not cheap. Especially for land locked MSU. At the campus facilities implementation plan community forum Wednesday afternoon in Shawnee Theatre Christopher Rice, partner at VisSpiro strategies,...

Alexis Carrizales, pharmacy freshman, and Keona Rollerson, computer science freshman, use a round blue sticker to choose the type of setting they would like in the community area of the new dorm. Students met with the Treanor Architects at the new housing meeting in Kiowa Wednesday. Deb Ebersole, partner at Studio D, said having students use color-coded stickers helps to track what qualities they want in the dorms. Students could choose from interior, exterior, community spaces, etc. Ebersole said, Patterns will emerge with some of the same photos chosen. Photos with the most stickers on them were ones that had big windows, were modern, flexible and had open spaces. Photos by Lauren Roberts

Students give input on new residence halls

Cody Samples October 16, 2014

About a dozen students met with Treanor Architects Oct. 15 to share some of their thoughts on a new resident hall scheduled to open fall 2016 with architects. Their suggestions included having...

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