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Workers put the final touches on the remodeled food court in the Clark Student Center on Aug. 12. Photo by Morgan Haire.

Finishing touches go up on dining services, food court

Morgan Haire August 17, 2015

The Mesquite Dining Hall and Clark Student Center food court have a fresh new look. The dining services contract with Chartwells was finalized in early March and Chartwells officially began cooking...

Kathleen Williamson, chair of nursing program, told President Suzanne Shipley that they both got the memo to wear red that day, after the first faculty meeting of the school year. The meeting was held ing hte Akin Auditorium, where President Shipley adressed a full house about her long term and short term goals. Photo by Rachel Johnson

Shipley outlines goals at first faculty/staff meeting

Brianna Sheen August 17, 2015

In her first speech as University president, Suzanne Shipley asked a full house of faculty and community members to re-imagine Midwestern State. Shipley, at the Aug. 17 faculty/staff meeting, said...

Many Beginnings: A History of Women in Sports at Midwestern State University by Sherry Anne Gill Gillespie and Karen K. Rogers

Womens sports focus of new book

Yolanda Torres August 11, 2015

REVIEW Many Beginnings: A History of Women in Sports at Midwestern State University by Sherry Ann Gill Gillespie with Karen K. Rogers explores the account of women’s athletics since the start...

Norman Horner, director of Natural Laboratories and Jesse Rogers, university president, at the Dalquest Desert Research Station in Marfa, Texas July 1. Photo by Kristina Abeyta.

All roads lead to Dalquest: Professor’s dream comes true in the Chihuahuan Desert

Kristina Abeyta July 3, 2015

The Marfa, Texas highway becomes a rocky, turbulent, might-have-to-pull-over-if-you-get-car-sick kind of road leading to an off-the-grid extension of MSU — the Dalquest Desert Research Station. The dream...

Campus carry soon to be reality

Brianna Sheen June 17, 2015

Governor Greg Abbott signed two bills June 13, the first allowing licensed holders to openly carry their firearms in most public places and the second, Senate Bill 11, allowing licensed holders to carry...

Regents approve the ad used in the presidential search at the Board of Regents meeting Sept. 22, 2014. FIle photo by Lauren Roberts

Regents update election, amendment by-laws

Brianna Sheen June 1, 2015

At their June 1 meeting, members of the Board of Regents unanimously approved two revisions to the board's bylaws, according to Debbie Barrow, director of board and government relations. The first...

Brenna Moore

Golfer wins school’s first national NCAA championship

Brianna Sheen May 18, 2015
Brenna Moore made history May 16 when she won the NCAA Division II Women's Golf Championship, becoming MSU's first national athletic champion.
Francisco Martinez and Rachel Johnson spent Saturday covering graduation for The Wichitan.

648 degrees awarded at spring graduation

The Wichitan May 16, 2015

Facts and figures (compare fall of 2013) DATE | May 16, 2015 LOCATION | Kay Yeager Coliseum SPEAKER | Jesse Rogers, retiring university president Listen to the Jesse Rogers Podcast —...

Lucia Ramirez, radiologic technology, shows off her diploma packet. Photo by Kayla White

Traditions contribute to university life

The Wichitan May 16, 2015

From its beginnings in 1922 as a municipal junior college housed within a high school building, Midwestern State University has become a campus of 255 acres and 70 buildings offering a variety of academic...

The university paid workers $29,979,809 in FY2012

Regents approve new president’s contract

Brianna Sheen May 15, 2015

Members of the MSU Board of Regents approved a contract today for incoming University President Suzanne Shipley, paying her an annual salary of $310,000. According to the Texas Tribune,...

Deborah Garrison, associate vice president for academic affairs and dean of the graduate school, presents hoods to the recipients of masters degrees at Midwestern State University graduation, Wichita Falls Multi-Purpose Event Center, Dec. 14, 2013. Photo by Ethan Metcalf.

Garrison resigns to take position at Methodist College

Brianna Sheen May 15, 2015

After just two years at MSU, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs Deborah Garrison is resigning to take a position at Methodist College of Nursing in Peoria, Illinois, as vice president for...

Campus leaders members of the Philosophical Society of Texas

Kristina Abeyta May 13, 2015

Houston. 1836. The new Republic of Texas had just won freedom. Years of tension with Mexico followed by what comes with revolution: detrimental battle leading to Texas blood shed for the liberty and victory...

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