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Board follows formula to hire successor

Board follows formula to hire successor

Austin Quintero April 28, 2015

The Board of Regents members took six steps to hire the next MSU president. Step One: Announcement The former president must announce retirement. Jesse Rogers, president of MSU and long-time member of...

Rogers’ office staff describe life working with university president

Austin Quintero April 27, 2015

Every week, the office of University President Jesse Rogers can be a busy place with university officials, donors and staff. But behind all of that, there are three women who work closely with Rogers...

University president confident in successor’s capabilities

Austin Quintero April 27, 2015

President Jesse Rogers is retiring from his long-time position as president of Midwestern State in August 2015. This leaves the obvious question of who will be the next university president. New rules,...

Rogers leads only public liberal arts school in Texas

Jessalyn Castro April 27, 2015

Driftwood, terra cotta, old rose, cameo and Cimarron are the colors of the bricks that make up every building on campus and are on file with an MSU supplier and called “The MSU Blend.” The unique...

University President Jesse Rogers gets water dumped on him in an effort to raise money for Lou Gehrigs disease. Rogers took the challenge from officials at West Texas A&M and passed the challenge along to Angelo State University. Photo by Bradley Wilson.

Rogers remembers good times

Nizhoni Terronez April 27, 2015

One of the university president’s fondest memories is that of a small prairie dog park that used to be part of campus. “I would sit in the window sill while I would be eating something on the...

Professor Jesse Wallace Rogers works in the chemistry lab. Photo courtesy Waikun 1972.

Rogers’ love for students carried him beyond the classroom

Haleigh Wallace April 27, 2015

Over the course of 40 years, University President Jesse Rogers’ love of science combined with his leadership and professionalism is remembered by all who worked with and studied under him. Rogers...

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

Rogers retires under new mascot

Morgan Haire April 27, 2015

Out of 48 years at the university, the university president, Jesse Rogers, was an Indian for 39 of them. “Traditions are very hard to change,” Rogers said. “That’s a little piece of tradition...

Rogers committed to education, students, innovation

Rogers committed to education, students, innovation

Brianna Sheen April 27, 2015

Although University President Jesse Rogers’ job title has changed and his responsibility has grown over the course of his 48 years of service at MSU, his professional ideals have remained the same, rooted...

Elizabeth Smart answers Julie Terrys, a stay-at-home mom, question about ways that anyone can help with this cause and spread awareness. Smart spoke as part of the Artist-Lecture Series about her story of being at the center of a nationally known child abduction case in 2002, and now has an advocacy program for Crimes Against Children, which eventually merged with the Operation Underground Railroad. Their was a full house in the Akin Auditorium for the last Artist-Lecture Series of this school year, Tues. April 21, 2015. Photo by Rachel Johnson

Smart inspires audience with courage, honesty

Morgan Haire April 22, 2015

Speaking as a child abductee and now a childs' rights advocate, Elizabeth Smart spoke  on April 21 as part of the Artist-Lecture Series. Nearly 400 gathered to hear her abduction story and spoke...

Professors hope to advance environmentalism locally

Jasmine Jones April 22, 2015

https://vimeo.com/125637235 With Earth Day upon us yet again, so too comes an ebb and flow of campus participation in the environmentally conscious holiday. Last year marked one of the biggest instances...

Instructor says goodbye after 28 years at MSU

Chris Marten April 21, 2015

Timothy Donovan, professor of computer science, is retiring this August after 28 years with the Department of Computer Science. The department will host a retirement reception for Donovan on April 23. Ranette...

The Gypsy Kit food truck sits in The Wichita Falls Museum of Art parking lot April 14. Watch the full story at: vimeo.com/125541036

Gypsy Kit goes mobile, serves students

Ethan Metcalf April 21, 2015

Gypsy Kit goes mobile, serves students from MWSU Campus Watch on Vimeo. The Gypsy Kit is a diamond in the rough in Wichita Falls, offering a taste of something familiar but strange, like its popular...

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