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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...

‘Humans vs. zombies’ campus game of tag

Elascha Davila-Hicks April 20, 2015

Humans vs Zombies from MWSU Campus Watch on Vimeo. To give students a chance to do something fun during the potentially stressful end of the semester, the University Programming Board hosted a...

Expanded parking lot coming fall 2015

Ethan Metcalf April 16, 2015

Expanded parking lot coming fall 2015 from MWSU Campus Watch on Vimeo. Parking has long been a contentious issue for MSU students, and with construction of a new dorm beginning in May, more than...

Appeals filed in SGA election

Ethan Metcalf April 16, 2015

Hearing Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in CSC Cheyenne Results for the Student Government Association elections were posted Monday, showing Jesse Brown, criminal justice junior, as the winner of the presidential...

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