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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...

Karen and Jesse Rogers, Midwestern State University president, invite Student Government Association senators and officers into Sikes house Oct 7 for a reception and tour. Photo by Lauren Roberts

Sikes House a place to live, work for university president

Lauren Roberts October 16, 2014

At just three years older than University President Jesse Rogers, the Sikes House was built in 1938 and has been used as the President's home since 1975. The house was purchased by MSU from the...

Theater graduates Brette Rector, Chris Rector and Time Doyle congratulate Laura Jefferson, associate theater professor, after the Oct. 11 announcement of the Laura Jefferson Acting Scholarship. Photo by Ethan Metcalf

Acting scholarship announced to honor retiring professor

Ethan Metcalf October 15, 2014

Theater Department Chair and Professor Elizabeth Lewandowski announced the creation of the Laura Jefferson Acting Scholarship during an alumni reception after last Saturday’s performance of August:...

Joe Stramberg, principal project manager of Treanor Architects, goes over the mass communication plans in the Kiowa Suites Tuesday. Photo by Lauren Roberts

Architects meet with students, faculty to discuss proposed mass communication building

Ethan Metcalf October 15, 2014

Architects from the Treanor Architects Firm met with students, faculty and staff of the Mass Communication Department yesterday as part of their weeklong visit to campus to plan the proposed new resident...

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