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Pentatonix delivers anticipated performance

Pentatonix delivers anticipated performance

Courtney Betts February 5, 2014

Students anxiously stood outside Akin Auditorium Tuesday night awaiting the performance that sold out in early January. A tour bus with covered windows is parked outside housing the anticipated performers....

Holiday Trimmings program kicks off at Wellness Center

Courtney Betts January 21, 2014

Students, faculty and staff can get a kick-start on healthy new year's resolutions by participating in the holiday trimmings program at the Wellness Center. “This is the time of year that people set...

Volunteers help setup displays for the MSU-Burns Fantasy of Lights

Lights exhibit opens Friday; features new displays

Courtney Betts December 4, 2013

Community members and students will gather around the front lawn of the Hardin Administration Building for the MSU-Burns Fantasy of Lights opening ceremony Dec. 6 which will showcase the first two...

Derrick Pierce loads sheets into a industral sized washing machice in the United Regional laundry facilities Nov. 27.

United Regional conserves water despite lack of restrictions

Courtney Betts December 1, 2013

With lake levels declining and the city at the beginning of the stage 4 drought emergency, even high-priority facilities such as United Regional Health Care System are finding ways to conserve water...

Rachel Bullard, junior in theater, looks over the script backstage before rehearsal Monday.

Student rises to the occasion as new assistant stage manager for Wiley and the Hairy Man

Courtney Betts November 19, 2013

Seated back stage in the dark during another night of rehearsal for Wiley and the Hairy Man, junior in theater, Rachel Bullard, has only a small desk light to allow her to see her notes in the prop...

Chizi Tere, sophomore in pre-med, and Blossom Odemudia, senior in pre-med, work on birthday cards as part of the World Kindness Day event hosted by the Counseling Center in CSC Cheyenne. Students were invited to make greeting cards to send to a special someone. My moms birthday is coming up and its like an inexpensive thing to do, Tere said.

Counseling Center hosts ‘World Kindness Day,’ students make cards

Courtney Betts November 13, 2013

Although several people around the world celebrated World Kindness Day, the staff at the Counseling Center hosted its own event yesterday at Clark Student Center to help students share their compassion...

Jim Hughes model train exhibit nears completion as setup began in August. The opening reception is this Friday from 5-7 p.m. at the Wichita Falls Museum of Art.

Art Express exhibit opens today

Courtney Betts November 6, 2013

The Wichita Falls Museum of Art will be hosting the Art Express reception featuring the train collection of Jim Hughes on Nov. 8 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. “Nowadays kids don’t know what a train...

Hollis Kauffman, graduate student in counseling, participates in Empty Bowls Ceramic Exhibit Reception at the Wichita Falls Museum of Arts. Empty Bowls is a community-wide program to help the local Food Bank raise as much money as possible for the growing hunger issue in Wichita Falls. This event is part of an international program that has raised millions of dollars for the battle against hunger and starvation. Kauffman said, Seeing me our community comes together is such a wordy cost, and it is really inspiring.

Empty Bowls program raises funds for needy

Courtney Betts October 15, 2013

Community members and students were invited to a reception held at the Wichita Falls Museum of Arts for the 2013 Empty Bowls Ceramics Exhibit on Oct. 10. Empty Bowls is a community-wide program...

Dr. Drew Pinksy

Dr. Drew brings more than 400 to Akin Auditorium

Courtney Betts October 1, 2013

Television and radio personality Drew Pinsky, better known as Dr. Drew, attracted more than 400 attendees in Akin Auditorium on Sept. 26 during his presentation about addictive behaviors on college...

Dr. Drew

Artist-Lecture Series to feature Dr. Drew Pinksy

Courtney Betts September 24, 2013

Radio and television personality Drew Pinsky, better known as Dr. Drew, will share his expertise in relationships and addictive behaviors during the first event of the Artist-Lecture Series in Akin...

Kendell Penington, sophomore  in English, with her first published book — The Guardians: The Lost Realm.

English student makes debut as author

Courtney Betts September 18, 2013

The life of a college student typically does not include mysterious archways, paranormal races and menacing creatures from another world. However, for Kendell Penington, sophomore in English, her days...

New welcome center open for prospects

Courtney Betts September 11, 2013

Just as MSU opened its doors the first week of class for the fall semester, the Department of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management opened a new Welcome Center to attract potential students to the...

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