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Students avoid deep puddles walking from Prothro-Yeager to Clark Student Center as the rain continues to pour down on campus April 27. Photo by Francisco Martinez

Rain causes leaks in Fain Fine Arts

Harley Warrick April 29, 2015

Rain causes leaks in Fain Fine Arts from MWSU Campus Watch on Vimeo. Monday morning seemed normal until Carlos Aleman found water leaking from the ceiling in the Juanita Harvey Art Gallery in...

SGA failed the student body – again

Brianna Sheen April 29, 2015

This year’s Student Government election was without a doubt a mess. I’m not going to lay blame at any one person’s feet—that was handled at the Student Government Association election board hearing—but...

A crowd of about 80 maintenance staff members gathered for a meeting with vice presidents of SSC Support Services and university administrators to discuss the possibility of outsourcing maintenance jobs to the company. Photo by Ethan Metcalf.

Administrators consider outsourcing maintenance jobs

Ethan Metcalf April 28, 2015

To combat the university's ongoing budget woes, administrators revealed this week that they are in negotiations with SSC Service Solutions to outsource the school's facility services, including custodial,...

Robert Entrekin, custodian, talks with a news reporter while he vacuums a lecture room in the C wing of the Fain Fine Arts building, Monday, April 27, 2015. i dont see it being a plus for the employees. We get an hour and a half 3 times a week in the wellness center, we get our birthdays off, and we have 15 days. You can bet your lucky dime that all thats gone if we sign with the private company. I cant see the employees benefit from all this, but we are the last ones to be considered, says Entrekin. Photo by Rachel Johnson

Fine arts custodian one of 94 staff members whose jobs could be outsourced

Kristina Abeyta April 28, 2015

Throughout the C-wing of the Fain Fine Arts Center, Robert Entrekin, facilities services custodian, can be seen up and down the halls, maintaining the building. He rides a motorcycle as often as he...

Board names Shipley as next president

Austin Quintero April 28, 2015

The nine voting members of the Board of Regents made history when, after a 10-month search, they named Suzanne Shipley as the first woman and 11th MSU president. Rogers spent his whole career at MSU,...

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...

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