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Graduation deadlines come, go

Brooke Long October 18, 2013

Imagine Graduation is  Oct. 22-23 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Clark Student Center Atrium.  Commencement, also known as graduation day, is coming up quickly for the more than 500 students who...

What do students really know about the government shutdown?

Landry Russell October 17, 2013

What do students really know about the government shutdown? from MWSU Campus Watch on Vimeo. Today, I spoke with some students all over campus to see what they really knew about the government shut...

Hispanic Heritage Week at MSU

Edward Grisham October 16, 2013

Hispanic Heritage Week at MSU from MWSU Campus Watch on Vimeo. Last week was a fiesta! In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, several organizations held events to raise awareness about Hispanic culture....

Justus Lindsey, senior in finance, Zach Moore, junior in economic and finance, David Grates, senior in Finance, John Krawietz, senior in mechanical engineering and Mark Nichols, junior in history share ideas for making cardboard boat for the race on Friday October 18, 2013. They are in Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Lindsey said, The boats have to be made of only cardboard and duck tape, so we are trying to make it sturdy enough to hold four people to paddle it across sikes lake in the boat race. We started it at the beginning of this week and it will take a couple of hours every day between now and Friday to finish.

Cardboard race Friday

Bruce Brown October 15, 2013

There are a lot of Homecoming traditions, one of which is the Cardboard Boat Race. The Cardboard Boat race is just that, a boat race. Teams of people from different student organizations construct...

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...

Martita Robinson, graduate student in counseling, explains a process for anxiety screenings to Joe Hankins, freshman in business management. Each spring the Counseling Center partners with the graduate psychology and counseling programs to provide this screening. Robinson said, Student are always welcome to utilize the Counseling Center for any problem.

Great turnout for anxiety-awareness event

Aleisha Solorio October 15, 2013

The Counseling Center hosted an event to promote awareness for Anxiety Awareness Day in the Clark Student Center atrium on Oct. 10. “Midterms are coming up so this was the perfect time to keep...

University Singers and Midwestern Singers prepare for fall concert

Zandra Lee October 15, 2013

The University Singers and Midwestern Singers will hold a fall choral concert on Oct. 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Wichita Falls Museum of Art. “I went to their concert last year and it was amazing,”...

Students donate other university T-shirts to burn at bonfire

Caitlyn Cremeens October 15, 2013

The homecoming T-shirt exchange continues through Oct. 17 with the Homecoming bonfire pep rally Friday night. To receive a free Homecoming T-shirt, students need to bring a T-shirt from another university...

Torchlight Parade begins Thursday at 9 p.m.

Keandra Davis October 15, 2013

    Continuing a long tradition, the Torchlight Parade, which leads into the bonfire, is Oct. 17 at 9 p.m behind Killingsworth Hall. "That’s something I hope never dies," Roland Hannah,...

Representatives from Changzhou Institute of Technology visited the campus Oct.15. Will Pan, graduate student in psychology, participated in the meeting as a translator. He said, Its a big step for MSU to explore Chinese market.

Changzhou Institute representatives visit campus

Austin Quintero October 15, 2013

Representatives from the Changzhou Institute of Technology (CIT) visited on Oct. 15 to formally acknowledge the new partnership between the two universities. "We are pleased to play host to the...

Lip sync competition kicks off first night of homecoming festivities

Lip sync competition kicks off first night of homecoming festivities

Ethan Metcalf October 15, 2013

Student groups ranging from Greek life to academic clubs performed in front of a packed Akin auditorium on Monday night as part of the Wild West Show Homecoming Lip Sync Competition. The three teams chosen...

Student gets second chance at American dream

Samantha Forester October 15, 2013

Student gets second chance at American dream from MWSU Campus Watch on Vimeo. There are more than 65-thousand undocumented college students in the United States. These are people who were born abroad...

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