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The Wichitan

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The Wichitan

Mariana Vela posa para una fotografía, Oct. 11.

Out of the shadows: DACA student approaches graduation

Emily Copeland October 13, 2023

Mariana Vela poses for a photo, Oct. 11. (Sam Difiore) Mariana Vela remembers a red van and crying for her mother. She was only two years old when she came to the United States. But now, she has...

Luz Garcia, nursing sophomore and Daisy Reyes, mass communication sophomore and Samantha Mejia, accounting sophomore talk about OHS at the organization fair that took place before the Empower Me! Summit on Sept. 8.

Organization helps students connect with Hispanic culture.

Yerasly Duran, Reporter October 11, 2018

The Organization of Hispanic Students strives to promote Hispanic culture an campus. Hispanic students make up 16.3 percent of the student body on campus and in this organization, students learn and show...

Jiankun Kang, athletic training senior, Kornika Degannes, finance senior, Claudio Rodrioguez, complex coordinator for residence life and housing, Pierre Bocquet, global studies senior, Brenda Adame, bilingual education junior, and Montserrath Garay, bilingual studies, and spanish minor senior, come together to share their experiences at Midwestern State University and the United States for Immigration Stories at Legacy Multipurpose Room on Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Photo by Francisco Martinez

Panelists share immigration stories, discuss struggles

Chloe Phillips, reporter April 3, 2018

Aspirations, to live a better life or just to play soccer.  As a part of Inclusion Now week and to "make people aware of the culture that is on campus," Bilingual Education Student Organization and Fain...

Students fate uncertain pending a possible end to DACA

Judelle Tyson December 4, 2017

With the possible cancellation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and Dreamers program, an estimated 800,000 dreamers are at risk of being deported. In September, the Trump administration...

Matthew Sosa, biology freshman, and Shelby Cosper, radio technology freshman, laughs at Francisco Ramos, comedian, at an event put on by Univeristy Programming Board for Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 26  in Comanche room in Clark Student Center. Photo by Sara Keeling

Hispanics add to campus culture

Oscar Cindo October 3, 2017

Students have been saturated in hispanic culture for Hispanic Heritage Month since Sept. 15. Vibrant dresses twirled at Viva MSU, sizzling fajitas coated the Jesse Rogers Promenade and laughter filled...

Patrick Coggins, MSU chief of police, talks to Syreeta Greene, director of the Office of Equity, Inclusion & Multicultural Affairs, about immigration and law enforcement for the Critical Conversation Series held in the Legacy Multipurpose Room on Sept 18. Photo by Marissa Daley

Faculty discuss sanctuary cities bill at forum

Tyler Manning September 19, 2017

To educate students on how Texas Senate Bill 4 will affect campus and Wichita Falls policing, the Office of Equity, Inclusion and Multicultural Affairs hosted a forum on Sept. 18 in the Legacy Hall...

Ana Lopez is an exercise physiology alumna.

‘I am Mexican, not an alien’

The Wichitan July 7, 2017

I was only three years old when my father decided to migrate to the U.S. and follow the "American Dream." Just like many immigrants, he risked his life crossing the border to give us a better life....

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