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Column: Use people, not pamphlets to market university

Ethan Metcalf April 1, 2015

A lot of emphasis has been put on expanding the university's marketing reach as a means to bolster enrollment. From presentations at Board of Regents meetings, to promises made by each university presidential...

John Gardner, consultant, has dinner Feb. 16 in the Kiowa Ex-Students Room with members of the First-Year Experience Task Force at the end of his day of holding workshops to address retention.   Photo by Rachel Johnson

Committee formed to discuss seminar for first-year students

Matt Jobe March 31, 2015

In an effort to bolster first year retention, student affairs and academic affairs came together to form a committee charged with creating a three-hour-credit seminar for first-year students. Robert...

Retention rate typically just above national average

Naomi Skinner January 20, 2015

Enrollment Retention Rate from MWSU Campus Watch on Vimeo. MSU has a yearly fall-to-fall retention rate of 72 percent. As for the other 28 percent, Keith Lamb, vice president of enrollment management,...

Would you recommend MSU? Not yet

Ethan Metcalf October 8, 2014

I just filed for graduation and had the pleasure of filling out the school’s exit survey. It was as run-of-the -mill as surveys can be, but it presents students with one crucial yes-or-no question:...

Enrollment essentially flat for second year

Enrollment ‘essentially flat’ for second year

Ethan Metcalf September 30, 2014

Enrollment numbers were made official on the 20th class day and Keith Lamb, vice president of student affairs and enrollment management, said he is hopeful about the university’s enrollment outlook. “We...

Enrollment remains steady despite rise in residents

Ethan Metcalf August 26, 2014

The rising number of resident students may give the impression that the university's student body is growing, but the enrollment numbers paint a different picture. With 5,916 students enrolled in 2012...

Administration cautiously optimistic on future enrollment

Administration ‘cautiously optimistic’ on future enrollment

Ethan Metcalf September 24, 2013

Enrollment remained relatively steady as 205 more freshmen enrolled at Midwestern State University than last fall, resulting in a slight decrease in total enrollment, which dropped from 5,916 students...

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