A speedy new way to make friends
Kristin Silva and Amos Perkins
February 3, 2020
The room buzzed with the sounds of 24 students asking each other questions regarding their personal interests. Pre-formatted questions laid spread across the square of tables in the Legacy Multipurpose Room for those participating in campus's first-ever "speed friending" event put on by the E.P.I.C....
Students volunteer at the Humane Society to relieve stress
Brianne Fournier, Reporter
February 7, 2019
It's two weeks into the semester and students are feeling the stress. To break away from campus, students head to the Humane Society of Wichita County to volunteer. Students including Camille Blanton, special education sophomore, find comfort in volunteering and getting to play with the animals, often ...
Students make plans for Thanksgiving break
Amber Hernandez, Reporter
November 20, 2018
Turkeys in the oven, families around the table and lots of laughter to go around is what Thanksgiving is usually all about but that isn't the case for all students. For the Thanksgiving holiday, students use the days off classes differently depending on where they are from and if they celebrate Than...
ASO’s flower delivery signups wilted Feb. 13
Chloe Phillips
February 14, 2018
To try something "exciting and new" and to fundraise for future events, the African Students Organization hosted a flower delivery service in the Clark Student Center on Feb. 12. Students paid $2 to members of ASO for them to deliver a Valentine's Day gram to the person of their choosing. Though ASO adv...
International students make most out of their stay on campus during Thanksgiving
November 29, 2017
Thanksgiving is a time to go home and have a good holiday with family. For students from out of state and international students, long distances and high travel costs inhibit that from being a reality, forcing them to stay in Wichita Falls over the school break. Despite not being able to go home, f...
Dia de Los Muertos event to celebrate lives of dead Nov. 1
Judelle Tyson
November 1, 2017
In the spirit of celebrating DÃa de Los Muertos — Day of the Dead — the University Programming Board and Bilingual Education Student Organization will host an event to celebrate the lives of the dead on Nov. 1 in the Clark Student Center atrium at 6 p.m. DÃa de Los Muertos is celebrated every...
Homecoming bonfire to bring excitement to campus
Rockelle Gholson
October 18, 2017
Nothing but darkness and heat will beam on the faces of students participating in this week's homecoming annual bonfire at Nocono Trail South Parking Lot at 9:15 p.m. "This is the funnest part of homecoming week. We get to bring our old college shirts that we don't want anymore and burn the h...
Social media connects students to campus
May 11, 2017
With more than 6,000 student on the campus, administration alongside student organizations work to get information out to students through emails, web word alerts and D2L notifications, but for students that live in the digital age, social media is crucial for students to stay connected to event...
Model UN takes NYC
Kelsey Purcell
March 28, 2017
My week in New York City with the Model U.N. team is a week I will never forget. Before leaving for The Big Apple, I was more anxious than excited. My major is mass communication, where I study things like social media trends, targets audiences for advertising and how to make short films, so as Iâ...