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The Student News Site of Midwestern State University

The Wichitan
The Student News Site of Midwestern State University

The Wichitan
Students peruse the various rocks on sale, April 12.

Rock sale (English)

Juliana Abril • April 14, 2023

The Geoscience Club held a rock sale where it offered a variety of minerals, rocks and fossil specimens at the Bolin Science Hall. Geoscience club president James Mora led and coordinated the event. Mora...

art exhibition

Color in Art, Color in Life: Prisms, Pigments and Purpose

Stephanie Robledo, News Editor • January 31, 2021

Color is in anything and everything; it is a visual element that creates different meanings, which is what the "Color in Art, Color in Life: Prisms, Pigments and Purpose" exhibit highlights. At the Wichita...

Scott Sampson, host and science adviser of the PBS KIDS television series Dinosaur Train, speaks to attendees about, "How to Raise a Wild Child," at Akin Auditorium on Thursday, April 12, 2018. Photo by Francisco Martinez

Paleontologist lectures about his research and findings

Brian Lang, Reporter • April 13, 2018

    To learn how to raise a “wild child” and discuss the variety of dinosaurs in the North American West Coast, students and faculty gathered in Bolin 100 for a lecture from renowned...

During his presentation on plate tectonics, Richard Hanson, geology, energy and environment professor from Texas Christian University, discusses his time in Zambia, Africa, working on field geology.

Scientists justify field at colloquium series

Cortney Wood • September 12, 2017

The hum from the projection screen retracting filled the lecture hall as 50 pairs of feet exited the presentation. After his 40-minute presentation over tectonic evolution, Richard Hanson, school...

Geology Department gets 535-million-year-old rock

Yolanda Torres • April 8, 2015

The geology department has recently added a new rock to its collection. A big, old rock. “Rocky," a rock believed to be from southern Oklahoma, is approximately 535 million years old. “I can...

University President Jesse Rogers welcomes and introduces people at the beginning of the reception recognizing the founding of the Robert L. Bolin Graduate School of Petroleum Geology, Wednesday, March 11. Photo by Rachel Johnson

Reception marks founding of petroleum geology graduate program

Ethan Metcalf • March 11, 2015

At a reception in front of a crowd made up of donors, administrators, board members, faculty and even ex-Regents, University President Jesse Rogers introduced the formation of the Robert L. Bolin...

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