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The Wichitan

Enrollment at MSU

Enrollment at MSU

Joey Arthur, Reporter February 25, 2022

Enrollment numbers play a big part in campus decisions, not just at MSU but at any academic institution.  Therefore, any changes in those numbers will result in concerns among students and faculty. With...

English senior Dallas Wabbington will be graduating this semester after three years with the Wichitan.

Senior Goodbye – “Make the Change”

Dallas Wabbington, Reporter December 1, 2021

"If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and then make the change" - Michael Jackson. For the longest time, I was an individual with lots to say but with no voice to convey...

A graduating senior’s perspective

A graduating senior’s perspective

Cortney Wood, MSU Graduate May 24, 2020

I truly thought I was okay today. I knew I wasn’t going to walk across the stage on Saturday, May 16. I knew there weren’t going to be documentary screenings, the mass communication final capstone...

International student drowns at Turner Falls

International student drowns at Turner Falls

Wichitan Staff May 11, 2020

The sister of a Midwestern State University graduate student who drowned Sunday at Turner Falls, OK, is asking for help to raise funds to send her brother's body home to be buried in India. Naga Subhash...

A day in the life: Chelcie Kizart

Khirstia Sheffield, Reporter December 3, 2019

Ever since many of us were little, we have imagined and dreamed about the day we would graduate from our dream school pursuing our dream occupation. The overwhelming emotions fill our bodies as we proudly...

research

Campus celebrates research by students and faculty

Hunter Tyler and Taylor Anderson April 30, 2019

Hundreds of students and faculty attended the Celebration of Scholarship in the Clark Student Center April 24-25 to support undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty presenting their research. The...

Brenda Cigala, bilingual education, hugs a professor as soon as she walks out from Kay Yeager coliseum, Dec. 16, 2017. Photo by Rachel Johnson

685 degrees awarded at fall graduation

The Wichitan December 16, 2017

Reporting by Tyler Manning, Cortney Wood, Rachel Johnson, Justin Marquart and Fran Martinez As adrenaline coursed through their veins, 502 students walked across the stage at Kay Yeager Coliseum on...

Gordon Hicken, assistant professor of music and associate director of bands, presents a performance of a new piece for saxophone and percussion at the Celebration of Scholarship Faculty and Graduate Student Poster and Podium Presentations on April 26. Photo by Timothy Jones

Wind ensemble performance, Fascinating Ribbons, wraps up Celebration of Scholarship

Robin Reid May 3, 2017

The Department of Music University Wind Ensemble performed four pieces, closing out the Celebration of Scholarship, Thursday April 27. The 36-member band filled the stage in Akin Auditorium. The band members...

Jesse Brown, coordinator of student organizations and leadership programming, enjoys the warmth of the Homecoming bonfire on Oct. 27, 2016. Photo by Izziel Latour.

Jesse Brown: the man behind the city council candidate

Michelle Dickey November 2, 2016

Jesse Brown, 22, is running unopposed for City Council in Wichita Falls. If elections go as planned, Brown may be the youngest city councilman Wichita Falls has had.Brown graduated last spring with a...

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