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The Wichitan

Spring 2023 Commencement

May 26, 2023

After their years of hard work, 701 MSU Texas students walked the stage today to receive their diplomas. Family and friends gathered at Kay Yeager Coliseum to celebrate the success of the graduates. DATE |...

The Wichitan graduating seniors say goodbye

The Wichitan graduating seniors say goodbye

Stephanie Robledo, Omar Combie, A. Defore, and Thalia Doe December 2, 2022

Omar Combie: After designing hundreds of newspaper pages, my time at The Wichitan is almost at an end. My three and a half years with this organization have been filled with successes, laughs, struggles...

Radiology senior Ebany Hanna examines hand x-rays in the radiology lab. Photo courtesy of Ebany Hanna.

OPINION: Life of a clinical intern

Ebany Hanna, Contributor November 18, 2022

In as little as six months, I am graduating! Although this is an accomplishment, that is not to say that it is not coming without its struggles. Arguably, the most challenging element of college is the...

Latino graduates fill the stage during the ceremony, April 30.

Unidos Commencement celebrates spring 2022 Hispanic graduates

Stephanie Robledo, Editor in Chief May 20, 2022

April 30, 2022, marked the fourth biannual Unidos Commencement. A pre-commencement cultural graduation that celebrates and honors Hispanic students who have completed an undergraduate or graduate degree...

Dean of McCoy College Marcy Brown Marsden hands a degree to a graduate of her college.

732 students awarded at spring graduation 2022

  732 students graduated during MSU Texas' centennial year. A milestone that brought together family and friends to Kay Yeager Coliseum to celebrate the graduates. DATE | May 7, 2022 LOCATION |...

What I would tell my freshman self

Anne Akpabio, Managing Editor April 22, 2022

From the first moment of novelty and excitement as a college student, there is the lingering possibility of graduation, the reality that seems distant at the start of the college experience. The thrill...

Sports and leisure graduate Anthony Tennison raises his arm in celebration of getting his degree.

734 students awarded at fall graduation 2021

Stephanie Robledo, Abigail Jones, and Joseph Nelson December 11, 2021

734 MSU Texas students take a step into the future as they graduate. Kay Yeager Coliseum was filled with family and friends celebrating the students receiving their degrees. DATE | Dec. 11, 2021 LOCATION |...

Alexis Martin will be graduating with a bachelor's in mass communication.

Business manager Alexis Martin says goodbye to The Wichitan

Alexis Martin, Business Manager December 1, 2021

I joined the Wichitan a year ago and this place has felt like home ever since. Coming into it, I was a little nervous because I didn’t know anyone or really what I was doing just yet but everyone on...

MSU graduate students greet the crowd before the graduation ceremony begins, April 30.

MSU Texas graduates share their thoughts and advice after graduating during a pandemic

Abigail Jones and Emily Beaman May 1, 2021

The first MSU Texas class to graduate in person following the height of the COVID-19 pandemic walked the stage Friday and Saturday, April 30 and May 1. This graduating class consisted of 683 graduates. There...

Graduating staff goodbye letters

Khirstia Sheffield and Ellie Mahan April 18, 2021

Ellie Mahan During my freshman year in January 2019, I stumbled into publishing with The Wichitan because I wanted to get a good grade on my very first news story for Bradley Wilson’s class. After...

Graduation draws near for some mustangs.

Graduating Mustangs open up about what led them to MSU, and if it was worth it

Amos Perkins, Managing Editor April 18, 2021

There are a number of reasons students choose to attend Midwestern State University. A few graduating seniors shared their reasons for coming to MSU, and whether those reasons ended up being a good enough...

President Shipley announces virtual commencement for August and December graduates

Amos Perkins, Managing Editor November 3, 2020

Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 1:08 p.m. President Suzanne Shipley announced via MSU Student Postmaster MSU Texas's August and December graduates will have their commencement ceremony virtually on December 21. Shipley...

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