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The Wichitan
The Student News Site of Midwestern State University

The Wichitan
The Student News Site of Midwestern State University

The Wichitan
MSU is on track to become one of over 500 Hispanic Serving Institutions nationwide, April 18.

MSU reaches preliminary requirement to become HSI

Cecil Witherspoon, Editor in Chief • April 19, 2024

MSU passed a major demographic milestone, as administrators say the school’s fulltime undergraduate enrollment is now 25% Hispanic. The school first crossed the threshold in fall of 2023. That number...

Becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution can better campus

The Wichitan • March 5, 2019

The Wichitan believes that becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution can better our students, both Hispanic and non-Hispanic. Over recent years, the university has had an increase of Hispanic students,...

MSU close to becoming a Hispanic-Serving Institution

Angelica Villarreal and Clarissa Alvarado • March 5, 2019

So close, with 19.3 percent of the students identifying as Hispanic, the university is only 5.7 percent away from being federally designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution. Institutions that are...

Social work junior Zelma Delgado, radiology sophomore Ashley Gonzales, nursing sophomore Luz Garcia, radiology freshman Vanessa Quinones, and nursing freshman Carolina Beltran chatting in the atrium before CGC Wave check on Feb. 28.

Question of the Week: Transitioning to an HSI

Clarissa Alvarado • March 4, 2019

This week, we asked the student body to give their opinions on how they feel about MSU transitioning to a Hispanic Serving Institution. How do you feel about MSU becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution? Joselin...

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