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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

Students get Caribbean experience with new Study Abroad program

Luke Bryant, Reporter • September 17, 2018

The Island of Grenada, one of the Caribbean islands, was the newest destination for the Study Abroad program, a program that allowed students to attend a foreign university for two weeks while being...

How getting involved on campus lead to being a student government leader

Jose Torres, Columnist • April 17, 2018

Before coming to college, I had wanted to be highly involved in campus life. I wanted to be a more outgoing person and my college counselors always talked about the benefits of being involved on campus. To...

Jiankun Kang, athletic training senior, Kornika Degannes, finance senior, Claudio Rodrioguez, complex coordinator for residence life and housing, Pierre Bocquet, global studies senior, Brenda Adame, bilingual education junior, and Montserrath Garay, bilingual studies, and spanish minor senior, come together to share their experiences at Midwestern State University and the United States for Immigration Stories at Legacy Multipurpose Room on Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Photo by Francisco Martinez

Panelists share immigration stories, discuss struggles

Chloe Phillips, reporter • April 3, 2018

Aspirations, to live a better life or just to play soccer.  As a part of Inclusion Now week and to "make people aware of the culture that is on campus," Bilingual Education Student Organization and Fain...

Department signs are held up during tours to seperate prospective students to their majors for Mustangs Rally, an event for prospective students, parents, and guest to vist college life at Midwestern State University, on Saturday, March 24, 2018. Photo by Francisco Martinez

More than 700 students attend Mustangs Rally

Chloe Phillips, Reporter • March 24, 2018

Chatter and excitement from eager faces filled D.L. Ligon Coliseum. Hosted once a semester, Mustangs Rally is a large open house for prospective students to explore campus and connect with students to...

Housing set to make Sunwatcher a lifelong learning center

Taylor Robinson • February 27, 2018

Starting fall 2018, Sunwatcher Building 8 will be a new lifelong learning center, adding to the other two centers in Legacy and McCullough-Trigg halls. The lifelong learning center is aimed to make...

Lifelong Learning Communities encourage community involvement

Tyler Manning • February 13, 2018

To present the member benefits and structure of Lifelong Learning Communities, Todd Giles, associate professor of English, and David Hartman, retired senior minister at First Christian Church, spoke at...

Logan Cope, psychology senior, plays Jenga while waiting for the Kick-Off & State of the Black Community Forum & Social to begin on Feb. 1. Photo by Mia Heck

‘Sense of pride, community’ found through Black History Month kick-off

Mia Heck • February 1, 2018

Black History Month celebrations kicked off with conversations, games and finger foods during the Kick-Off & State of the Black Community Forum & Social hosted by the office of Equity, Inclusion...

Moffett Library hosts tours for students

Tre' Jones • January 30, 2018

Moffett Library staff gave tours of the building on Wednesday Jan. 24 and Thursday Jan. 25 to show people the features of the building and some of the collections the library has to offer. Clara Latham,...

University social media coordinator A.J. Lopez gives a presentation on Snapchat on Social Media Day, Oct. 24. Photo by Dewey Cooper

Social media connects students to campus

Cortney Wood • 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...

Jaylon Williams, SGA secretary. Photo by Timothy Jones

SGA executive-elects prepare for next year

Cortney Wood • March 7, 2017

Students voted Maria Peña, political science junior, Damian De Silva, economics senior and Jaylon Williams, sociology junior, as the next student government association executives. They will...

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