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Gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott spoke at Stanleys BBQ at Stanleys BBQ in Wichita Falls, Texas Oct. 25, 2015. Photo by Bradley Wilson

Gov candidate makes campaign stop in hometown BBQ joint

Ethan Metcalf October 25, 2014
About 100 people descended on Stanley's BBQ on Saturday afternoon to see gubernatorial candidate and "hometown boy" Greg Abbott and State Senator Ken Paxton for a campaign stop just two weeks before the Nov. 4 election.
Engineering students in their cardboard boat

Homecoming 2014 results: few surprises

The Wichitan October 24, 2014

 Complete Schedule BONFIRE About 500 people attended the bonfire which started about 9:30 p.m. and burned for several hours. BANNER COMPETITION The results were announced at the bonfire...

Compare and contrast Ebola and the flu

Felicia Svanehed October 23, 2014

Read More: More than 120 attend community meeting on Ebola Read More: Ebola: Just wash your hands Deaths EBOLA: One person died in United States FLU: 3,000 to 49,000 according to the Centers...

More than 100 students attended the sold-out business etiquette dinner Oct. 18 hosted by the Career Management Center and the Dillard College of Business Administration. Photo by Ethan Metcalf.

Students learn proper dinner etiquette

eddie naidicz October 21, 2014

The Dillard College of Business Administration and Career Management Center hosted the seventh annual business etiquette dinner in the Comanche Suites on Oct 18. Attended by more than 100 people, the instructional...

MWSU Medical Director Keith Williamson talks at the town hall meeting on Ebola Oct. 21. Photo by Bradley Wilson

More than 120 attend community meeting on Ebola

The Wichitan October 21, 2014
About 120 attend community meeting on Ebola
Walter Woelber Dalquest, Emeritus Professor of Biology at Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas (Festschrift photo, age 67).

Remembering Walt Dalquest, part 1

Ethan Metcalf October 18, 2014

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Pragna Vemuri, a graduate student in computer science, dances Kuchipudi at the Journey of India — Diwali — festival in Akin Auditorium, Oct. 17, 2014. Photo by Sam Croft

About 200 attend Indian festival

Sam Croft October 17, 2014

About 200 people attended Diwali — a Hindu festival of lights — in Akin Auditorium on Friday, Oct. 17. Although scheduled to start at 6 p.m., it got started about 6:40 p.m. with a candle-lighting...

New residence halls being planned

Cody Samples October 17, 2014

New Dorms from MWSU Campus Watch on Vimeo. To help with the increasing numbers of students living on campus, architects met on campus this week to finalize plans for new residence halls. "Looking...

Alexis Carrizales, pharmacy freshman, and Keona Rollerson, computer science freshman, use a round blue sticker to choose the type of setting they would like in the community area of the new dorm. Students met with the Treanor Architects at the new housing meeting in Kiowa Wednesday. Deb Ebersole, partner at Studio D, said having students use color-coded stickers helps to track what qualities they want in the dorms. Students could choose from interior, exterior, community spaces, etc. Ebersole said, Patterns will emerge with some of the same photos chosen. Photos with the most stickers on them were ones that had big windows, were modern, flexible and had open spaces. Photos by Lauren Roberts

Students give input on new residence halls

Cody Samples October 16, 2014

About a dozen students met with Treanor Architects Oct. 15 to share some of their thoughts on a new resident hall scheduled to open fall 2016 with architects. Their suggestions included having...

Poet comes to campus to share his wisdom

Cody Samples October 9, 2014

Poetry from MWSU Campus Watch on Vimeo. The English department hosted professional poet John Poch. John Poch, a poet, came to campus to share some of his wisdom with aspiring writers. Students...

Chandler Schaffer, music director and conductor for the Wichita Falls Symphony Orchestra, talks backstage to students and faculty members in the Arts and Literature Society after WFSOs season-opening concert with violinist Jennifer Koh. Photo by Ethan Metcalf.

Arts and Literature members get behind-the-scenes look at poetry, music

Ethan Metcalf October 7, 2014

The Arts and Literature society was recently busy with the club's annual involvement in Banned Books Week but last week students were presented with cultural offerings outside the normal realm of the...

Reuben Denwe, mechanical engineering junior, answers a question from Keith Lamb after the presentation on SmartPark, a parking app that will allow users to know how many spaces are open in a parking lot. Photo by Lauren Roberts

Students invent smarter way to park

Austin Quintero September 9, 2014

The students behind newly founded tech company Solution Senter met with Keith Lamb, vice president of student affairs and enrollment management, Sept. 4 to discuss their theory on how to make parking...

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