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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
Kathy Browning

Students awarded more than $50 million in financial aid last year

Hunter Tyler, Reporter • April 16, 2019

College isn't cheap and costs aren't going down. To help from going into debt, students depend on financial aid. This year, about 76 percent of the student population received some form of financial aid,...

Scholarship committee members allocate every penny

Elizabeth Mahan, Reporter • March 13, 2019

Thousands of dollars. Tens of thousands of dollars. Indeed hundreds of thousands of dollars. Instead of just sitting around, each department and each college provides students with scholarship money. And...

To open the ceremony, Maria Peña, student government association president and political science senior, introduces the evening and speakers at the Honors Banquet on Friday, April 20, 2018. Photo by Brendan Wynne

Students recognized at annual honors banquet

Tyler Manning, Editor • April 21, 2018

Honor. Leadership. Service. These three tenants were highlighted during this year's annual Honors Banquet. More than 200 students, parents and faculty filled the D.L. Ligon Coliseum in anticipation...

Seven year comprehensive campaign makes progress

Tyler Manning • February 13, 2018

Suzanne Shipley, university president, and Anthony Vidmar, vice president of university advancement and student affairs, presented the results the university’s comprehensive campaign at last weeks Board...

Patrick German, mass communication senior, Sam Sutton, mass communication senior, and Lane Riggs, English junior, eat their dinner at Chipotle on Monday Nov. 6, 2017 in support of the Cause an Effect fundraiser for the Legacy Scholarship. Photo by Rachel Johnson

Chipotle fundraiser collects cash for Legacy Scholarship

Chloe Phillips • November 7, 2017

After weeks of preparation and advertising through online publicity, flyers and word of mouth, Haleigh Wallace, mass communication senior, organized a Chipotle Mexican Grill fundraiser to continue...

Legacy Scholarship fundraiser to be held Nov. 6

Chloe Phillips • November 6, 2017

To financially continue the mass communication Legacy Scholarship, mass communication senior Haleigh Wallace will host a fundraiser on Nov. 6 from 10:45 a.m.-9 p.m. at Chipotle Mexican Grill. Created in...

Nominations for outstanding student awards due March 10

Dierrica Smith • March 2, 2016

 For more than 30 years, faculty, staff and student groups have recognized student leaders with outstanding student awards, based on service, scholarship and involvement.Debbie Coughran, assistant to...

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