The Friday ceremony was for Masters Degree candidates at D.L. Ligon Coliseum.
Saturday’s ceremony was for Bachelors’ Degree recipients at Kay Yeager Coliseum.
COVID-19 health and safety protocols were in place for both ceremonies with face masks required and social distancing.
The events were ticketed only with each graduate allowed five tickets for guests.
After crossing the stage, graduates at both ceremonies were given the option of leaving the area or returning to their seats with their fellow graduates.
Last year, the 2020 MSU Texas Spring graduation ceremony was held virtually due to COVID-19.
During the academic year for 2020-2021, MSU students and staff adapted to the COVID-19 situation with virtual classes and decreased sizes of in-person classes. Students and staff were required to wear face masks and maintain social distancing while on campus.
Two Wichita Falls artists featured in Lawton exhibit
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The exhibitions will open May 15 with a reception and run through June 25.
To the Ends of the Earth is a collection of work by artist Catherine Prose of Wichita Falls. The collection is inspired by notions of landscape and the conservation of our natural environment and features drawings, paintings, prints, and mixed-media pieces, which were created from 2012-2021.
As an image maker, Prose is motivated by love and concern for the conservation of nature. Her motivation is closely-linked to her experiences in nature as a child. She is interested in, and influenced by, ideas about landscape, the environment, and endangered species. Prose holds an MFA in Fine Arts from Texas Tech University, and a BA in Studio Arts from Cameron University. She is currently a professor of art at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Respiratory Care grads have drive-thru pinning ceremony
Chalk up one more thing that the pandemic has changed.
Midwestern State University students earning their Bachelor of Science degree in Respiratory Care normally have an official pinning ceremony upon completion of their studies. Typically we have a ceremony, it s very formal, we have cake and punch, some desserts and whatnot for them. However, with COVID, we re not able to do that so, we modified and had a drive-by pinning ceremony for them, said Dr. Erica Judie, assistant professor.
Friday afternoon, students pulled up to the curb outside Bridwell Hall where all their instructors were clapping and cheering them on. Most jumped out of the vehicle and posed for a quick photo while receiving their bag with their class pin and ceremonial cords in it. The cords are to be worn during full graduation on Saturday.
J&J vaccine is back in rotation at MSU Texas
The J and J vaccine was lifted after a ten day pause
MSU Texas resumes use of J&J vaccine By Ebonee Coleman | April 28, 2021 at 11:07 PM CDT - Updated April 28 at 11:07 PM
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (TNN) - The CDC has cleared the Johnson & Johnson vaccine back into rotation, being one of three vaccines available people can get.
The 10 day pause on the J&J vaccine was lifted six days ago. However, Midwestern State University officials say as soon as it was announced that is was safe they went right back to offering students a chance to get a shot through campus-wide vaccine clinics.
Millions of dollars to pour into county from federal rescue plan
Local leaders in limbo over how to spend funds
Local entities in Wichita County are in for a windfall beginning in the next few weeks. The county, cities, MSU and the school districts are due to get millions of dollars from the U.S. Treasury Department.
The money is part of the American Rescue Plan Act which was signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 11 in response to effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The money is in addition to the funds local governments got from the CARES Act passed in March 2020.