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WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) – News Channel 6 is celebrating a century with Midwestern State University, and we’re persevering with our tribute to the college’s previous, current and future with a category devoted to delving into the historical past of MSU Texas.
Dr. Mary Draper, assistant professor of historical past, taught a particular class this semester the place her college students developed their very own research initiatives based mostly on MSU Texas History.
“Each student has thought about what they want to study, what they think would be most interesting to learn about,” Draper mentioned. “They really thought about how MSU fits into the broader narrative of American history.”
Her college students have been to see what the college was like throughout instances comparable to WWII and the Vietnam War.
“I think students nowadays are asking different questions, right, they have different interests,” Draper mentioned. “They will hear some story about MSU and they’ll want to know if it’s true. They’ll go back to the archive and see for themselves looking at the words of the people who were living and enrolled at that time, what they had to say about something.”
Student research was key to MSU dedicating a historic marker to desegregation on the college.
“Only through this kind of research can we tell histories at MSU that give us a better insight into all students’ experiences,” Draper mentioned. “It is absolutely crucial that we keep on preserving history, that we keep on looking into history because there are always stories that haven’t been properly told or properly heard.”
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