Centennial Capital Campaign update As the Centennial Capital Campaign moves forward in its second year, excitement is in the air. Spratt Memorial Stadium is nearing completion, resulting in an outstanding stadium building, Stadium Club and concourse; and the largest video scoreboard in Division II. Jerry Pickman ’85, executive director of [...]
Progress continues on the Spratt Memorial Stadium renovation project. Kurt McGuffin, director of Athletics, said the project is on schedule and the spring Commencement ceremony will be held there this month. He noted that Gold Coat members will be very happy with the new Stadium Club, which is about triple [...]
Griffon Athletics and the YWCA invite all to the 14th Annual Missouri Western Charity Golf Classic, June 4 and 6. The weekend begins with the Charity Auction at 6 p.m. June 4 at the St. Jo Frontier Casino. The event features food, beverages and live entertainment. The evening also includes [...]
Already the all-time wins leader for Griffon softball, Head Coach Jen Bagley Trotter hit win No. 500 on Jan. 28 when Missouri Western defeated McKendree University 4-3 in Joplin, Missouri. Trotter reached the milestone in her 15th season at Missouri Western. She has 10 30-win seasons in her time at [...]
Griffon men’s basketball, coached by Brett Weiberg, ended the season winning six of its final nine games to end the year 12-18 overall and 9-13 in the MIAA. After climbing into the MIAA tournament field in the last weeks of the season, Missouri Western won its first MIAA tournament game [...]
The Griffon women’s basketball team re-wrote the record books with an unforgettable, championship season. Missouri Western won the regular-season MIAA Championship for the first time since 2002 and advanced to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2005. Along the way, the team set new program records for winning [...]
Dear Friends, Missouri Western has a long history of working within the region to determine the workforce needs that can be addressed by the University and build partnerships to effectively respond to those needs. In the past, community partners have included Heartland Health, now Mosaic Life Care, to develop an [...]
Dear Fellow Griffon Family, It is hard to believe that my time as our Alumni Association President is coming to a close. It has been an Angie Springs '02 honor to serve our University in this capacity and I look forward to continuing engagement with the University through [...]
1980s Chuck Kempf ’83 was named director of Parks, Recreation and Civic Facilities for the City of St. Joseph, Missouri. He had been working for the city since 2005. Dr. Robert Newhart ’83 was named superintendent of the St. Joseph School District and was given a two-year contract in November [...]
