Eight Missouri Western graduates currently serve as directors of nonprofit organizations in St. Joseph. They have devoted their careers to making a difference in the community: Jean Brown ’73, YWCA; Teresa Fankhauser ’79, Allied Arts Council; Robin Hammond ’93, St. Joseph Youth Alliance; Linda Judah ’82/’94, Social Welfare Board; Brandy [...]
Missouri Western’s Centennial Capital Campaign continues to be successful and is very close to reaching its $20 million initial celebration goal, according to Jerry Pickman ’85, vice president for University Advancement and Executive Director of the MWSU Foundation. “Since Missouri Western’s earliest beginning as St. Joseph Junior College, the community [...]
In Missouri Western’s Centennial year, we want to recognize our amazing alumni. The following is a list of those who have received the Distinguished Alumni Award since the award began in 1983. To be eligible for the award, there must be a time difference of at least 10 years between [...]
Dear Friends, Founders’ Day, which we will hold Sept. 26, is a pivotal piece of our yearlong Centennial celebration. In September of 1915, the drive of the St. Joseph Chamber and the St. Joseph School District created the St. Joseph Junior College, in just a few weeks’ time. Those few [...]
Scholars, Journalists Enter "Cronkite" in Pulitzer Prize Competition A group of distinguished scholars and journalists entered “Cronkite,” a live multimedia performance about legendary journalist Walter Cronkite, in the competition for a 2015 Pulitzer Prize. “Cronkite” was entered in the competition by Dr. George Diestel, professor emeritus at California State University, [...]
The Institute for Industrial and Applied Life Sciences, a public/private cooperative effort to enhance workforce and economic development in the Midwest region, has renamed itself Innovation Stockyard. Innovation Stockyard specializes in animal health, but can provide support services for any idea. The team can help test and develop the idea [...]
A new student group opened a food pantry on campus for students this month. Rotaract, a club for adults ages 18-30 that meets to exchange ideas, plan activities and projects, and socialize, will hold a ribbon cutting later this month for the pantry. The group began planning activities in fall [...]
Teddi Deka, professor of psychology and honors program director at Missouri Western State University, is Missouri Western’s recipient of the 2015 Governor’s Award for Excellence in Education. She has taught at Missouri Western for 18 years. Regan Dodd, assistant professor of health, physical education and recreation, was appointed Missouri Western’s [...]
Missouri Western's Mei Zhang (left) and Dr. Jeanne Daffron '74 (second from right) meet with a delegation from Jiaxing University on campus. A delegation of four administrators from Jiaxing University in China visited campus last spring to discuss ways to strengthen and expand the exchange partnership between the [...]
