The 46th year of Griffon football will feature six home games, and for the first time in a number of years, no night games at Spratt Memorial Stadium. Renovations to the stadium that began in May of this year have left the stadium without lights for the 2015 season. For the [...]
Scott Groner was named Male Athlete of the Year and Erica Rottinghaus was named Female Athlete of the Year at the Missouri Western/St. Joseph News-Press 16th annual Student-Athlete Honors Banquet in April. During the 2014 season, Groner, a senior football player, made the MIAA Academic Honor Roll and was named [...]
The softball team ended its 2015 season at the NCAA Division II Central Regional Tournament for the eighth time in 11 years. The team had a 36-21 record overall and 17-10 in the MIAA. Senior infielder Tiffany Gillaspy was a standout for the Griffons this season. She was named a [...]
Basketball recap Men’s basketball completed the season with a 71-58 win over Southwest Baptist University. The win wrapped up the team’s regular season with a 12-14 overall record and an 8-11 mark in MIAA play. The men played in the first round of the MIAA tournament as the No.10 seed. [...]
A comprehensive master planning initiative is a component of Missouri Western’s vision as it begins its second century, and t he University received the results of that initiative from consultants Clark|Huesemann this spring. Ann Pearce, chair of the master plan steering committee, said the 10-year plan will help guide the [...]
Missouri Western’s Centennial Capital Campaign kicked off in January 2015 with a $20 million initial celebration goal and three campaign goals: investment in campus facilities, investment in Missouri Western’s endowment and investment in academic and co-curricular programming. “Our centennial year offers us a unique opportunity to reflect with pride on [...]
The year 2005 is significant for Missouri Western – that was the year legislation was signed to designate Missouri Western State College as Missouri Western State University. Missouri Western officially became a university on Aug. 28, 2005, and the new University celebrated with an unveiling of a changed entrance sign, [...]
When Nick Saccaro ’01 was a student at Missouri Western, he completed an internship at Second Harvest Food Bank in St. Joseph, Missouri. That internship led him into a career in the food service field, and he never left. Today he is the president of Qwest Food Management Services in [...]
Danielle Douglas ’96 took a career aptitude test in high school and got “lawyer” or “judge.” She didn’t think those careers were achievable, so she decided to study to become a paralegal. But her professors at Missouri Western had other plans. They encouraged her to pursue not only a bachelor’s [...]
