It is totally appropriate that Dr. Frances Flanagan ’35 is featured as “faithful, proud and true” in a magazine issue during Missouri Western’s centennial year. She was born the same year as the St. Joseph Junior College opened and has been an advocate for the Junior College and Missouri Western [...]
Greetings, Griffs, To be appointed to the Alumni Association Board is a great honor. I have no words to describe the privilege it is to lead a group consisting of 25,000 Griffons during our centennial year. This is our opportunity to shine and make a real difference, not only for [...]
Dear Friends, What an exciting time at Missouri Western. Our marketing slogan touts that everything is possible at Missouri Western, and that rings truer than ever as we kicked off our Centennial in January 2015. We started our Centennial year in style that month, starting first with the announcement of [...]
Megan Wood: Connecting with classrooms across the globe Student Megan Wood couldn’t afford to travel abroad to learn about education systems in other countries, so she did the next best thing – she brought the world to her. In the past year, the elementary education major from Lebanon, Mo., has [...]
Usually, when a play is done, it’s done: memorized lines are forgotten, scenery and costumes are put away, and cast and crew move on to the next production. But that wasn’t the case with the Department of Theatre, Cinema and Dance production of the John Steinbeck classic “Of Mice and [...]
Dave Tushaus, professor of legal studies, published an article in the National University of Study and Research in Law’s Journal of Law and Policy. The article, “Civil Rights Liability in India and the United States: Impact on Government Policies and Procedures,” was co-authored by a student Tushaus taught when he [...]
Missouri Western recently hired an associate provost of research, planning and institutional effectiveness; a director of international recruitment and global engagement; a director of the physical plant and a police chief. Dr. Douglas Davenport began his duties as associate provost of research, planning and institutional effectiveness in [...]
1970s Robert Roth ’73 was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in January. Roth, a former member of the Board of Regents and a member of the Missouri Western Athletics Hall of Fame, is chair of the board of Hillyard in St. Joseph, Missouri. Roth helped launch the [...]
Missouri Western’s Centennial year offers a unique opportunity to reflect with pride on all that the University has accomplished, and to plan with anticipation for the next 100 years. Several initiatives are in place to launch a vision for the next 100 years, including a Centennial Capital Campaign, a master [...]
