The file of firsts When a university celebrates 100 years, there’s going to be a lot of “firsts.” Here’s a look back at some of the most notable, interesting and fun #1s in Missouri Western’s first century. 1st Day of School September 20, 1915 was the first day of school [...]
1910s The Junior College was just one year old when it started a men’s basketball program, and there has been a team every year since. An attempt to field a football team was made in 1916, but it was not to be. Sometime in the 1917-18 school year, the Griffon [...]
All fall sports teams had winning regular seasons The volleyball team posted a 22-8 overall record, producing the most wins since 1998. Its 16-6 conference record also marked the most conference wins in school history. Outside hitters Erica Rottinghaus and Jesse Thorup led the team in kills with 396 and [...]
Dear friends, Dr. Robert Vartabedian Transforming lives is more than a tagline. It’s how Missouri Western has operated since its founding 100 years ago. It’s 25,000 graduates who have changed their own lives, and the lives of their families, through a Missouri Western education. This transformation [...]
In January 2015, the Board of Governors approved a contract amendment that will keep the summer training camp of the Kansas City Chiefs in St. Joseph for three more years, through 2017. The contract also includes two additional extension terms of one year each at the option of both the [...]
When Dr. Kay Siebler, professor of English, realized she had the chance to teach English at a Chinese university for a year, she just couldn’t pass up the opportunity. Siebler was the first Missouri Western professor to participate in a 2012 exchange agreement with Xidian University in China, and taught [...]
Annette Weeks ’87 has been named director of the Craig School of Business’s Center for Entrepreneurship and a ribbon cutting was held for the center this fall. Weeks, a northwest Missouri native, spent the last seven years as the enterprise facilitator for Northwest Missouri Enterprise Facilitation, a nonprofit organization that [...]
Missouri Western met and exceeded all five targets set by the Missouri Department of Higher Education in its performance funding model. The results mean that Missouri Western will receive 100 percent of any new funds appropriated by the legislature during fiscal year 2016. “Our students, faculty and staff share a [...]
Campus Kudos The Beta Gamma Sigma chapter at Missouri Western qualified as a Premier Chapter for the 2013-2014 academic year by Beta Gamma Sigma, Inc. Faye Smith, professor of business, is the chapter advisor. Beta Gamma Sigma is an honor society recognizing business excellence. Maj. Julie Baldwin, associate professor [...]
