Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln had a lot in common. Unlike Theodore Roosevelt, his friend William Taft never understood how to work with the media. And Lyndon Johnson was a great storyteller, although half of the stories he told were not true. These bits of information and more highlighted [...]
The Craig School of Business has benefited from a real-life example of a business concept taught in its classrooms: asset appreciation. The value of the largest individual gift in Missouri Western history has grown to 140 percent of the amount pledged. Steven L. Craig, founder and CEO of Craig Realty [...]
A film created by theatre and cinema students won “Best Comedy” at the inaugural Foster’s Film Festival in St. Joseph last fall, and a film by an alumnus won “Best Drama.” The award-winning comedy was “Unfortunate,” a “mockumentary” about a fortune cookie writer who gets dumped and starts writing “misfortunes.” [...]
To know Larry “Gator” Rivers ’73 is to know basketball. From the time he was an eighth-grader playing on a high school varsity team, to a college standout, to a 16-year career with the Harlem Globetrotters, to serving as a coach and a mentor; for Rivers, it’s always been about [...]
Six runways, 8,300 acres, 251 miles of roadway, 17 miles of Gulf shoreline, 1,500 buildings and structures, and about 23,000 people. That all became the responsibility of Capt. Keith Hoskins ’88 when he was named commander of Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida last March. The former Griffon football player [...]
The connections between the Danford family and Missouri Western are many and enduring. Jeannetta Danford ’51 & ’72 and her late husband, Thad, both graduated from the St. Joseph Junior College and returned to Missouri Western as soon as it became a four-year college to earn bachelor’s degrees. Dan ’78, [...]
Coffee with a side of a conversation about dying, please. Cake and a “Before I Die” list with a little compassion added, and hold the judgment and preaching. That’s what is on the menu at the Death Café, a place to talk about death. St. Joseph’s Death Café was founded [...]
Former men’s basketball coach Tom Smith received one of the highest honors bestowed on a state citizen when he received the 2013 Missourian Award, a prestigious honor that acknowledges the most accomplished citizens of Missouri. Criteria includes being born in the state, or under exceptional circumstances, a person may qualify [...]
The MIAA Basketball Championship will be held March 6-9 at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo.
