Yesterday: a team of their own When most people hear “Title IX,” they immediately think of its effect on women’s collegiate sports, because of the great impact it had in that arena. That law, enacted 40 years ago, brought women’s intercollegiate sports to many campuses, including Missouri Western. For the [...]
Women’s athletics: today and yesterday The 1972 Title IX law, which championed women’s intercollegiate athletics, marks its 40th anniversary this year, so we looked back on the beginning of women’s athletic teams at Missouri Western, and then took a look at some of the exciting things happening today. Today: Facilities [...]
“One of life’s gifts is that each of us, no matter how tired and downtrodden, finds reasons for thankfulness: for the crops carried in from the fields and the grapes from the vineyard.” J. Robert Moskin Ah, the beautiful Missouri countryside – tall stands of corn, soybean fields, [...]
1960s LEECHIA JONES ’66, was honored with a Woman in the Workplace Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2012 YWCA Women of Excellence awards ceremony. 1970s RICHARD DURST ’71, retired July 1, 2012 and was named president emeritus of Baldwin-Wallace University. He continues to help B-W with international recruitment in India [...]
The 2011-12 theatre season, “A Season of Classics,” is being called a success, as more than 7,700 people attended the four productions. “We’re very grateful that the campus and the St. Joseph community have been so supportive,” said Tee Quillin, assistant professor of theatre and cinema. “We knew that a [...]
Hillary Turner said when her family gave up dairy products, many of their digestive problems went away. And when they cut out grains, many more of their issues disappeared. That naturally led her, her parents, and four siblings to the paleo diet, which they have been faithfully following for the [...]
Missouri Western student Jennifer Kepner believes that if meat packing plants had glass walls, more people would stop eating meat, as she has. “Animals have the right to be left alone,” she says. “I can’t eat meat knowing how the animals are slaughtered.” Jennifer had been a vegetarian for about [...]
For Tim Miejan ’83, his desire to live a holistic, healthy lifestyle started at an early age, thanks to his mother, and eventually led to his current career. Tim is the co-owner and editor of The Edge, a monthly magazine that explores all aspects of holistic living. He was hired [...]
“Music bypasses the brain and goes straight to the soul.” That, according to student Rosalind Blackwell, is why she says her participation in Missouri Western’s Lingering Melodies program is so rewarding. For more than a decade, students have been bringing peace and solace to terminally ill patients through their music. [...]
