Missouri Western recently completed its first year of an agreement with Heartland Health in St. Joseph and the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha that benefits students in Missouri Western’s medical technology degree program. One student completed the program this past spring, and a second will begin this summer. [...]
Dr. Jane Frick’s mission throughout her 40-year career at Missouri Western has been to improve writing skills, and as an English professor and director of the Prairie Lands Writing Project, her impact and influence have been felt by hundreds of students and teachers. “I really, really like teaching,” she says, [...]
The legendary oil and gas entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens will be the speaker at the Convocation on Critical Issues at 10:30 a.m. Oct. 4 in the M.O. Looney Complex arena. His speech is titled “Leadership and Getting Things Done: Reflections on a Lifetime of Comebacks and America’s Energy [...]
The Detwieler family Rachel Detwieler ’03, says she was happy with her accounting degree and enjoyed working as an accountant, but changes in her eating habits have led her to a new love – trying and testing new recipes. “I’m blessed with a husband and children who are willing to [...]
Jennifer Morris grew up on a farm near Cosby, Mo., and couldn’t wait to leave home and move to “the city.” After marrying in 1999, she and her husband, Aaron, settled in a farmhouse in the country, but it wasn’t until her first child was born a few [...]
Two different groups of students traveled to Costa Rica in May, and both came home with a wealth of experience and great memories. Ten nursing students who had completed either their first or second semester in the program spent five days working in temporary clinics and pharmacies in Costa Rica’s [...]
It’s here – it’s new – and everyone is excited about it! That’s the word on the addition of Greek quarters on campus this fall when suites in Juda Hall were set aside for Greek sororities and fraternities. They filled up quickly, and nine suites, all on the west side, [...]
Although it may not be too unusual for students to complete an internship abroad, there’s one small catch when social work students try to do that for their practicum – they are required to report to class once a week. But Amanda Luzsicza ’12, and Pam Clary, her instructor and [...]
Griffon basketball swept the Student Athlete of the Year awards, as Jessica Koch was named Female Student Athlete of the Year and T.J. Johnson was named Male Student Athlete of the Year at the 13th annual MWSU/St. Joseph News-Press Student Athlete Honors Banquet in April. The winners were [...]
