Kelly Cochran '16 Throughout his teaching career at Missouri Western, Dr. Todd Eckdahl, professor of biology and department chair, conducted research with too many students to count, and has helped many of them publish the results of their research. But Dr. Eckdahl says a recent alumna’s accomplishments stand [...]
The surge in popularity of CrossFit, a high-intensity fitness program, has brought a renewal of interest in weightlifting, and it is becoming more and more popular for both women and men. But for Marissa Klingseis, a senior biology student, weightlifting has been part of her life since she was in [...]
If anyone asked Lauran West ’16 as a child what her favorite animal was, she never hesitated, and her answer was always “penguins.” So imagine her excitement when she was hired for a two-month internship at the Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium in Omaha, Nebraska to care for and feed [...]
The National Science Foundation awarded the largest grant in University history – $1,106,896 – to two Missouri Western professors, Dr. Todd Eckdahl, professor of biology, and Dr. Jeff Poet, professor of mathematics, and two Davidson College (North Carolina) colleagues, Dr. A. Malcolm Campbell, professor of biology, and Dr. Laurie Heyer, [...]
Career Development Center Kay-lynne Taylor became the director of the Career Development Center in the fall of 2013. After she met with several students, she said her first priority became very clear. “Every student I spoke with didn’t know this office existed, so the first step was making sure we [...]
