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Letter from Alumni President Mary Hausman Workman ’75

2021-08-18T09:34:08-05:00February 10th, 2021|Alumni News|

Dear Fellow Alumni, Like everyone else, the Missouri Western Alumni Association has learned to adjust to our “new normal” according to COVID-19 protocols. And, like everyone else, we are looking forward to a return to normalcy. What usually is a fall full of activities became a campus in a holding pattern [...]

New leadership for Center for Service, Bond Incubator

2021-08-18T11:40:39-05:00February 10th, 2021|Alumni News, Campus News, Center for Service|

In early 2021, Missouri Western’s Center for Service and the Kit Bond Science and Technology Incubator both got new leadership. Kim Sigrist ’93 was named director of the Center for Service, which provides students with opportunities to learn and serve by connecting them with volunteer opportunities in the community. Students [...]

Family establishes scholarship in father’s memory

2021-08-18T09:37:08-05:00February 10th, 2021|Alumni News, Campus News, Craig School of Business|

Shannon Nold and Nathan Nold ’18, pictured with a portrait of Chad Nold ’93, with Hayden Glaubius, the first recipient of the scholarship, along with Pam Klaus, director of the Center for Franchise Development. The Nolds, Chad ’93, Shannon, and their son, Nathan ’18, are an entrepreneurial family [...]

Foundation welcomes Chambers as new assistant director

2021-08-18T09:38:40-05:00February 10th, 2021|Alumni News, Campus News, MWSU Foundation|

Michele Chambers '98 Michele Chambers ’98 has been named Assistant Director and Financial Officer of the Missouri Western State University Foundation. After spending the majority of her career with for-profit organizations, Chambers knew she wanted to experience something new, yet familiar. “I liked the idea of working for a nonprofit [...]

Alumni Association Awards

2021-08-18T11:44:11-05:00September 18th, 2020|Alumni News, Alumni Relations, College of Professional Studies, Craig School of Business, Faculty Excellence, International Student Services, School of Nursing & Health Professions|

The Missouri Western State University Alumni Association has announced the names of its alumni awards honorees. A virtual Alumni Association Awards Banquet will be premiered on YouTube in October. Award winners are: Pat Modlin ’88, retired executive and current business owner: Distinguished Alumni Award. After retiring from Cerner Corporation as [...]

IRONMAN Griffon: Dr. Adrienne Johnson

2021-08-18T09:52:37-05:00September 18th, 2020|Alumni News, Alumni Profiles|

2.4-mile swim 112-mile bicycle ride 26.2-mile run Become an Ironman That is the list now owned by Dr. Adrienne Johnson, associate professor of education, who checked the Ironman goal off her bucket list last fall when she competed in and finished IRONMAN Wisconsin in Madison. Dr. Johnson said she had [...]

New centers open to serve students

2021-08-18T09:42:18-05:00September 18th, 2020|Alumni News, Applied Learning, Campus News, Features|

Center offers credit for service One of Missouri Western’s values is service, and Dr. Melody Smith said the University is now “putting action” behind that value. After pilot programs in the spring and summer, this fall marked the full launch of the Center for Service, where students can earn credit [...]

Letter from the Alumni President Mary Hausman Workman ’75

2020-09-18T14:58:39-05:00September 18th, 2020|Alumni News, University Advancement|

Fellow alumni, I am truly excited to have been asked to be the president of the Missouri Western State University Alumni Association for the 2020-21 academic school year. I am a proud ’75 graduate of Missouri Western’s elementary education department, and to this day appreciate the faculty who helped me [...]

Graduate student takes advantage of 100% online program

2021-08-18T11:30:55-05:00September 18th, 2020|Alumni News, Alumni Profiles|

Angela Thro was looking at masters programs at several universities when she connected with Dr. Susan Bashinski, dean of Missouri Western’s Graduate School. Missouri Western had just the program she wanted – a masters in K-12 Cross-Categorical Special Education – and she will graduate December 2020. Unlike most of the [...]