When Pat Modlin ’88 retired in 2017 and he and his wife, Terri, renovated a building in downtown St. Joseph, he began to get involved in downtown initiatives. The more he learned about the area, the more he wanted to know. Maddie Dillon, Marnie Castle, Kristen Hagen and Jacob [...]
Student Andrea Gordon is all about helping others, and because of her passion to serve, she was one of only 30 students selected nationwide as an Oxfam America CHANGE leader. This past summer, she spent a week training in Boston to learn about Oxfam and its initiatives and attending workshops [...]
Dr. Mark Lewis knew his area of research for the past 15 years was uncommon, but the professor of business realized just how rare when he was asked to assist the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico this past summer. For about two years, Dr. Lewis has been working [...]
Patsy and Wes Remington with Dr. James Scanlon at the groundbreaking of Remington Hall in 2008. Patricia “Patsy” Lee Remington died July 25, 2018. She was born on August 19, 1932, to Charles O.A. and Marian Irene (Jones) Smith in Mound City, Missouri. Remington was a graduate of Central High [...]
In August, Dr. Robert A. Vartabedian, Missouri Western’s president, announced his plans to retire on July 1, 2019. Dr. Vartabedian and his wife, Dr. Laurel Vartabedian, plan to spend more time with family, including their children and grandchildren in Texas. “Bob and Laurel’s contributions to Missouri Western and the St. [...]
A new resource for entrepreneurs or those who are thinking about becoming an entrepreneur debuted this past summer. Annette Weeks ’87, director of Missouri Western’s Center for Entrepreneurship, said the Northwest Missouri Roundtable of Economic Developers created a website, Sourcelink Northwest Missouri (nwmosourcelink.com) that offers a host of resources and [...]
Missouri Western had 5,707 students enrolled as of the official fall 2018 census date Sept. 24, an increase of 2.6 percent over fall 2017. The number includes a 5.5 percent growth in the number of new freshmen. Over the past two years, the University has seen a 22.6 percent jump [...]
Jill Voltmer, a St. Joseph native and veteran police officer, was named chief of the University Police Department in September 2018. Voltmer spent 24 years in the patrol and detective divisions of the St. Joseph Police Department, including more than 15 years as a sergeant, and she was hired by [...]
Several students traveled abroad after the spring 2018 semester ended in May. Dr. Caroline Whiteman, assistant professor of French, led a group of five French students to Quebec, Canada. They took part in an intensive program through the University of Montreal and also toured Old Quebec. Eighteen nursing and physical [...]
