Missouri Western recently hired an associate provost of research, planning and institutional effectiveness; a director of international recruitment and global engagement; a director of the physical plant and a police chief. Dr. Douglas Davenport began his duties as associate provost of research, planning and institutional effectiveness in [...]
Missouri Western’s Centennial year offers a unique opportunity to reflect with pride on all that the University has accomplished, and to plan with anticipation for the next 100 years. Several initiatives are in place to launch a vision for the next 100 years, including a Centennial Capital Campaign, a master [...]
Dear friends, Dr. Robert Vartabedian Transforming lives is more than a tagline. It’s how Missouri Western has operated since its founding 100 years ago. It’s 25,000 graduates who have changed their own lives, and the lives of their families, through a Missouri Western education. This transformation [...]
In January 2015, the Board of Governors approved a contract amendment that will keep the summer training camp of the Kansas City Chiefs in St. Joseph for three more years, through 2017. The contract also includes two additional extension terms of one year each at the option of both the [...]
When Dr. Kay Siebler, professor of English, realized she had the chance to teach English at a Chinese university for a year, she just couldn’t pass up the opportunity. Siebler was the first Missouri Western professor to participate in a 2012 exchange agreement with Xidian University in China, and taught [...]
Annette Weeks ’87 has been named director of the Craig School of Business’s Center for Entrepreneurship and a ribbon cutting was held for the center this fall. Weeks, a northwest Missouri native, spent the last seven years as the enterprise facilitator for Northwest Missouri Enterprise Facilitation, a nonprofit organization that [...]
Missouri Western met and exceeded all five targets set by the Missouri Department of Higher Education in its performance funding model. The results mean that Missouri Western will receive 100 percent of any new funds appropriated by the legislature during fiscal year 2016. “Our students, faculty and staff share a [...]
Campus Kudos The Beta Gamma Sigma chapter at Missouri Western qualified as a Premier Chapter for the 2013-2014 academic year by Beta Gamma Sigma, Inc. Faye Smith, professor of business, is the chapter advisor. Beta Gamma Sigma is an honor society recognizing business excellence. Maj. Julie Baldwin, associate professor [...]
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation and the American Association of Colleges and Nursing announced that Missouri Western’s Department of Nursing and Allied Health was one of 100 schools to be selected to receive funding support to pilot White Coat Ceremonies, which are designed to instill a commitment to providing compassionate [...]
