The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant of just over $1 million to Missouri Western and Davidson College in North Carolina for undergraduate synthetic biology research. The grant is the largest research grant in University history. Missouri Western is the lead institution for the grant proposal, which was written [...]
Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln had a lot in common. Unlike Theodore Roosevelt, his friend William Taft never understood how to work with the media. And Lyndon Johnson was a great storyteller, although half of the stories he told were not true. These bits of information and more highlighted [...]
The Craig School of Business has benefited from a real-life example of a business concept taught in its classrooms: asset appreciation. The value of the largest individual gift in Missouri Western history has grown to 140 percent of the amount pledged. Steven L. Craig, founder and CEO of Craig Realty [...]
A film created by theatre and cinema students won “Best Comedy” at the inaugural Foster’s Film Festival in St. Joseph last fall, and a film by an alumnus won “Best Drama.” The award-winning comedy was “Unfortunate,” a “mockumentary” about a fortune cookie writer who gets dumped and starts writing “misfortunes.” [...]
Missouri Western recently announced good news for some current and prospective students who live out of state. Effective this fall, the University will offer out-of-state students from 51 counties in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska a new tuition rate equivalent to the in-state tuition rate. The Griffon Rate applies to both undergraduate and [...]
September 14 Family Day, Griffons vs. Missouri University of Science and Technology, 6 p.m., Spratt Memorial Stadium October 3-13 Theatre production, Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Potter Hall October 7-12 2013 Homecoming Week October 12 Homecoming game, Griffons vs. Northeastern State University, 1:30 p.m., Spratt Memorial Stadium October 22 [...]
Noted historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, whose recent book on Abraham Lincoln and his Cabinet inspired the critically acclaimed movie “Lincoln,” will be the featured speaker at the R. Dan Boulware Convocation on Critical Issues at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22 in the M.O. Looney Complex arena. The Convocation is free [...]
Professors from three disciplines across campus collaborated recently to develop a minor in peace and conflict studies. This fall, Missouri Western began offering the minor, thanks to the efforts of Joanne Katz, professor of legal studies; Dr. David Kratz Mathies, assistant professor of philosophy; and Dr. Ed Taylor, assistant [...]
A new option is available for those seeking to enhance their careers and their education credentials. A graduate-level program, the Certificate in Professional Skills, was approved for Missouri Western in December 2012. Several of Missouri Western’s graduate programs are professional master’s degrees that contain a business component, and the new [...]
