Seven former student athletes and one team was honored at the Rogers Pharmacy Hall of Fame Weekend in October. Congratulations! The 2019 Athletic Hall of Fame individual honorees included Reggie Alexander, Tracy Jones '01, Taira Roth '04, Kara (Unger) Rosonke '06, Jarrett Brooks '09, Michael Schulze '13 and Jessica [...]
First Football Team 1970 First Football Team 1970 On Sept. 12, 1970, the brand new Griffon football team took to the field for the first time, playing Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa under Head Coach Harold Cagle. The Griffons were defeated 72-10, and that score [...]
Football The 50th season of Griffon football saw the program return to success known for much of the previous two decades. Missouri Western went 8-3 in the regular season for its most wins since 2013. The season was capped with a second consecutive appearance in the Agent Barry Live United [...]
1970s Dr. Linda Pettijohn ’79 was honored by the Missouri State University Board of Governors as a 2019 inductee into the University’s Wall of Fame. The wall honors employees who have excelled at MSU and significantly contributed to the success and positive collegiate experience of students. Dr. Pettijohn worked in [...]
Paul Helmer As a child, Paul Helmer would often make suggestions to his mother about ways to improve the way their home looked. But his mother would tell him no, because no one in the neighborhood was doing it. “And I’d say, ‘that’s why we should do it!’” he said. [...]
Deena Murphy said she really didn’t think about going to college until she was recruited by Missouri Western to play basketball. When she arrived on campus, coaches suggested she also try out for softball, and she ended up playing both softball and basketball throughout her college career. Ironically, it was [...]
Eleven alumni and friends were honored at the Alumni Association’s 37th annual banquet Homecoming weekend. Congratulations! Alumni Association Award recipients Dr. Tom Rachow, Dr. Jamel Wright '00, Chelsey Kusek '09 and Pat Dillon. Dr. Jamel Santa Cruze Wright ’00 Distinguished Alumni Award As president of Eureka College in [...]
Kim Weddle ’00 was named executive director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving last fall. Weddle, longtime Missouri Western employee, had been serving as director of Development since January 2015. “I’m excited about my new role and the opportunity to meet even more of my fellow Griffons,” Weddle said. The [...]
The School of Nursing and Health Professions received a grant from the Missouri Department of Higher Education to increase its capacity and better meet the health care workforce needs of the region. The School received $557,744 through MDHE’s MoExcels workforce initiative to establish a Center of Excellence in Applied [...]
