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 [...]
The Community Alliance of St. Joseph released its 2018 Community Survey last summer with positive results for Missouri Western. One of the notable positive increases was in response to the following question: “Missouri Western is moving in the right direction.” In the 2016 survey, 62 percent of the responses were [...]
Steve Johnston, director of the Community Alliance of St. Joseph, was named director of external relations at Missouri Western and began his duties Jan. 3. He replaces Brandt Shields, who left in August 2018. As director of external relations, Johnston will serve on the president’s cabinet and is responsible for [...]
Madison Romjue ’18 graduated in May and accepted a teaching job in special education this past fall in New Bern, North Carolina. When Hurricane Florence hit that area in September 2018, the schools in her district had a lot of damage, and several students lost their homes. So in October, [...]
There’s a new look in the Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, making its hands-on labs more appealing and even more functional than before. The Looney Complex now contains a new Personal and Commercial Fitness Lab and a remodeled Health and Exercise Science Lab with new equipment. Dr. Justin [...]
Dr. Greg Vecchi When criminal justice students are mulling over career choices, their go-to professor for all things Federal Bureau of Investigation is Dr. Greg Vecchi, assistant professor of criminal justice. Missouri Western hired Dr. Vecchi in 2016, who brought a background of working 18 years for the [...]
2017-18 Retirees Congratulations to Missouri Western’s retirees in the past year: Belinda Ball, Western Institute Robert Bidding, University Police Dr. Carolyn Brose, Nursing Dr. Susan Carter, Music Dr. M. Susan Claflin, Education Michael Clark, University Police Dr. John Courington, Economics Dr. Jeanie Crain, English Dr. Jeanne Daffron, Academic Affairs Tammy [...]
The Missouri Interscholastic Press Association honored Bob Bergland, professor of journalism and advisor for Griffon News, with its 2018 Taft Award for outstanding service to scholastic journalism. The award honors Dr. Bergland’s advocacy for Missouri’s Cronkite New Voices Act, which aims to protect the First Amendment rights of student journalists [...]
