Dear Friends, As I write this letter, our campus is abuzz with activity because incoming freshmen are here for the summer Griffon Orientation programs. As these students are signing up for classes, I know that they have the expectation that they will graduate and be prepared for a career. We [...]
A new display in the Walter Cronkite Memorial on campus is celebrating the return of a CBS affiliate to St. Joseph. The St. Joseph News Press & Gazette Co. reached an affiliation agreement with CBS Corp. to create KCJO-TV. The first broadcast was June 1 and was held in the [...]
Computer science students bring home the hardware Students brought home a record number of awards from the Association of Information Technology Professionals National Collegiate Conference and Career Fair in St. Louis last spring. The 31 students earned two first-place awards, two second-place awards, two third-place and four honorable mentions in [...]
What do you get when a student who is a lab assistant to a visually impaired person starts talking to a professor who is all about accessibility? You get a tactile periodic table, complete with three-dimensional “jewels” to designate the elements’ properties. In spring 2012, Katie Jenkins ’12 was enrolled [...]
When David Harris ’79, associate professor of art, was a junior at Missouri Western, he and Robert Weidmaier ’75 built a salt kiln that was used in the old ceramics house on the east side of campus. Fast forward almost four decades, and Harris has done it again with another [...]
A temporary exhibit featuring the connections between President Richard Nixon and Walter Cronkite went up in the Walter Cronkite Memorial in late February, and will be replaced later this month. Cronkite covered Nixon’s presidential runs and his landmark trip to China, and he was key in publicizing the Watergate scandal [...]
When Brent Rosenauer graduates this month, he is leaving behind a legacy of community service that he hopes will continue long after his college days. Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western's President Last fall, he created GriffsGiveBack, an office on campus that serves as a center point for volunteering [...]
Dr. Robyn Gleason was named associate dean of the School of Nursing and Health Professions and began her duties this past January. Prior to coming to Missouri Western, she was the dean of graduate nursing at Keiser University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Dr. Robyn Gleason Dr. [...]
A Missouri Western employee, a Missouri Western student and a community member were honored with Drum Major for Justice Awards at the 2017 Martin Luther King, Jr. Banquet in January: Joanne Katz, Alexis Williams and Jeremy Eaton. Katz, professor of legal studies, has dedicated her professional and personal life to [...]
