Several renovation and improvement projects greeted students when they returned to campus this past fall. The largest, most noticeable projects were in the Blum Union, Looney Complex and Potter Hall. Blum Union Improved services for students was the purpose behind recent renovations of the second floor of the Blum Union. [...]
Elise Hepworth, associate professor of music and director of choral studies, received the Arts Educator Award at the Mayor’s Awards for the Arts this past summer. Jason Bell ’01, a police officer for the University Police Department, received the Respect for Law Enforcement Award from the Sunrise Optimist Club of [...]
This past summer, elementary education major Amanda Harris thought it would be great if she could work with children and practice what she was learning in her math methods class, but the elementary schools’ summer school schedule didn’t line up with the Missouri Western class. As a foster parent of [...]
History major Ashley Coats didn’t know who Ruth Warrick was when a St. Joseph Museums staff member suggested she create an exhibit about Warrick last spring. But Coats, an intern at the museum, dove in and researched Warrick, and she created an exhibit that opened in June at the Wyeth [...]
The MWSU Ambassadors’ 2016 Night at the Ritz, “Picasso’s Night at the Ritz,” offered guests a fun and artistic experience while raising money for scholarships for nontraditional students. The Remington Hall atrium on campus was transformed into an art gallery with Picasso reproductions, large murals and art-related silent auction items. [...]
The St. Joseph Eastside Rotary Club established a scholarship fund for Missouri Western students about 40 years ago, and the MWSU Foundation will now assist the service organization with choosing recipients and disbursing the funds. Jack Steury, scholarship chair for the group, said it was getting more and more difficult [...]
A group of social work students created a suicide awareness and prevention campaign as part of a project in their Social Work Practice III course last fall. Jana Frye, assistant professor of social work, said a requirement of the class is for students to select a social issue and plan [...]
A class offered for the first time this past spring might sound like it’s just for fun, but the students in the new Game Design class knew that there was a lot more to it. Peter Britton, assistant professor of art, joined the Missouri Western faculty in the fall of [...]
The Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education recently authorized the Craig School of Business to begin offering a Master of Business Administration degree in 2017. “This is a very important development in the evolution of our university,” said Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western’s president. “It will provide a wonderful continuing [...]
