Dr. Michael Lane and Dr. Bob Willenbrink joined Missouri Western this fall. Dr. Lane is the dean of the Craig School of Business, and Dr. Willenbrink is the founding dean of the School of Fine Arts. Dr. Lane had been a professor of accounting at Emporia State University in [...]
This past fall, the student chapter of The Wildlife Society was named International Student Chapter of the Year out of 120 chapters, and the chapter’s advisor, Dr. Cary Chevalier, was named International Chapter Advisor of the Year for the first time in 2013. The student group also earned the international [...]
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 [...]
