Professors from three disciplines across campus collaborated recently to develop a minor in peace and conflict studies. This fall, Missouri Western began offering the minor, thanks to the efforts of Joanne Katz, professor of legal studies; Dr. David Kratz Mathies, assistant professor of philosophy; and Dr. Ed Taylor, assistant [...]
A new option is available for those seeking to enhance their careers and their education credentials. A graduate-level program, the Certificate in Professional Skills, was approved for Missouri Western in December 2012. Several of Missouri Western’s graduate programs are professional master’s degrees that contain a business component, and the new [...]
Almost 400 fans attended Breakfast with the Chiefs on campus in May. Kansas City Chiefs Head Coach Andy Reid, General Manager John Dorsey and President Mark Donovan had scheduled a visit on May 17 to tour the facilities for their summer training camp, and they agreed to host a 45-minute [...]
Several students displayed their work or research posters at the annual Foundation Appreciation Reception in April. Pictured are graphic design students Shelby Hughes ’13, and Emily Stojevich-Swenson ’13. Both had their work accepted into the National Student Show and Conference, sponsored by the Dallas Society of Visual Communications in Texas. [...]
Music major Donovan Jones spent his summer performing professional opera with Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration Point, Eureka Springs, Ark. Jones, a sophomore vocal performance major, said his career goal is to be a professional opera singer, and this was the first step toward that goal. Opera in the [...]
Two teams of computer science students were selected to present their web application projects at a national collegiate conference last spring. They were two of only nine teams selected from colleges and universities across the country, and the Missouri Western students brought home first and second place. The first-place team [...]
A $207,000 grant from a Kansas City organization will help expand the entrepreneurship program in Missouri Western’s Craig School of Business. The grant from the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City – Kansas City (ICIC) will create a micro-lending fund for Missouri Western students who want to open franchises [...]
Congratulations to the following award recipients honored at the spring employee awards ceremony: Missouri Western Foundation James V. Mehl Award for Outstanding Faculty Scholarship Dr. Catherine Kendig, Philosophy Missouri Western Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching: Dr. Susan Carter, Music Dr. Beverly Payne, Craig School of Business Dr. Bill Russell, [...]
Kay Dickerson, coordinator of the Intensive English program, received the 2013 Northland Regional Chamber of Commerce Award for Excellence in Higher Education. Debbi Wright, instructor of chemistry, and Gwen Funk, with the St. Joseph School District GATE program, received the Missouri Environmental Education Association’s 2012 Community-Based Environmental Education Service Award. [...]
