Zoë Jones was named the 2020 Missouri Western Student Employee of the Year and Student Employee of the Year for the State of Missouri. She served as editor-in-chief of the Griffon News student newspaper. The National Student Employment Association, in conjunction with the Midwest Association of Student Employment Administrators, coordinates [...]
When Eugenia Wallace ’19 was at cheer camp in September of her freshman year at Missouri Western, the other cheerleaders found out her birthday was coming up. “How old will you be?” they asked. “20? 21?” Wallace said it was a little awkward when everyone found out she would be [...]
Training teachers in Egypt Dr. Adrienne Johnson spent two weeks in Cairo this past spring when she was selected for an English Language Specialist assignment for the U.S. Department of State. Just 80 people from the United States are selected in the program each year. Dr. Johnson, assistant professor [...]
Thanks to his high school dual credit courses from Missouri Western and a tremendous drive, Kevin Kevin Puckett '15, right, and Justin Turner '18. Puckett is president and CEO of On the Top Search, and Turner is vice president. Puckett ’15 graduated from Missouri Western in May 2015, [...]
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 [...]
Neal '90 and Diane '90 Hook If you’re involved at Missouri Western or on campus a lot, it’s a pretty safe bet that you may run into Diane ’90 or Neal ’90 Hook, who have been active at Missouri Western since they were students. Neal, a graduate of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
1970s Gary Patterson ’76, founder of the Patterson Legal Group, opened a branch of his Wichita, Kansas law office in St. Joseph, Missouri. 1980s Charles Bruffy ’81, Grammy-award winning conductor, received the Signature Sinfonian award from the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America. The Signature Sinfonian award is conferred upon [...]
