No Excuses University They may only be 9 or 10 years old, but Nichole Chavez’s third-graders at Eva Baca Elementary School in Pueblo, Colorado can tell you what a Griffon is and the meaning behind it, what sports are played at Missouri Western, some of the degrees the University offers, [...]
Career Development Center Kay-lynne Taylor became the director of the Career Development Center in the fall of 2013. After she met with several students, she said her first priority became very clear. “Every student I spoke with didn’t know this office existed, so the first step was making sure we [...]
Dr. Jim Sanders ’84 wants to give back to his alma mater by helping current students. Sanders, assistant athletic director for the Kansas City Public Schools, organized fellow alumni last year to form the Black Alumni Network. The new group has two goals: help black alumni reconnect and help current [...]
After several months of campus and community forums and discussion, Missouri Western’s swimming pool will be repaired and remain open. Thanks to a five-year agreement with the City of St. Joseph, the pool will now be open to the public at least 30 hours per week, as well. In February, [...]
When Fumi Cheever, a native of Japan, was an undergraduate student at the University of Nevada-Reno, she didn’t have a lot of interaction with the Reno community. So when she was working on her master’s degree at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan, she sought out volunteer opportunities in [...]
Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western’s president, provided expert testimony in support of two bills related to suicide prevention before a Missouri Senate committee in January. The Senate Education Committee heard testimony on two bills: Senate Bill 646, which requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop training guidelines [...]
