When LaTonya Williams ’03 was a student, her email signature was LaTonya “I’ll sleep when I graduate” Williams. But even though several years have passed since she graduated, she still doesn’t seem to have gotten the “you can sleep now” memo. Williams, who graduated with a journalism and public relations [...]
“It’s my mission to help the world discover the magic that we have here at Missouri Western. We truly have the opportunity to come together and to innovate, to be creative, and to have approaches that are going to impact and benefit our students.” Those were the words of Matt [...]
Editor’s note: I had heard about Dr. Mark Mills’ campus turtle research and decided to tag along one day this past summer and check out his and his students’ work with Griffon turtles. Faye Thammarat and Mistina Wheeler With nine ponds and a creek running through Missouri [...]
Carr interns at National Portrait Gallery Student Alexis Carr always loved art and knew that’s what she wanted to major in, but she says she “found her calling” when she took her first art history class. And last summer, she found her dream internship when she was selected to work [...]
Everyone knows how important it is for students to get out in the field and get some experience outside the classroom, but chemistry students this year are getting out in, well, the vineyard. It all began about nine years ago, when Kevin Carver, who lives near Faucett, Missouri, planted 140 [...]
Indigo Gaydusek '19 Every time Indigo Gaydusek ’19 drives down Frederick Avenue, she sees her very large artwork on the side of a brick building at 13th and Frederick. Gaydusek, who graduated with a studio art – painting degree with minors in printmaking and sculpture last May, was [...]
Thanks to faculty and students from Missouri Western, Southside St. Joseph is shining with beautiful artwork. This past summer, four students and two alumni under the guidance of Kathy Liao, assistant professor of art, designed and painted an 80'x20' mural on a building on the corner of Lake and Illinois [...]
New master’s degree for teachers Missouri Western began offering a new master’s degree for teachers this fall that is 100% online. The Master of Applied Science in Assessment Differentiated Instruction is for teachers or administrators in pre-K through 12th grade. “Today’s Pre-K-12 classrooms are more diverse than ever, and finding [...]
This past summer, President Matt Wilson announced the filling of two open vice president positions and two new vice presidential positions. Dr. Doug Davenport, associate provost of research, planning and institutional effectiveness, had been serving as interim provost and vice president for Academic Affairs for the past year. He was [...]
