Deena Murphy said she really didn’t think about going to college until she was recruited by Missouri Western to play basketball. When she arrived on campus, coaches suggested she also try out for softball, and she ended up playing both softball and basketball throughout her college career. Ironically, it was [...]
Eleven alumni and friends were honored at the Alumni Association’s 37th annual banquet Homecoming weekend. Congratulations! Alumni Association Award recipients Dr. Tom Rachow, Dr. Jamel Wright '00, Chelsey Kusek '09 and Pat Dillon. Dr. Jamel Santa Cruze Wright ’00 Distinguished Alumni Award As president of Eureka College in [...]
Kim Weddle ’00 was named executive director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving last fall. Weddle, longtime Missouri Western employee, had been serving as director of Development since January 2015. “I’m excited about my new role and the opportunity to meet even more of my fellow Griffons,” Weddle said. The [...]
Dear Fellow Alumni, Wow, what a fall we had! This year’s Homecoming was a HUGE success. We kicked off the week’s events with our annual breakfast in recognition of alumni employees, and we continued our celebration with the SGA Reunion. It was a big hit, with alumni from at least [...]
The School of Nursing and Health Professions received a grant from the Missouri Department of Higher Education to increase its capacity and better meet the health care workforce needs of the region. The School received $557,744 through MDHE’s MoExcels workforce initiative to establish a Center of Excellence in Applied [...]
Lauren Prywitch ’14 always knew she wanted to work in television on one of the coasts. Her path to get there may have been “kinda crazy,” she says, involving several internships, radio station sales and Boston Red Sox Radio, but she made it. “I knew I wanted to do what [...]
Bringing a broad array of educational and business experience from around the world, Matthew J. Wilson took the helm as the University’s president on July 1, 2019. Wilson arrived from the University of Akron, where he had served as president for two years and dean of its law school. Previously, [...]
Celebrating 50 years! Happy 50th anniversary to the Missouri Western campus and our four-year institution! It was the fall of 1969 when Missouri Western moved to its present location and began offering bachelor’s degrees. When the campus opened that fall, 2,536 students were enrolled and there were 167 employees. Three [...]
Shi Qing Ong caps memorable career One of the most decorated individual careers in Griffon Athletics came to a close this past spring as women’s golfer Shi Qing Ong competed for the final time. Ong, from Malaysia, won all four spring tournaments she entered and won her 14th career and [...]
