As a child, Bob Wollenman often played in an old barn south of Mitchell Avenue, never dreaming that someday St. Joseph would get a four-year college with a large campus that included that barn. But that’s just what happened. Bob and his wife, Connie, both started college at the St. [...]
R. J. Claassen II ’87 B.S. in Chemistry Baytown, Texas 1st Student Regent 1985-86 (the term changed to two years in 1986) What is your current job title and what are your duties? I am the Global Operations and Baytown Technology and Engineering Center Site Manager for ExxonMobil Chemical, and [...]
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, [...]
When it came time to decide on a college, Savanna (Law) Daniels ’16 had to look further than the graphic design programs she was interested in. She lost her hearing when she was 18 months old because of a hereditary condition, and she wanted to make sure the college she [...]
Calling Alumni volunteers! From regional chapters to affinity networks, the Missouri Western Alumni Association seeks to engage alumni and help them develop or enhance their professional and social networks. Alumni are encouraged to register with Handshake®, the Career Development Center’s online jobs portal, attend or help plan a chapter or [...]
James Jeffers '73 Dear Fellow Alumni, After a winning season for our football team, we thought we had enjoyed our last game. A short time later, we received great news that the Griffons had been invited to a postseason bowl game. A small but spirited group made the [...]
When students tell you they spent their summer conducting research amidst strawberry poison arrow frogs, sloths, Capuchin monkeys, great curassows (a bird), terciopelo (a venomous viper) and caimans, and you guessed they weren’t in Missouri, you would be correct. In fact, they were more than 3,000 miles from home in [...]
Sterling Fichter '13 For two alumni who earned history degrees from Missouri Western, an opportunity to follow in the footsteps of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark’s Corps of Discovery expedition was too good to pass up. This past fall, Sterling Fichter ’13 and Garrett Holtz ’09 gathered with [...]
For the past two years, Dr. Doug Davenport has been encouraging the campus and community to dream about the future of Missouri Western, as the University created a new strategic plan. Dr. Davenport, interim provost and vice president of Academic Affairs, formed a steering committee that started its efforts with [...]
