A group of social work students created a suicide awareness and prevention campaign as part of a project in their Social Work Practice III course last fall. Jana Frye, assistant professor of social work, said a requirement of the class is for students to select a social issue and plan [...]
A class offered for the first time this past spring might sound like it’s just for fun, but the students in the new Game Design class knew that there was a lot more to it. Peter Britton, assistant professor of art, joined the Missouri Western faculty in the fall of [...]
The Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education recently authorized the Craig School of Business to begin offering a Master of Business Administration degree in 2017. “This is a very important development in the evolution of our university,” said Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western’s president. “It will provide a wonderful continuing [...]
Missouri Western conferred its highest honor, an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, on Dr. Mark Laney, CEO of Mosaic Life Care, during the Spring Commencement ceremony May 7. Missouri Western’s Board of Governors unanimously approved the honor during their regular meeting Feb. 25. “Since his arrival in the community seven [...]
A poster created by Janelle Anderson, a graphic design major, was accepted for display in the National Student Show and Conference 12, sponsored by the Dallas Society of Visual Communications. Anderson was one of only 14 students nationwide from more than 1,400 entries submitted who had a poster or poster [...]
This past spring, the Center for Entrepreneurship in the Craig School of Business partnered with American Family Insurance to offer Entrepreneurship Week, a week-long series of workshops and events for the St. Joseph community. Entrepreneurship Week was targeted toward local business professionals, aspiring entrepreneurs, college students, high school students, and [...]
The time is now to sign-up or renew Gold Coat memberships to ensure your seat in the new Spratt Memorial Stadium this fall. Founded in 1969, the club raises funds to support the endeavors of all 10 sports programs at the University. Membership helps provide coaches and student athletes the [...]
Griffon football’s Michael Jordan was named Male Student-Athlete of the Year and volleyball’s Jessie Thorup Female Student-Athlete of the Year at the 17th Annual MWSU/St. Joseph News-Press Student-Athlete Honors Banquet. The two were selected from 11 nominees who were named for each sport: Yasmine El Ghazi (women’s tennis), Ryan Hand [...]
A record-breaking 2014-15 campaign for Griffon tennis was eclipsed by another in 2015-16. First-year coach Shawn Becker led the team to a 10-6 overall record with a 5-5 mark in MIAA play. The team finished sixth in the MIAA standings and qualified for the MIAA Tournament for the second straight [...]
