Amanda '12 and Frank '99 Luzsicza More than 20 years after graduation, Missouri Western continues to play a central role in Frank Luzsicza’s ’99 family life and global career as a cybersecurity executive and a digital entrepreneur. He and his wife, Amanda (Pedersen) Luzsicza ’12, are now giving [...]
1960s Wayne Chandlee ’61 presented Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse with his award for NBA Coach of the Year. Wayne was Nick’s high school basketball coach, and coached the Raptors in their pre-season camp in Vancouver last year. 1970s Dr. Greg Seals ’78, associate professor at College of Staten Island/ [...]
2021 Alumni Awards Nomination Deadline: April 2, 2021 All of the Missouri Western State University Alumni Awards are awarded to nominees through a rigorous selection process and selected by the Alumni Association Board of Directors. All recipients of the Alumni Awards and their accomplishments are intended to reflect the values, [...]
Pictured at the Alumni Awards event held in November are, from left: Mary Workman ’75, Alumni Association president; Isaac Collins ’11, GOLD Award; Brett Esely ’01, Great Griffon Award – Professional Studies; Pat Modlin ’88, Distinguished Alumni Award; Dr. Regan Dodd, Distinguished Faculty Award; Greg VerMulm ’89, Great Griffon [...]
Isaac Collins Sr. and Sonja Collins enjoy the football game with their son, Isaac ‘11, and Isaac’s wife, Rachel. Isaac Collins ’11 says that since at least high school, he has wanted to run his own business. But also from an early age, he knew that business wasn’t [...]
Dear Fellow Alumni, Like everyone else, the Missouri Western Alumni Association has learned to adjust to our “new normal” according to COVID-19 protocols. And, like everyone else, we are looking forward to a return to normalcy. What usually is a fall full of activities became a campus in a holding pattern [...]
This fall, thanks to the generosity of MWSU Ambassadors members, supporters and a gift from the W. Fairleigh Enright Family Foundation, $16,825 in scholarships were awarded to 20 nontraditional students. Through their work to support nontraditional students (aged 25 and older), the Ambassadors award scholarships and mini grants for equipment, [...]
Missouri Western was one of 28 schools nationwide to be named a finalist for the 2021 Division II Award of Excellence, an accolade recognizing initiatives in the past year that exemplify the Division II philosophy, community engagement and student-athlete leadership. The honor stems from the 2019 “Griffs Giving Gifts” initiative, [...]
With COVID-19 canceling the NCAA fall sports seasons across the country, Missouri Western still found a way to return to the field in 2020. The Griffon football and cross country programs, utilizing strict COVID-19 testing procedures and protocols, were among the first NCAA Division II teams to compete despite the [...]
