Missouri Western’s Centennial Capital Campaign kicked off in January 2015 with a $20 million initial celebration goal and three campaign goals: investment in campus facilities, investment in Missouri Western’s endowment and investment in academic and co-curricular programming. “Our centennial year offers us a unique opportunity to reflect with pride on [...]
The year 2005 is significant for Missouri Western – that was the year legislation was signed to designate Missouri Western State College as Missouri Western State University. Missouri Western officially became a university on Aug. 28, 2005, and the new University celebrated with an unveiling of a changed entrance sign, [...]
When Nick Saccaro ’01 was a student at Missouri Western, he completed an internship at Second Harvest Food Bank in St. Joseph, Missouri. That internship led him into a career in the food service field, and he never left. Today he is the president of Qwest Food Management Services in [...]
Danielle Douglas ’96 took a career aptitude test in high school and got “lawyer” or “judge.” She didn’t think those careers were achievable, so she decided to study to become a paralegal. But her professors at Missouri Western had other plans. They encouraged her to pursue not only a bachelor’s [...]
It is totally appropriate that Dr. Frances Flanagan ’35 is featured as “faithful, proud and true” in a magazine issue during Missouri Western’s centennial year. She was born the same year as the St. Joseph Junior College opened and has been an advocate for the Junior College and Missouri Western [...]
Greetings, Griffs, To be appointed to the Alumni Association Board is a great honor. I have no words to describe the privilege it is to lead a group consisting of 25,000 Griffons during our centennial year. This is our opportunity to shine and make a real difference, not only for [...]
Dear Friends, What an exciting time at Missouri Western. Our marketing slogan touts that everything is possible at Missouri Western, and that rings truer than ever as we kicked off our Centennial in January 2015. We started our Centennial year in style that month, starting first with the announcement of [...]
Megan Wood: Connecting with classrooms across the globe Student Megan Wood couldn’t afford to travel abroad to learn about education systems in other countries, so she did the next best thing – she brought the world to her. In the past year, the elementary education major from Lebanon, Mo., has [...]
Usually, when a play is done, it’s done: memorized lines are forgotten, scenery and costumes are put away, and cast and crew move on to the next production. But that wasn’t the case with the Department of Theatre, Cinema and Dance production of the John Steinbeck classic “Of Mice and [...]
