When Dr. Kay Siebler, professor of English, realized she had the chance to teach English at a Chinese university for a year, she just couldn’t pass up the opportunity. Siebler was the first Missouri Western professor to participate in a 2012 exchange agreement with Xidian University in China, and taught [...]
Annette Weeks ’87 has been named director of the Craig School of Business’s Center for Entrepreneurship and a ribbon cutting was held for the center this fall. Weeks, a northwest Missouri native, spent the last seven years as the enterprise facilitator for Northwest Missouri Enterprise Facilitation, a nonprofit organization that [...]
Missouri Western met and exceeded all five targets set by the Missouri Department of Higher Education in its performance funding model. The results mean that Missouri Western will receive 100 percent of any new funds appropriated by the legislature during fiscal year 2016. “Our students, faculty and staff share a [...]
Campus Kudos The Beta Gamma Sigma chapter at Missouri Western qualified as a Premier Chapter for the 2013-2014 academic year by Beta Gamma Sigma, Inc. Faye Smith, professor of business, is the chapter advisor. Beta Gamma Sigma is an honor society recognizing business excellence. Maj. Julie Baldwin, associate professor [...]
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation and the American Association of Colleges and Nursing announced that Missouri Western’s Department of Nursing and Allied Health was one of 100 schools to be selected to receive funding support to pilot White Coat Ceremonies, which are designed to instill a commitment to providing compassionate [...]
The Alumni Association honored six at its 32nd annual banquet Homecoming weekend: Dr. Carlos and Mrs. Carol Moya, John Fabsits ’04, Bob Vecchione ’75, Capt. Keith Hoskins ’88 and Dr. Susie Hennessy. Herb ’35 and Peggy Iffert Award for Outstanding Service to the University Dr. Carlos and Carol Moya [...]
Alumnotes 1980s Richard Cobb ’84 retired from teaching. He taught chemistry, biology and general science classes at Stewartsville (Mo.) High School for 29 years. 2000s Dr. Jamel Santa Cruze Bell ’00 is special assistant to the president for strategic and diversity initiatives at Eureka College in Eureka, Ill. Scott Sollars [...]
The St. Joseph Junior College was a transformational force right from the start, and St. Joseph’s higher education institution continued transforming for the next 100 years. Transforming Students Missouri Western's First Class The transformations began in 1915 when the St. Joseph School District created a [...]
Next time you’re watching a golf tournament on the PGA Tour, look for Brice Garnett ’06, a Missouri Western alumnus who advanced into the PGA Tour ranks this season. “It’s the best job in the world. I get to play the best golf courses in the world,” Garnett says. “I [...]
