Over 200 gathered for the 30th annual Alumni Association Awards Banquet that was held on Thursday of Homecoming week. Those honored included Distinguished Alumni Donna Jean Boyer ’64, Al Landes ’74, and Mike Mastio ’95; Distinguished Faculty Roger Voelkel; Herb ’35 and Peggy Iffert Award for Outstanding Service to the [...]
Have you noticed how much the job search process has changed? Internet and social media have drastically changed the way hiring managers not only find employees, but conduct background checks, too. Today, said Colleen Kowich, director of alumni relations, you have to have an understanding of how to use LinkedIn [...]
Dear Fellow Alumni, “I can’t stop the rain.”- Missy B. Elliott While the theme of Homecoming was officially “Where Dreams Come True,” Missy B. Elliott’s lyrics may have been more accurate. Despite all of the hard work and planning, the weather chose not to cooperate and the parade had to [...]
January 9 Eggs and Issues: Kansas City: “Social Media in the Workplace,” by Heather Fenton ’98 February 12 Mardi Gras, Griffon Style, St. Joseph February 21-March 3 “Private Lives” and “God of Carnage.” One play will be held in the Potter Hall theater and one in the [...]
Yesterday: a team of their own When most people hear “Title IX,” they immediately think of its effect on women’s collegiate sports, because of the great impact it had in that arena. That law, enacted 40 years ago, brought women’s intercollegiate sports to many campuses, including Missouri Western. For the [...]
Women’s athletics: today and yesterday The 1972 Title IX law, which championed women’s intercollegiate athletics, marks its 40th anniversary this year, so we looked back on the beginning of women’s athletic teams at Missouri Western, and then took a look at some of the exciting things happening today. Today: Facilities [...]
“One of life’s gifts is that each of us, no matter how tired and downtrodden, finds reasons for thankfulness: for the crops carried in from the fields and the grapes from the vineyard.” J. Robert Moskin Ah, the beautiful Missouri countryside – tall stands of corn, soybean fields, [...]
1960s LEECHIA JONES ’66, was honored with a Woman in the Workplace Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2012 YWCA Women of Excellence awards ceremony. 1970s RICHARD DURST ’71, retired July 1, 2012 and was named president emeritus of Baldwin-Wallace University. He continues to help B-W with international recruitment in India [...]
The 2011-12 theatre season, “A Season of Classics,” is being called a success, as more than 7,700 people attended the four productions. “We’re very grateful that the campus and the St. Joseph community have been so supportive,” said Tee Quillin, assistant professor of theatre and cinema. “We knew that a [...]
