A MoWest student participates in a prescribed burn of the John Rushin Teaching and Research Prairie on April 1, 2023. May 1, 2026--The Biology Department at Missouri Western State University will conduct a controlled burn of the John Rushin Teaching and Research Prairie this spring. The timing of the burn depends on weather [...]
April 29, 2026–The Small Business Development Center at Missouri Western State University will host a Small Business Summit in celebration of National Small Business Week on Thursday, May 7. This free event is designed to help entrepreneurs and small business owners strengthen their financial knowledge, connect with local lenders and learn about valuable business resources. [...]
April 29, 2026–Griffon Media students from Missouri Western State University brought home ten awards from the Missouri College Media Association and Missouri Broadcast Educators Association Annual Conference in Springfield, Missouri on April 11. The students won the following state awards: Missouri Broadcast Educators Association Video - Hard News Story: First Place, Rebecca Evans ’25 Short [...]
Attendees walk the red carpet at the 2025 Griffon Film Festival. April 24, 2026–Missouri Western State University students will present a wide variety of video projects at two film festivals. The MoWest Cronkite Film Festival will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 30, in the Kemper Recital Hall, Spratt Hall room 101. [...]
April 22, 2026–The Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University invites the public to a financial planning workshop that will cover basic financial planning, investing and personal finance at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 2, at the St. Joseph Public Library East Hills Branch, 502 N. Woodbine Road in St. Joseph. “Our goal is [...]
April 22, 2026–The Missouri Western State University Honors Program will hold its Spring 2026 Honors Medal Ceremony at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 29 in the Enright Community Rooms, Spratt Hall rooms 214-216. The ceremony is open to the public. Graduating seniors who have achieved General Studies and/or Majors Honors will be presented commemorative medals during [...]
April 21, 2026–The Center for Academic Support at Missouri Western State University has been awarded certification as a tutor training program by the internationally recognized College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA). “The CAS has worked hard to develop a tutor training program that meets CRLA’s rigorous standards and has successfully completed the International Tutor Training [...]
April 21, 2026–The Missouri Lambda Chapter of Alpha Chi inducted 18 members on March 4, 2026. Alpha Chi invites juniors, seniors and graduate students in the top 10% of their class to join this interdisciplinary honors society. Undergraduate inductees were: Keegun Daniels, senior exercise science major from Mountain View, Missouri Chloe Dixon, junior exercise science [...]
April 20, 2026–In its eighth year as a recognized installed national honor’s organization at Missouri Western State University, the MoWest Chapter of the Society of Collegiate Journalists held their annual spring induction ceremony on March 10, 2026. The organization inducted five new members into the prestigious honor society while recognizing their achievements with Griffon Media. [...]
April 17, 2026–Missouri Western State University is creating a new scholarship for transfer students who want to pursue a degree in nursing. “We know that there is a continual need for additional nurses in northwest Missouri, and MoWest’s ability to educate those nurses is second to none,” said Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, president. “Our program has [...]
