Sept. 18, 2026–The Bushman Planetarium at Missouri Western State University will present public showings at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25 and Friday, Oct. 2. The planetarium is located inside Agenstein Hall, room 147. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children age 13 and under, students, employees, military and senior citizens age 60 [...]
Sept. 18, 2026–The Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University presents guest speaker Joe Runyan at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23 in the Business Education Resource Center, Popplewell Hall room 308. The entrepreneur will present firsthand lessons on building, scaling, competing and successfully exiting entrepreneurial adventures. The talk is free and open to [...]
Bed building, balloon art and butterfly tagging are part of Family Day activities at MoWest. Sept. 18, 2026–Families of Griffon students are invited to experience Missouri Western State University during Family Day activities on Saturday, Sept. 26. Check-in will begin in the Blum Union lobby at 10 a.m. The day’s activities include: Sleep [...]
Left to right: Mackenzie Bally ’22, Eric Fuson ’88, Ashley Kalin ’04, Dawn Lanning ’25/’26 and Rick Stepanek ’92 Sept. 17, 2026–Missouri Western State University alumni who serve as leaders in local nonprofit agencies will participate in a panel and networking event at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23 in the Hoff Conference Room, [...]
Sept. 17, 2026–Second-year Physical Therapist Assistant students at Missouri Western State University used their skills to give back to the local men and women who serve in the armed forces. The students volunteered to provide chair massages to servicemen and servicewomen during the first Freedom Fest at the St. Joseph Civic Arena on Sept. 13. [...]
Brian Harrah, assistant director of physical plant, buildings and grounds, and Bruce Whitsell, retired grounds supervisor, participate in the unearthing of the 1990 time capsule on Sept. 14, 2026. Whitsell oversaw the relocation of the time capsule in 2004. Sept. 16, 2026–Missouri Western State University will celebrate Founder’s Day with a proclamation from [...]
Eric Bruder, courtesy Herzog Enterprises Sept. 14, 2026–Gov. Mike Kehoe has appointed Eric Bruder ’93 of St. Joseph to the Missouri Western State University Board of Governors. Bruder is the senior vice president and chief financial officer for Herzog Enterprises, Inc. He previously served on the Missouri Western State University Foundation Board of [...]
Sept. 4, 2027–Trumpeter Dr. Keith Benjamin has joined the Missouri Western State University faculty for the 2026-27 academic year as an Artist in Residence. Benjamin will lead MoWest's applied high brass studios, teaching trumpet and French horn. These studios are open to any interested student, not just declared music majors. “This appointment gives Missouri Western [...]
Dr. Michael Charlton Sept. 4, 2026–The academic year's first Pop Culture Club, an event series sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts at Missouri Western State University, will feature a look at the best-selling novelist of all time. “Queen of Crime: Agatha Christie and Her Detectives” will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, [...]
Sept. 3, 2026–Missouri Western State University will commemorate the 25th anniversary of 9/11 with activities Sept. 8-11, including the annual stair climb at Spratt Memorial Stadium on Friday, Sept. 11. All activities are open to the public. Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 8-9 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Blum Student Union Lobby “25 Years of Gratitude" [...]
