Missouri Western State University’s 2015-2016 Theatre Season kicks off with a production of the musical “Cabaret” Oct. 9-11 and Oct. 15-17. Show times are at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 9, 10, 15, 16 and 17, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11. Tickets are $14 for adults, $12 for Missouri Western faculty and staff, and $8 for [...]
“Century Long, Griffon Strong” is the theme of Missouri Western State University’s Homecoming celebration, commemorating the centennial of Missouri Western’s founding in 1915. Events are scheduled Oct. 11-17. As a special treat during this centennial year, Homecoming festivities will start with a fireworks show open to the public at approximately 9 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, [...]
Missouri Western State University reported an enrollment of 5,571 students on the official census date of Sept. 28. The enrollment consists of 5,352 undergraduate students, and 219 graduate students. The graduate enrollment is a record, surpassing the 210 students who were enrolled last spring, and a 19 percent increase over fall 2014. “We are pleased [...]
Missouri Western State University will hold its nineteenth annual Reading of Challenged and Banned Books at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29 in the Enright Community Rooms, Spratt Hall rooms 214-216. The event, in recognition of the American Library Association’s Banned Book Week, is free and open to the public. Missouri Western students and faculty as [...]
Dr. Michael Heiser, a scholar in the fields of biblical studies and the ancient near east, will present a series of lectures as part of an academic colloquium titled “Biblical Context and Worldview of Biblical Authors” at Missouri Western State University on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 2 and 3. The colloquium is sponsored by Missouri [...]
Elizabeth Acevedo will perform at the annual Hispanic Heritage Banquet. The third annual Hispanic Heritage Banquet at Missouri Western State University will feature poet Elizabeth Acevedo and musical entertainment by students. The banquet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30, in the Enright Community Rooms, Spratt Hall, rooms 214-216, is free and open to [...]
The Department of Music and the School of Fine Arts at Missouri Western State University are pleased to introduce MWSU Midday Melodies, a series of campus concerts at the Kelley Commons, the stage and patio area on the west side of Blum Student Union. The concerts are free and open to the public. MWSU Midday [...]
Fred Weems played the guzheng, a traditional Chinese instrument, during the 2014 Mid-Autumn Festival celebration. The public is invited to a celebration of China’s Mid-Autumn Festival from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25 in the Hoff Conferences Rooms, Blum Student Union rooms 218 and 219 at Missouri Western State University. The celebration [...]
Missouri Western State University will continue its Centennial Celebration with a Founders’ and Family Day Celebration featuring food, fun, music and more from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, prior to the Griffon football game against Lindenwood. The pre-game celebration is free and open to the public. Activities include a mega-tailgate in Lot [...]
Brian Banks, a high school football star whose athletic career was derailed when he was wrongly imprisoned, will speak as part of Missouri Western State University’s Standing In Your Truth Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, in the Kemper Recital Hall, Spratt Hall 101. The lecture is free and open to the public. [...]
