Students from Maur Hill-Mount Academy after a recent Modern Language Day Awards Ceremony. The Department of English and Modern Languages at Missouri Western State University will host high school students from across the region for competition, education and fun during the annual Modern Language Day on Thursday, April 9. The schedule includes: 8-8:30 [...]
Dr. Teddi Deka, professor of psychology and Honors Program director What happens in the classroom is important, but it is the experience of mentoring undergraduates in research outside of the classroom that has been most rewarding for Dr. Teddi Deka, professor of psychology and honors program director at Missouri Western State University. “Through [...]
Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western State University’s president, has appointed Dr. Regan Dodd as Missouri Western’s faculty athletics representative. Dr. Dodd, assistant professor of health, physical education and recreation, will succeed Dr. Brenda Blessing following the annual Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) conference in June. “The faculty athletics representative serves a vital role in ensuring [...]
Taylor King, a senior graphic design major at Missouri Western State University, had a series of posters accepted to the National Student Show and Conference 11 sponsored by the Dallas Society of Visual Communications. King, from Joplin, Missouri, created a series of posters in response to the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris in January. [...]
Award-winning poet Taylor Mali will give a public reading of his work at 7 p.m. Monday, April 20 in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall on the campus of Missouri Western State University. “The Mochila Review Presents: In the Shadow of Taylor Mali” is free and open to the public. Mali will sign copies [...]
The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University has set tuition rates and room and board rates for the 2015-2016 school year. “Our goal in setting fees every year is to balance Missouri Western’s financial obligations with our desire to keep a quality education affordable, and I believe these rates reflect that balance,” said [...]
The third annual conference on Child Abuse: Education, Prevention and Investigation will be held Wednesday and Thursday, April 15 and 16 at Missouri Western State University. A day-long Pre-Conference session on commercial sexual exploitation will be held on Tuesday, April 14. For a complete schedule and to register, visit griff.vn/child or call 816-271-5843. The conference [...]
The Department of Music at Missouri Western State University presents the Jerry Tolson Quartet in concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 9 in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall on the Missouri Western campus. The concert is free and open to the public. The Jerry Tolson Quartet is a Louisville-based jazz group that features [...]
The Tony Award-winning musical satire “Urinetown” is the final production in Missouri Western State University’s 2014-2015 Theatre Season. It will be presented April 2-12 in Missouri Western’s Potter Hall. Show times are 7:30 p.m. on April 2, 3, 4, 10 and 11, and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 12. Tickets are $14 for adults, $12 for [...]
Jim Korinke portrays Walter Cronkite. Public showings of “Cronkite,” a live multimedia performance about legendary journalist Walter Cronkite, have been scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 31 and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 26 in the Kemper Recital Hall, adjacent to the award-winning Walter Cronkite Memorial inside Spratt Hall on the campus of Missouri [...]
