Sarah Thompson, executive director, Christian Peacemaker Teams Sarah Thompson, executive director of Christian Peacemaker Teams, will present a talk titled “Moving Towards Conflict: The Biblical Basis for Nonviolent Direct Action” at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 26 in the Hoff Conference Rooms, Blum Student Union rooms 218-219 at Missouri Western State University. The final [...]
The Student Honors Organization (SHO) at Missouri Western State University will host its second annual “SHO Us Your Smarts!” Trivia Night from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 18 in the Enright Community Rooms, Spratt Hall 214-216. Teams may consist of up to eight individuals. Entry fees are $70 for teams of eight and $10 [...]
Tim Fisher, cofounder of MK12 Tim Fisher, cofounder of the design and filmmaking collective MK12, will give an artist’s talk at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 24 in Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall on the campus of Missouri Western State University. The talk is free and open to the public. Fisher cofounded MK12 [...]
The Department of Theatre, Cinema and Dance presents its third annual 48-Hour Film Challenge, open to anyone with a passion for filmmaking. Teams will create short films March 20-22 with a festival screening and awards ceremony on March 26 at the Paradox Theatre in downtown St. Joseph. There is no entry fee, but teams must [...]
Dr. Ed Taylor, assistant professor of political science at Missouri Western State University, will present a talk titled “Enter the Peacemakers: The Women’s Coalition and the Good Friday Negotiations in Northern Ireland” at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 17 in the Hoff Conference Rooms, Blum Union rooms 218-219. The talk, part of the Peace and Conflict [...]
The Organization of Student Social Workers at Missouri Western State University is sponsoring a “Stewards of Children” workshop, designed to equip people to prevent child sexual abuse. The workshop will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 7 in Blum Union, room 222. It is free and open to the public, but preregistration [...]
The Missouri Western State University Clay Guild is sponsoring two juried national ceramic exhibitions in the Potter Hall Gallery now through March 20. There will be an opening reception for “Twin Cups” and “Off the Table: Plates for the Wall” from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27 in the gallery. The reception is free [...]
The Beta Beta Beta Biology Honors Society and the Politics Club at Missouri Western State University are co-sponsoring a public forum on a controversial proposed oil pipeline at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 4 at the East Hills Library, 502 N. Woodbine. The forum in the library’s basement theater is free and open to the public. [...]
Visiting scholars will discuss the recovery of Rwanda and the issue of the death penalty in talks March 2 and 3 at Missouri Western State University. Both talks are free and open to the public. […]
Jim Korinke portrays Walter Cronkite. Two public showings of “Cronkite,” a live multimedia performance about legendary journalist Walter Cronkite, have been scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 6 and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 26 in the Kemper Recital Hall, which is adjacent to the award-winning Walter Cronkite Memorial inside Spratt Hall on the [...]
