Missouri Western State University will hold a tasting of Spanish “tapas,” or appetizers, at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 10 in Blum Student Union rooms 222-223. The tasting is free and open to the public. Missouri Western Spanish students will prepare authentic Spanish appetizers for people to sample. Participants will learn about the history of tapas [...]
The second annual Conference on Child Abuse Investigation will be held April 16-17 in the Fulkerson Center at Missouri Western State University. A free public presentation by the JAYC Foundation will precede the conference at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 15. The presentation by Dr. Rebecca Bailey and Terry Probyn is titled “Keeping Kids Safe: [...]
The Missouri Western State University Ambassadors will hold their annual Night at the Ritz fundraiser on Friday, April 11. The reception, “Ritz Under the Stars,” will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Remington Hall atrium on the Missouri Western campus. The cost is $35 per person, and reservations must be made by [...]
Gary Panter, groundbreaking graphic novelist and a three-time Emmy Award winner for his art direction and set design on “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse,” will be visiting the Department of Art within the School of Fine Arts at Missouri Western State University April 9-11. There will be a free public event, “A Conversation with Gary Panter,” at 7 [...]
A ceremony dedicating a portion of the Belt Highway in St. Joseph as the “Walter Cronkite Memorial Highway” will take place at 3 p.m. Friday, April 4, at the Walter Cronkite Memorial inside Missouri Western State University’s Spratt Hall atrium. The ceremony is free and open to the public. The late, legendary CBS News Anchor [...]
The Western Institute at Missouri Western State University will accept registration for summer driver’s education classes by mail or in person beginning April 1 and continuing through May 2. The cost is $75 per student for students who meet eligibility requirements. Registration forms are available at www.missouriwestern.edu/drivered. This is the first time registrations have been [...]
Tuition and fees for the vast majority of Missouri Western State University students would not increase in 2014-2015 under a plan approved by the Board of Governors, on the condition that Gov. Jay Nixon’s budget proposal for higher education is approved by the Missouri General Assembly. Gov. Nixon recommended a $36.7 million increase in higher [...]
An art historian will talk about the development of impressionism in French art at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 2 in the Kemper Recital Hall, Spratt Hall room 101 on the campus of Missouri Western State University. The Alliance Français of St. Joseph is sponsoring the program in partnership with the Missouri Western Department of Art [...]
Students at Missouri Western State University with an interest in pursuing a career in rural medicine are now eligible for a pre-admissions program at the University of Missouri School of Medicine. The Lester R. Bryant Scholars Pre-Admissions Program is Missouri Western’s fourth medical school priority application partnership. Under the program, eligible undergraduates are pre-admitted to [...]
“A Season of Laughter,” the 2013-2014 Theatre Season at Missouri Western State University, will conclude with Mel Brooks’ “The Producers,” April 3-13 in the Potter Hall Theater on the Missouri Western campus. Show times are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $14 for adults, $12 for faculty/staff/military, and [...]
