Three key leaders of the Kansas City Chiefs will speak at a breakfast starting at 7:15 a.m. Friday, May 17 in the Fulkerson Center at Missouri Western State University. Breakfast with the Chiefs will feature Head Coach Andy Reid, General Manager John Dorsey and President Mark Donovan. The cost of the breakfast is $10. Reservations [...]
President Vartabedian speaks at Commencement The Spring Commencement ceremonies for approximately 500 graduates of Missouri Western State University will be held at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday, May 11 in the arena of the M.O. Looney Complex. The MWSU Alumni Association will host a free reception for graduates and their families after [...]
Pat Dillon (right) presents the 2013 Excellence in Philanthropy Award to representatives of the Organization of Student Social Workers, Dr. Geri Dickey (left) and Ellen Hamilton, senior from Cameron, Mo. The Organization of Student Social Workers at Missouri Western State University earned the 2013 Excellence in Philanthropy Award from the Missouri Western State [...]
After a pair of successful performances on campus, the Missouri Western State University production of “American Story” will travel to Colorado for a performance near the sites where the historic events described in the musical took place nearly 100 years ago. The concertized performance is scheduled for Friday, May 10 at the Famous Performing Arts [...]
Missouri Western State University presented university awards to nine faculty and staff members and honored 12 employees who have retired or will retire during this academic year at the 2013 Awards and Retirees’ Recognition Reception on April 30. […]
Western Playhouse, a summer theatre company at Missouri Western State University, presents the critically acclaimed epic musical “Miss Saigon” July 4-13 in the Potter Hall Theater. “I wasn’t that familiar with ‘Miss Saigon’ when we began talking about producing it this summer, but when I heard the soundtrack, I immediately fell in love with it,” [...]
Two teams of computer science students at Missouri Western State University were selected to present their web application projects at a national collegiate conference in April. They were two of only nine teams selected from colleges and universities across the country, and the Missouri Western students brought home first and second place. [...]
A reception and awards ceremony for Missouri Western State University’s literary magazines, “Canvas” and “The Mochila Review,” will be held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25, in the Junior College Room of the Blum Student Union. The event is free and open to the public. Awards will be presented to students who submitted the top [...]
Deb Ballin (second from right), past president of the Missouri Environmental Education Association, presented MEEA’s 2012 Community-Based Environmental Education Service Award to (left to right) Debbi Wright, Kit Bond Incubator lab manager; Gwen Funk, St. Joseph School District GATE teacher; and Kendra Lau, SJSD GATE coordinator. A partnership between the Kit Bond Science [...]
The Missouri Western State University department of art, in conjunction with the Missouri Western Library, will host a photography display, “Our Lives Through Books: An Exhibition of Photographs,” created by students. The exhibit is on the main floor of the library in the Hearnes Center on campus. […]
