The theatre and cinema program at Missouri Western State University will hold open auditions for its Christmas musical spectacular “Annie” on Saturday, Oct. 6 for youth ages 6 to 18 and on Monday, Oct. 8 for college students and community members over 18 years old. All auditions will be held in the Potter Hall Theater [...]
Military Science Army ROTC cadets will be conducting situational training exercises on the Missouri Western State University campus Thursday, Oct. 4, from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. They will be training with dummy rifles and will be in uniform during the exercises west of James McCarthy Drive, north of the pond area (west of the [...]
Missouri Western State University’s International Lecture Series presents a talk on Sri Lanka at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3 in the Hoff Conference Room, Blum Student Union room 219. The talk about Sri Lankan culture will be given by Sachit Polpitiya, a Missouri Western student majoring in biology. The lecture series is sponsored by the [...]
For the first time in nearly a decade, Missouri Western State University’s enrollment has dropped this fall. Missouri Western’s total enrollment of 6,074 students is 3.5 percent fewer than last year’s record number of 6,296. Despite the decline, this year’s class is the third-highest fall enrollment in Missouri Western’s history. “We’ve been anticipating a decline [...]
The theatre and cinema program at Missouri Western State University presents “J.B.,” a modern retelling of the Biblical book of Job by Archibald MacLeish, at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4, 5 and 6 and at 3 p.m. Oct. 7 in the Potter Hall Theater. Tickets are $12 for adults, $8 for Missouri Western faculty and staff [...]
Military Science Army ROTC cadets will be conducting situational training exercises on campus grounds Thursday, Sept. 27 from 3 to 5:30 p.m. They will be training with dummy rifles and will be in uniform around the pond area (west of the Spring Sports Complex) and also in the wooded area near Spratt Stadium.
Missouri Western State University music faculty members Stephen Molloy and Jerry L. Anderson will be featured at the First Thursday Downtown Noon Concert Series at 12:10 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, in the Sanctuary of the First Presbyterian Church, 7th and Jules in St. Joseph. The performance will feature Molloy on trumpet and Anderson on organ. [...]
Missouri Western State University will welcome noted energy entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens as the featured speaker at the 19th annual Convocation on Critical Issues at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 4 in the Looney Complex. The Convocation is free and open to the public. Following the Convocation, Pickens will be the guest of honor at the [...]
Missouri Western State University will hold its 16th annual Reading of Challenged and Banned Books at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2 in the Enright Community Rooms, Spratt Hall 214-216. Missouri Western students and faculty and members of the St. Joseph community will hold a reading of books that have been either banned or challenged in [...]
Missouri Western State University invites the community to its celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival, a traditional Chinese holiday, at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1 in Murphy Hall, room 224. It is free and open to the public. The festival celebration will include poetry, folk art, singing, the releasing of sky lanterns and traditional festival tea [...]
