New students take a selfie during Griffon Edge 2026. A 9% increase in degree-seeking new students helped MoWest's total enrollment grow this fall for the first time since 2018. Oct.6, 2026–Missouri Western State University’s official enrollment for the Fall 2026 semester is 3,711, an increase of 1% over Fall 2025. This marks the [...]
Oct. 5, 2026–Missouri Western State University will host a site visit team from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) as part of the institutional accrediting body’s routine 10-year evaluation of MoWest’s accreditation. The site visit team is made up of five campus leaders from public institutions in other states. During the visit on Oct. 5-6, they [...]
Sept. 18, 2026–The Bushman Planetarium at Missouri Western State University will present public showings at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25 and Friday, Oct. 2. The planetarium is located inside Agenstein Hall, room 147. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children age 13 and under, students, employees, military and senior citizens age 60 [...]
Sept. 18, 2026–The Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University presents guest speaker Joe Runyan at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23 in the Business Education Resource Center, Popplewell Hall room 308. The entrepreneur will present firsthand lessons on building, scaling, competing and successfully exiting entrepreneurial adventures. The talk is free and open to [...]
Bed building, balloon art and butterfly tagging are part of Family Day activities at MoWest. Sept. 18, 2026–Families of Griffon students are invited to experience Missouri Western State University during Family Day activities on Saturday, Sept. 26. Check-in will begin in the Blum Union lobby at 10 a.m. The day’s activities include: Sleep [...]
Left to right: Mackenzie Bally ’22, Eric Fuson ’88, Ashley Kalin ’04, Dawn Lanning ’25/’26 and Rick Stepanek ’92 Sept. 17, 2026–Missouri Western State University alumni who serve as leaders in local nonprofit agencies will participate in a panel and networking event at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23 in the Hoff Conference Room, [...]
Sept. 17, 2026–Second-year Physical Therapist Assistant students at Missouri Western State University used their skills to give back to the local men and women who serve in the armed forces. The students volunteered to provide chair massages to servicemen and servicewomen during the first Freedom Fest at the St. Joseph Civic Arena on Sept. 13. [...]
Brian Harrah, assistant director of physical plant, buildings and grounds, and Bruce Whitsell, retired grounds supervisor, participate in the unearthing of the 1990 time capsule on Sept. 14, 2026. Whitsell oversaw the relocation of the time capsule in 2004. Sept. 16, 2026–Missouri Western State University will celebrate Founder’s Day with a proclamation from [...]
Eric Bruder, courtesy Herzog Enterprises Sept. 14, 2026–Gov. Mike Kehoe has appointed Eric Bruder ’93 of St. Joseph to the Missouri Western State University Board of Governors. Bruder is the senior vice president and chief financial officer for Herzog Enterprises, Inc. He previously served on the Missouri Western State University Foundation Board of [...]
Sept. 4, 2027–Trumpeter Dr. Keith Benjamin has joined the Missouri Western State University faculty for the 2026-27 academic year as an Artist in Residence. Benjamin will lead MoWest's applied high brass studios, teaching trumpet and French horn. These studios are open to any interested student, not just declared music majors. “This appointment gives Missouri Western [...]
