Attendees at the 2025 Missouri Governor's Student Leadership Forum met with Governor Mike Kehoe on Feb. 14, 2025. Photo provided by Tim Bommel, photojournalist, Missouri House of Representatives. March 7, 2025--Patty Lashbrook, a senior applied communications and journalism major at Missouri Western State University, was one of about 70 students from across Missouri [...]
Feb. 28, 2025--Six more partners have invested in Saint Joseph and its skilled workforce through their support of Missouri Western State University’s new Houlne Center for Convergent Technology. “The Houlne Center’s goal is to strengthen the region’s skilled workforce, and it will take people, programs, and places to make that happen,” said Marc Archambault, vice [...]
Feb. 28, 2025--Missouri Western State University’s Career Development Center will host MO-Rise on March 4 from 4:45 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Fulkerson Center. This annual event offers opportunities to meet and network with science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) professionals and students from the greater St. Joseph and Kansas City areas. The event [...]
Feb. 28, 2025--Missouri Western State University awarded degrees and certificates to 202 students during the fall 2024 semester. Graduates are listed below by hometown. Florida Homestead: Deiondre Williams, Bachelor of Science in Recreation Sport Management, Sport Studies Georgia Kennesaw: Hailey Ann Janese Crane, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Accounting Illinois Collinsville: Jeremiah Hayes, Bachelor [...]
Feb. 24, 2025--Missouri Western names 426 students to the Dean’s Honor Roll for the fall semester of 2024. Students who carried 12 or more hours of graded credit and earned a grade point average of 3.5 or better qualify for the honor. Students named to the Dean’s Honor Roll are listed below by hometown: [...]
Feb. 24, 2025--Missouri Western names 354 students to the President’s Honor Roll for the fall semester of 2024. Students who carried 12 or more hours of graded credit and earned a grade point average of 4.0 qualify for the honor. Students named to the President’s Honor Roll are listed below by hometown: STATE CITY FIRST [...]
Feb. 21, 2025--Missouri Western State University will host the 17th annual Conference on Applied Learning in Higher Education (CALHE) on MWSU’s campus March 6-7. The Griffon Office of Applied Learning (GOAL) holds this national conference to highlight student work in hands-on applications and discuss new trends in both teaching and learning. The 2025 conference theme [...]
2024 Missouri Western Alumni Awards recipients. Feb. 21, 2025--Missouri Western State University’s Alumni Association will host the 43rd annual Alumni Awards Banquet on Oct. 3. Nominations are now open for these prestigious awards. The deadline to submit nominations is April 1. Visit griff.vn/nominate to nominate high-achieving Griffons for the following awards: Distinguished Alumni [...]
Photo provided by Griffon Media. Feb. 10, 2025--The music program at Missouri Western State University will host its 18th Annual MWSU Jazz Festival on Thursday, Feb. 13. During the day, 19 school groups will perform in Blum 219 and the Fulkerson Center. Each ensemble performs for the judges, receiving recorded and written critiques [...]
Feb. 7, 2025--The Bushman Planetarium at Missouri Western State University will present public showings at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 14 and Friday, Feb. 21. The planetarium is located inside Agenstein Hall, room 147. Friday, Feb. 14 “Sea Monsters” Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when mighty dinosaurs dominated the land [...]
