By Margaret Slayton, News-Press NOW, March 8, 2020 Missouri Western State University has partnered with the Missouri Department of Conservation on a prairie restoration project in St. Joseph. Jeff Powelson, private land conservationist, said the project will provide a native grassland habitat for research and educational purposes and for the enjoyment of the public. The [...]
Feb. 28, 2020—Missouri Western State University will host a networking and employment event for STEM professionals and students from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 3 in the Fulkerson Center. MO-RISE, the Missouri Regional Industrial Science and Engineering event, is free. Participants can register at griff.vn/MORISE2020. The event will start with a social time at [...]
University of North Texas portrait of Ronald Schumann, Photographed on 23, March 2017 in Denton, Texas. (Adriana Salazar/UNT Photo) Jan. 28, 2020—Dr. Ronald Schumann of North Texas State University will present two lectures in Missouri Western State University’s Interdisciplinary Nature of Geography Speaker Series Feb. 3 and 4. Both presentations are free and [...]
Families flocked to Missouri Western State University on Saturday for Super Science Saturday. The event offers exposure to many different aspects of science. Many got the chance to learn everything from architecture to animals. University staff says they focus on hands-on, engaging and fun experiences for people of all ages, they say it helps to [...]
Super Science Saturday has been a popular event in St. Joseph. The event took place at Missouri Western State University on Saturday. Super Science Saturday featured events in all areas of science and math. The event was put on by Missouri Western and St. Joseph Museums. Kids were able to see shows about chemistry, learn [...]
... Animals are obviously impacted by the damage on the continent. Koalas, kangaroos, wombats and wallabies are some of the wildlife most impacted. But the ecosystem as a whole could not be ready for wildlife again for a while. “I have seen reports worried about the koala population and if they can even exist in [...]
Dec. 4, 2019— Missouri Western State University and the St. Joseph Missouri Job Center will celebrate the public unveiling of the new Griffon Lab/Mobile Job Center at noon Wednesday, Dec. 11 at the Missouri Job Center, 2202 Frederick Ave. A collaboration between the St. Joseph Missouri Job Center and Missouri Western, the mobile lab/job center [...]
Nov. 5, 2019—A biologist from the US Fish & Wildlife Service will talk about the Endangered Species Act at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8 in Agenstein Hall, room 224 on the campus of Missouri Western State University. The presentation is free and open to the public. Laurel Hill is an endangered species biologist at the [...]
Oct. 18, 2019—The Indian Student Association at Missouri Western State University will host its fifth annual celebration of Diwali, the festival of lights, at 5:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24 in the Hoff Conference Rooms, Blum Student Union rooms 218-219. The celebration is free and open to the public. Diwali is celebrated by people of all [...]
By Daniel Cobb News-Press NOW|Jul 19, 2019 After 52 years at Missouri Western, Dr. Thomas Rachow of the university’s biology department is retiring. Growing up in Streator, Illinois, Rachow was the first in his family to graduate from college. He had no idea just how long he’d spend on a college campus over the course [...]
