Participants gather in Remington Hall for the chemistry demonstration finale during a past Super Science Saturday. Photo courtesy St. Joseph Museums. Jan. 24, 2023--Missouri Western State University and the St. Joseph Museums will host the 23rd annual Super Science Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28 Admission is $5 for [...]
Jan. 4, 2023--The Bushman Planetarium at Missouri Western State University will present a public showing of "Mystery of the Christmas Star" and "Stars of the Pharaohs" at 7 p.m. Friday, January 6. The planetarium is located inside Agenstein Hall, room 147. “Mystery of the Christmas Star”: Journey back over 2000 years to Bethlehem as we [...]
Dec. 14, 2022--The Bushman Planetarium at Missouri Western State University will present three public shows at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Dec. 20, 21, 22 and 23.The planetarium is located inside Agenstein Hall, room 147. Tickets must be reserved by Friday, Dec. 16. “Stars of the Pharaohs,” Dec. 20 and Dec. 21 Travel [...]
Dec. 5, 2022--The Bushman Planetarium at Missouri Western State University will present a public showing of “Africa: The Serengeti” at 7 p.m. Thursday, December 8th. The planetarium is located inside Agenstein Hall, room 147. “Africa: The Serengeti” chronicles a spectacle that few humans have ever witnessed, the Great Migration, taking viewers on a journey with [...]
Dr. Julie Jedlicka (left) with three past AFO presidents at the annual conference in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Nov. 16, 2022--Dr. Julie Jedlicka, associate professor of biology at Missouri Western State University, was elected as president of the The Association of Field Ornithologists (AFO) at the association’s annual conference last month. AFO is an international [...]
Nov. 9, 2022--The Alchemist Club at Missouri Western State University will present their annual chemistry demonstration show, “It Feels Like Fall,” at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 11 in Agenstein Hall, room 324. The demonstration is free and open to the public. The show will feature a demonstration-filled skit that follows students through a cold, crisp [...]
Nov. 2, 2022--The Bushman Planetarium at Missouri Western State University will present a public showing of “Sea Monsters” at 7 p.m. Thursday, November 3. The planetarium is located inside Agenstein Hall, room 147. "Sea Monsters" allows the audience to journey 80 million years back in time to an age when mighty dinosaurs dominated the land [...]
Nov. 2, 2022--The latest issue of an international newsletter marks the first for a Missouri Western biology professor as editor-in-chief, and includes a cover photo by a Missouri Western student. Dr. Tilo Roy, associate professor of biology, took over earlier this year as editor-in-chief of “The Vasculum,” the Society of Herbarium Curators' biannual newsletter. “In [...]
Oct. 18, 2022--The Bushman Planetarium at Missouri Western State University will present a public showing of “Hubble Vision 2" and "Sunstruck" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20th. The planetarium is located inside Agenstein Hall, room 147. Since its launch in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has provided incredible images in unprecedented detail to astronomers and [...]
Oct. 5, 2022--Missouri Western State University has received a $230,000 grant from the Missouri State Board of Nursing to support a proposed pilot program to address the current nursing shortage. The grant will support a proposed pilot program to help licensed practical nurses (LPNs) remain on the job while earning a Bachelor of Science in [...]
