April 20, 2022--Missouri Western State University will host its inaugural Applied Learning Showcase Friday, April 22. The all-day event will feature art exhibits and performances, research presentations and more. All events are open to the public. “Missouri Western has a statewide mission of applied learning, and we want the campus, our alumni and the community [...]
Sept. 30, 2020--Missouri Western State University’s 24th annual Reading of Challenged and Banned Books in recognition of the American Library Association’s National Banned Books Week will be held virtually this year. The reading will premiere on YouTube at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2, and will be available for later viewings as well. Watch at griff.vn/bbr2020. [...]
Feb. 7, 2020—Student media outlets at Missouri Western State University will host an open house starting at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12 in the Department of Communications and Journalism office, Murphy 207. The open house is free and open to the public. The open house is an opportunity for the campus and community to come meet [...]
Amal Kassir Amal Kassir, a young Muslim Syrian-American poet, storyteller and activist, will speak at Missouri Western State University at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26 in the Kemper Recital Hall, Spratt Hall room 101. The presentation is free and open to the public. Born and raised in Denver, Colorado, Kassir has performed in [...]
Missouri Western State University student media outlets will host an open house from 1 to 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14. The open house will showcase award-winning student publications the Griffon Yearbook, Griffon News, Griffon Update, Reach (formerly Canvas) and Mochila Review. Celebrate the accomplishments of dedicated, hard-working talented students with food, drink and Max the [...]
Dr. Bob Bergland, professor of journalism The Missouri Interscholastic Press Association has honored Dr. Bob Bergland, professor of journalism at Missouri Western State University, with its 2018 Taft Award for outstanding service to scholastic journalism. The award honors Dr. Bergland’s advocacy for Missouri’s Cronkite New Voices Act, which aims to protect the First [...]
A plaintiff in a landmark free speech case will speak at Missouri Western State University at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 19 in the Kemper Recital Hall, Spratt Hall room 101. “Freedom of Speech in Public Schools and Colleges,” a presentation by Mary Beth Tinker, is free and open to the public. In 1965, Tinker was [...]
Missouri Western State University honored ten employees who are retiring and ten award winners at its annual Faculty and Staff Awards and Retirement Reception on May 2. Award recipients were: Missouri Western Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence Pam Clary, assistant professor of social work and director of the BSW program Shauna Hiley, professor of chemistry [...]
Missouri Western State University journalism students brought home three second place finishes in the 2017 David J. Adams Apple Awards contest, announced during the national College Media Association Conference in New York City. “In a national competition that featured entries from schools like the University of Miami, Oregon State, Temple, BYU and Alabama, Missouri Western [...]
Live multimedia performances that are a part of the Walter Cronkite Memorial at Missouri Western State University will travel to New York and Washington, D.C. for performances this month. The special engagements are in honor of the centennial of the legendary newsman’s birth in St. Joseph, Missouri, on Nov. 4, 1916. “And That’s the Way [...]
