Oct. 17, 2025--Missouri Western State University’s School of Fine Arts will host “Daily Commute,” an exhibit of work from Tonia Hughes, Oct. 21 through Dec. 5. An opening reception will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24 in the Drew Brown Art Gallery in Potter Hall. Hughes is a socio-politically driven artist [...]
Oct. 8, 2025--Missouri Western State University will celebrate the opening of the Dr. George S. Richmond Student Collaboration Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9 in Potter Hall room 104. The Dr. Thompson E. Potter Fine Arts Center (Potter Hall) opened in 1971 and is the home of MoWest’s School of [...]
Photo by Alperen Yazgı on Unsplash. Sept. 24, 2025–Missouri Western State University’s Pop Culture Club will host three public events this fall. The first, on Friday, Sept. 26 at 3:30 p.m. in Leah Spratt Hall room 205, will feature a Dungeons and Dragons exhibition game. The newly-formed MoWest Dungeons and Dragons Club will [...]
Sept. 17, 2025--The Drew Brown Art Gallery in Potter Hall on the campus of Missouri Western State University is hosting an exhibition of art by alumni and friends. The School of Fine Arts and the Alumni Association are sponsoring an opening reception at 4 p.m.Thursday, Sept. 18. Light refreshments will be served. The exhibition and [...]
April 4, 2025--Missouri Western State University’s School of Fine Arts Music Area will host Dr. Michael Parkinson for the Music Convocation at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 8 in Potter Hall room 112. The topic of Dr. Parkinson’s hour-long session will be The Entrepreneurial Mindset For Musicians. The focus will be the ever-evolving career options [...]
April 3, 2025--Dr. Evan Elizabeth Hart, associate professor of history, is Missouri Western State University’s recipient of the Missouri Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. The Governor’s Award is sponsored by the Missouri Council on Public Higher Education and will be presented this week in Jefferson City. Dr. Hart has been at Missouri Western since [...]
March 31, 2025--Missouri Western State University’s School of Fine Arts (SFA) will host an opening reception for the Senior Art Exhibition from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, April 4 at the Drew Brown Art Gallery in Potter Hall. This year’s exhibit is a culmination of student work from graduating graphic design and digital animation students [...]
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 [...]
Dec. 10, 2024--Dr. Derek Jenkins, associate professor of music composition and theory at Missouri Western State University, received the Marian Anderson Award in Social Justice from The American Prize for his composed piece "Dreams of America" for brass band and still images. Dr. Jenkins is a composer whose music has been performed throughout the United [...]
Photo provided by The Griffon News. Nov. 6, 2024–Missouri Western will host its 5th annual communications career night, cosponsored by the Career Development Center and the Department of Communication, on Wednesday Nov. 13 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Blum Union room 218/219. This fair is free and open to all students and [...]
