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Feb 02, 2016

Guest Speaker Kicks off Women’s History Month

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Dr, Franke Wilmer, professor of political science, Montana State University Dr. Franke Wilmer, professor of political science at Montana State University, will open Missouri Western State University’s observation of Women’s History Month with a talk titled “A World of Difference: Living in a Woman’s Body,” at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 3, in the [...]

Guest Speaker Kicks off Women’s History Month2019-06-04T16:21:46-05:00
Feb 02, 2016

Missouri Western hosts Electronic Music Midwest MiniFest

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Missouri Western State University is the site of Electronic Music Midwest’s annual MiniFest Friday and Saturday, Feb. 26 and 27. Concerts will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday and at 10:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. in Kemper Recital Hall, inside Spratt Hall. The concerts are free and open to the public. MiniFest is [...]

Missouri Western hosts Electronic Music Midwest MiniFest2019-06-04T16:21:46-05:00
Feb 02, 2016

Missouri Western speech and debate wins state championship

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Chris Miles (left) and Casey Huffman won the Missouri State Championship in Parliamentary Debate at Webster University. The Missouri Western Speech and Debate program brought home some titles from the Missouri Association of Forensics Activity State Championships at Webster University on February 19-20. The parliamentary debate team of Chris Miles and Casey Huffman [...]

Missouri Western speech and debate wins state championship2019-06-04T16:21:46-05:00
Feb 02, 2016

UPDATE, new time, location: Restorative justice speaker coming to MWSU Feb. 25

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Dr. David Karp, professor of sociology and director of the Project on Restorative Justice at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, will present a lecture at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, in the Wilson Hall, room 205. The talk, “Restorative Justice on the University Campus: Repairing Harm and Building Community,” is free and open [...]

UPDATE, new time, location: Restorative justice speaker coming to MWSU Feb. 252019-06-04T16:21:47-05:00
Feb 02, 2016

MWSU Hosts Jazz Festival Feb. 13

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The Music Department of Missouri Western State University will host its tenth annual MWSU Jazz Festival on Saturday, Feb. 13. Groups will perform in Blum 219 and the Fulkerson Center. Each ensemble will perform for the adjudicators, and will receive recorded and written critiques of the performance from clinicians. Immediately following each band’s performance the [...]

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Feb 02, 2016

Theatre Season Continues with ‘The Marriage of Figaro’

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“The Marriage of Figaro,” the play by Pierre Beaumarchais that inspired the Mozart opera of the same name, will be presented by the Department of Theatre, Cinema and Dance in the School of Fine Arts at Missouri Western State University Feb. 19-27. Performances will be held at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19, 20, 25, 26 and [...]

Theatre Season Continues with ‘The Marriage of Figaro’2019-06-04T16:21:47-05:00
Dec 12, 2015

Marching Band to Lead Silver Dollar City Parade

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The Golden Griffon Marching Band of Missouri Western State University will be a part of a holiday tradition in Branson, Missouri, leading Rudolph’s Holly Jolly Christmas Light Parade through Silver Dollar City on Dec. 12. “This is the first time the Golden Griffon Marching Band has participated in the parade at Silver Dollar City, and [...]

Marching Band to Lead Silver Dollar City Parade2019-06-04T16:21:49-05:00
Dec 12, 2015

Missouri Western Debater Named Tournament’s Top Speaker

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Madison Lantz of Missouri Western State University was named Top Speaker in a novice parliamentary debate tournament at Webster University in St. Louis. Lantz, a freshman legal studies major from Holt, Missouri, and teammate Ashley Howery, freshman biology major from St. Joseph, placed sixth overall at the Study Break Debate Tournament on Saturday, Dec. 5. [...]

Missouri Western Debater Named Tournament’s Top Speaker2019-06-04T16:21:49-05:00
Dec 12, 2015

Student’s Poster Design Selected for International Music Festival

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A Missouri Western State University art student’s work will be seen globally. Shaina Mixon submitted the winning poster design for an international music festival. The design by Mixon, senior graphic design and marketing major from Easton, Missouri, was selected from more than 60 submitted for soundSCAPE, an international composition and performance festival held each summer [...]

Student’s Poster Design Selected for International Music Festival2019-06-04T16:21:49-05:00
Nov 11, 2015

MWSU Hosts Forum on Future of I-229 in St. Joseph

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The Department of Economics, Political Science and Sociology at Missouri Western State University will host “Rediscover the River,” a forum on the future of Interstate 229 in St. Joseph, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19 in the Enright Community Room, Spratt Hall, room 214. The forum is free and open to the public. Interstate 229 [...]

MWSU Hosts Forum on Future of I-229 in St. Joseph2019-06-04T16:21:50-05:00