“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 [...]
Missouri Western State University has established a new School of Nursing and Health Professions. The change was approved by Missouri Western’s Board of Governors in a telephone poll Feb. 9. “Our health-related programs are extremely well respected and warrant a ‘school’ designation,” said Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western’s president. “The change recognizes the important role [...]
Missouri Western State University will host students from 14 elementary schools participating in Jump Rope for Heart from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11 in the M.O. Looney arena. Students will jump rope to raise funds for the American Heart Association, which funds cardiovascular disease research and public and professional education programs. They will [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Avery Doran, featured soloist with the Jazz Ensemble. The Jazz Program in the Department of Music at Missouri Western State University will showcase its three major jazz ensembles at the annual Fall Jazz Concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17 in the Potter Hall Theater. The concert is free and open to the [...]
The Beta Beta Beta Biology Honors Society and the Politics Club at Missouri Western State University are co-sponsoring a public forum on climate change in their Science and Society series. The forum will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, at the East Hills Library, 502 N. Woodbine. It is free and open to [...]
Kevin Bobo Internationally-acclaimed percussionist Kevin Bobo will be giving a clinic/performance at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5 in the Potter Hall Theater at Missouri Western State University. Admission is free and open to the public. Bobo is professor of percussion at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, a position he has held [...]
