Attendees at the 2025 Missouri Governor's Student Leadership Forum met with Governor Mike Kehoe on Feb. 14, 2025. Photo provided by Tim Bommel, photojournalist, Missouri House of Representatives. March 7, 2025--Patty Lashbrook, a senior applied communications and journalism major at Missouri Western State University, was one of about 70 students from across Missouri [...]
Feb. 28, 2025--Six more partners have invested in Saint Joseph and its skilled workforce through their support of Missouri Western State University’s new Houlne Center for Convergent Technology. “The Houlne Center’s goal is to strengthen the region’s skilled workforce, and it will take people, programs, and places to make that happen,” said Marc Archambault, vice [...]
Feb. 28, 2025--Missouri Western State University awarded degrees and certificates to 202 students during the fall 2024 semester. Graduates are listed below by hometown. Florida Homestead: Deiondre Williams, Bachelor of Science in Recreation Sport Management, Sport Studies Georgia Kennesaw: Hailey Ann Janese Crane, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Accounting Illinois Collinsville: Jeremiah Hayes, Bachelor [...]
Feb. 21, 2025--Missouri Western State University will host the 17th annual Conference on Applied Learning in Higher Education (CALHE) on MWSU’s campus March 6-7. The Griffon Office of Applied Learning (GOAL) holds this national conference to highlight student work in hands-on applications and discuss new trends in both teaching and learning. The 2025 conference theme [...]
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 [...]
Feb. 7, 2025--The Bushman Planetarium at Missouri Western State University will present public showings at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 14 and Friday, Feb. 21. The planetarium is located inside Agenstein Hall, room 147. Friday, Feb. 14 “Sea Monsters” Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when mighty dinosaurs dominated the land [...]
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 [...]
Dec. 10, 2024--Missouri Western State University’s Bushman Planetarium, located in Agenstein Hall room 147, will offer two shows during the month of December. The planetarium will show “Mystery of the Christmas Star” and “Stars of the Pharaohs” at the following times: 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 15 and Sunday, Dec. 22 7 p.m. on Friday, [...]
Dec. 6, 2024--Missouri Western State University will celebrate the achievements of 201 graduates during the fall commencement ceremony at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 14 in the MWSU Fieldhouse in the M.O. Looney Complex. The public is invited. Doors open to guests at 10:15 a.m. Missouri Western will confer 171 undergraduate degrees and 30 graduate degrees [...]
Nov. 20, 2024--Missouri Western State University has named Dr. Jay Johnson as provost and vice president of academic affairs. Dr. Johnson, currently associate provost for academic operations and undergraduate studies at Northwest Missouri State University, will begin his duties Jan.13, 2025. “I’m excited to welcome Dr. Jay Johnson to the Griffon family,” said Dr. Elizabeth [...]
