Aug 14, 2019, By Vanessa Alonso, KQ2 (ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) For fans and players at Chiefs Training Camp, business appears to be as usual but for Missouri Western State University Police, it is another day of hard work. "We want to make sure everyone is safe. Not just the players. Not just the chiefs staff. [...]
June 18, 2019—The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University approved a general operating budget of just over $57 million for 2019-2020. The budget represents an increase of approximately 2 percent. Budgeted revenues include a slight increase in student fees based on the tuition and fees package approved by the Board of Governors in [...]
Aril 26, 2019—Missouri Western State University faculty and staff were honored during the 2019 Faculty & Staff Awards and Retirement Reception April 26. Award winners include: Missouri Western Foundation Award for Staff Service to Students Susan Deering, University Police Department Missouri Western Foundation Award for Staff Service to Colleagues Sherrilyn Schottel, Physical Plant Missouri Western [...]
Darrell Morrison April 26, 2019—Darrell R. Morrison, associate vice chancellor for finance at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock, has been named vice president for financial planning and administration at Missouri Western State University. Morrison will start his new position June 3. “Darrell Morrison’s wealth of experience in managing public university finances and administration [...]
Dr. Cale Fessler, vice president for financial planning and administration Dr. Cale Fessler, vice president for financial planning and administration, is leaving Missouri Western State University to accept the position of associate vice chancellor of budget and financial planning at the University of Arkansas. His last day will be Friday, Feb. 1. “I [...]
Missouri Western State University is extending an invitation for formal revenue bids on nine different sections of land for the cutting of hay for the 2019 crop year. Bids must be mailed or delivered in person; they are due by 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. There will be a mandatory pre-bid meeting at 2 [...]
The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University accepted an unmodified, or “clean,” opinion of the University’s financial statements from auditors BKD. There were no findings of material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in the audit. “The audit is a team effort involving units all across campus,” said Dr. Cale Fessler, vice president for financial [...]
Jill Voltmer, police chief A St. Joseph native and veteran police officer has been named chief of the Missouri Western State University Police Department. Jill Voltmer has worked for the Missouri Western police since June, 2017. Before that, she spent 24 years in the Patrol and Detective Divisions of the St. Joseph Police [...]
[rev_slider vartabedian] Dr. Robert A. Vartabedian, president of Missouri Western State University, has announced his plans to retire effective July 1, 2019. David Liechti, chairman of Missouri Western’s Board of Governors, said that Dr. Vartabedian informed the Board of his plans during a closed session yesterday, and he announced his intentions to campus in an [...]
The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University renewed employee health insurance coverage with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City. The renewal includes no cost increase for the University, and no plan design changes. “We began working on this renewal shortly after the first of the year, when our utilization trends indicated [...]
