March 19, 2024--The Center for Military and Veterans Services at Missouri Western State University will host an event with Dogs 4 Valor, an organization that provides service dogs to veterans, from 1 - 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26 in Blum 222. The event will provide information on the various types of assistance dogs at [...]
The Center for Military and Veterans Services hosted a Lunch and Learn with the Wounded Warrior Project on Oct. 19, 2023. Nov. 10, 2023--Two separate organizations have honored Missouri Western State University’s commitment to military-connected students this fall. Missouri Western earned the 2023-2024 Military Friendly School Gold designation from Viqtory and was named [...]
March 8, 2023--The Center for Military and Veteran Services at Missouri Western State University invites all veterans and active duty military personnel to an informational session about the new PACT Act at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 14 in Eder Hall, room 200. The session is free and open to the public. The PACT Act, formally [...]
George Luz Jr. via Instagram Nov. 4, 2022--The Center for Military and Veterans Services at Missouri Western State University will host a series of events in honor of Veterans Day Nov. 7-11. A highlight of the week will be guest speaker George Luz Jr., whose father was a paratrooper with the unit featured [...]
Oct. 28, 2022--Two separate organizations have honored Missouri Western State University’s commitment to military-connected students this fall. Missouri Western earned the 2022-2023 Military Friendly School Silver designation from Viqtory and was named to the 2022 Military Times Best for Vets: Colleges list. “It takes a team approach across all areas of campus to meet the [...]
Sept. 1, 2022--The Center for Military and Veterans Services at Missouri Western State University will commemorate the 21st anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 with a stair climb and memorial ceremony on Sunday, Sept. 11. The stair climb will be held at Spratt Memorial Stadium. Participants will climb the equivalent of the 110 stories [...]
Feb. 18, 2021-- Missouri Western State University has earned the 2021-2022 Military Friendly® School designation. Institutions earning the Military Friendly® School designation were evaluated using both public data sources and responses from a proprietary survey. Over 1,200 schools participated in the 2021-2022 survey with 747 earning the designation. Missouri Western earned the designation with a [...]
Oct. 29, 2019—Missouri Western State University will accept designation as a Purple Heart University by the Military Order of the Purple Heart during a ceremony at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, in the Walter Cronkite Memorial inside Spratt Hall. The ceremony is free and open to the public. The Purple Heart University designation recognizes Missouri [...]
In an effort to further Missouri Western State University’s commitment to supporting veterans and active-duty military, all veterans and active-duty military and their spouses and dependents will be eligible for in-state tuition at Missouri Western, regardless of their residency. This is effective beginning with the fall 2018 semester. “Our goal is to make Missouri Western [...]
