May 30, 2025--Taten Piepergerdes, a 2025 graduate of the Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University, was awarded a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory franchise in the latest competition sponsored by Missouri Western’s Center for Franchise Development. “There’s a lot of work to do, and I’m ready to get started,” Piepergedes said. “I did [...]
Caleb Keling (center) won the franchise competition in 2024. May 29, 2025--A recent Missouri Western State University graduate will earn the opportunity to own and operate a franchise business. The Center for Franchise Development in the Craig School of Business will announce the winner of the 2025 franchise competition at 1 p.m. Friday, [...]
Dr. Jennifer Elder receives the Missouri Western Foundation Dr. James V. Mehl Award for Outstanding Faculty Scholarship at the faculty and staff awards and retirement celebration at Missouri Western on May 2, 2025. May 7, 2025--Missouri Western State University honored several employees during the 2025 Faculty and Staff Awards and Retirement Reception on [...]
May 2, 2025--Missouri Western State University will celebrate the achievements of 350 graduates during two spring commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 10 in the MWSU Fieldhouse in the M.O. Looney Complex. The public is invited. The University will confer 290 undergraduate degrees and 60 graduate degrees in two ceremonies. Graduates come from Missouri and 19 [...]
April 25, 2025--Missouri Western State University’s Center for Workforce Development will begin offering in-person options in May at the Houlne Center for Convergent Technology. Unlocking Power with a Lean Plant Assessment, 3:30 p.m. May 8 This one-hour workshop, presented by the experts from Missouri Enterprise, will give production managers, safety and maintenance managers, engineers and [...]
April 25, 2025--Daniel Avegalio has been named the next dean of students at Missouri Western State University and will begin his duties May 1. “I am pleased to welcome Daniel Avegalio to the MoWest family,” said Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, president. “Daniel’s passion for serving our students and his experience in managing diverse and complex programs [...]
April 23, 2025--The Missouri Western State University student chapter of Beta Beta Beta will hold its annual house plant sale fundraiser from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 29 through May 1 on the first floor of the Agenstein/Remington building on the Missouri Western campus. Several varieties of house plants will be available for purchase [...]
April 18, 2025--Missouri Western State University will host its annual Applied Learning Showcase on April 25 and 26 in various locations across campus and in St. Joseph. The showcase highlights the opportunities Missouri Western students have to learn outside the classroom, celebrating the University’s statewide mission of applied learning. All events are free and open [...]
April 18, 2025--Missouri Western State University’s Craig School of Business will host a financial workshop on Saturday, April 19, at 10 a.m. at the Downtown St. Joseph Public Library. The workshop will feature an expert panel discussion on budgeting, saving, and investing and offers advice for both students and adults in the St. Joseph community. [...]
April 11, 2025--Missouri Western State University biologist and administrator Dr. Tilo Roy published two collaborative papers recently. “The PO-Driven Model," a paper resulting from research led by Dr. Roy, was published in the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology. This project stemmed from the innovative ideas that emerged from some of the discussions at the National [...]
