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 [...]
Dr. Lenny Klaver, Dr. Ben Boggs, Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, Tim Houlne, State Rep. Brenda Shields and State Rep. Dean Van Schoiack cut the ribbon at the Houlne Center for Convergent Technology. Nov. 15, 2024--Missouri Western State University, North Central Missouri College and numerous public and private partners formally cut the ribbon on the [...]
Nov. 15, 2024--Missouri Western State University will once again host its annual International Fair from 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20 in the Fulkerson Center. The International Fair is an annual event that allows students, faculty, staff and the public to connect with others whose heritage and life experience connect them to cultures around the [...]
Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy and Mike Poore sign the Nursing Scholars of Promise agreement in the Mosaic Life Care Auxiliary Community Lab at Missouri Western State University on Nov. 7. Nov. 7, 2024 – Missouri Western State University and Mosaic Life Care have signed a partnership agreement to provide financial, academic and career support [...]
Photo provided by The Griffon News. Nov. 6, 2024--Missouri Western State University’s Career Development Center will host a teacher recruitment fair on Wednesday, Nov. 13 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Fulkerson Center. This fair is open to all students and Missouri Western alumni who wish to work in a K-12 [...]
Photo provided by The Griffon News. Nov. 6, 2024–Missouri Western will host its 5th annual communications career night, cosponsored by the Career Development Center and the Department of Communication, on Wednesday Nov. 13 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Blum Union room 218/219. This fair is free and open to all students and [...]
Esther George received an honorary doctorate from Missouri Western in 2015. Oct. 30, 2024--Missouri Western State University will present the Voices of Missouri Women in the Federal Reserve, a traveling display, in the Spratt Hall Atrium featuring from Nov. 4-8. This exhibit highlights the voices – past and present – of several trailblazing [...]
