Missouri Western State University announced the names of 516 students selected to the Dean’s Honor Roll for the spring semester 2015. Students who carried 12 hours or more for graded credit and earned a grade point average of 3.5 or better qualify for the honor. Listed by hometown, the Missouri Western students named to the [...]
Visitors to Missouri Western State University for the 2015 Kansas City Chiefs Training Camp presented by Mosaic Life Care will have a family-friendly educational and entertaining option after most public practices. The Bushman Planetarium, inside Agenstein Hall, will put on shows at 11:30 a.m. each weekday that the Chiefs practice. There will not be shows [...]
Brandt Shields, Director of External Relations Brandt Shields has been named director of external relations at Missouri Western State University. Shields, who is currently entertainment and events supervisor at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri, will begin his duties at Missouri Western Monday, Aug. 3. “Mr. Shields was born and raised in St. [...]
Jason Edgar has been named director of speech and debate at Missouri Western State University beginning this fall. Edgar will also be an instructor in the Department of Communication and Journalism. “Jason brings a wealth of experience in speech and debate both as a competitor and as a coach, and is also an experienced teacher [...]
Missouri Western State University will hold Equity principal auditions and non-Equity auditions in Kansas City Aug. 1 and St. Joseph Aug. 2 for actors to play the part of former President Harry Truman in a new multi-media play titled “Harry and Walter: Missouri’s Native Sons.” The play will premiere on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015 in [...]
Western Playhouse, the summer theatre company at Missouri Western State University, presents “The Fantasticks” July 10-18 in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall on the Missouri Western campus. Show times are 7:30 p.m. July 10, 11, 16, 17 and 18, and 2 p.m. Sunday, July 12. Tickets may be purchased in advance in person [...]
Antibiotic technology developed by a tenant of the Innovation Stockyard in the Kit Bond Science and Technology Incubator at Missouri Western State University has been purchased by a newly formed pharmaceutical company. Sopharmia, Inc., founded by Dr. Larry Sutton, MD, PhD, has announced the closing of a $3.3 million Series A venture capital financing round [...]
The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University adopted operating and auxiliary budgets for the fiscal year that begins July 1. The Board also authorized a $13.7 million bond issue and elected new officers for the coming fiscal year. The operating budget for 2015-2016 totals approximately $53.5 million, down slightly from the current year’s [...]
The Internal Revenue Service has concluded its examination into the federal tax returns of Missouri Western State University. As a result of the findings, Missouri Western will pay a total of $112,443 in past due for 2012, 2013 and 2014, and $6,400 in penalties in 2012. The total represents about .5 percent of the more [...]
Western Playhouse, the summer theatre company at Missouri Western State University, presents “Into the Woods” June 19-27 in the Potter Hall Theater. Show times are at 7:30 p.m. June 19, 20, 25, 26 and 27, and 2 p.m. Sunday, June 21. Tickets may be purchased in advance in person at the Western Institute, Spratt Hall [...]
