The MWSU Chamber Singers at Blue Valley North High School in Overland Park, Kansas. The Missouri Western State University Chamber Singers, under the direction of Dr. Elise Hepworth, gave 12 performances to an estimated 3,200 students over four days during Missouri Western’s spring break the week of March 9-12. The group enjoyed performing [...]
Economic realities mean the end of a partnership that offered drivers’ education at Missouri Western State University. In 1999, the St Joseph School District and Missouri Western became partners in offering drivers’ education during the summer. The St. Joseph School District covered the salaries of the instructors. Missouri Western provided classrooms, driving practice areas and [...]
The Departments of Nursing and Criminal Justice, Legal Studies and Social Work at Missouri Western State University along with the group Communities Creating Opportunity (CCO) will host a community meeting about Medicaid at noon Friday, March 27 in Spratt Hall, room 205. The meeting, “Closing the Gap: A Missouri Solution for Medicaid,” is free and [...]
Sarah Thompson, executive director, Christian Peacemaker Teams Sarah Thompson, executive director of Christian Peacemaker Teams, will present a talk titled “Moving Towards Conflict: The Biblical Basis for Nonviolent Direct Action” at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 26 in the Hoff Conference Rooms, Blum Student Union rooms 218-219 at Missouri Western State University. The final [...]
The Student Honors Organization (SHO) at Missouri Western State University will host its second annual “SHO Us Your Smarts!” Trivia Night from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 18 in the Enright Community Rooms, Spratt Hall 214-216. Teams may consist of up to eight individuals. Entry fees are $70 for teams of eight and $10 [...]
Tim Fisher, cofounder of MK12 Tim Fisher, cofounder of the design and filmmaking collective MK12, will give an artist’s talk at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 24 in Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall on the campus of Missouri Western State University. The talk is free and open to the public. Fisher cofounded MK12 [...]
The Department of Theatre, Cinema and Dance presents its third annual 48-Hour Film Challenge, open to anyone with a passion for filmmaking. Teams will create short films March 20-22 with a festival screening and awards ceremony on March 26 at the Paradox Theatre in downtown St. Joseph. There is no entry fee, but teams must [...]
Dr. Ed Taylor, assistant professor of political science at Missouri Western State University, will present a talk titled “Enter the Peacemakers: The Women’s Coalition and the Good Friday Negotiations in Northern Ireland” at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 17 in the Hoff Conference Rooms, Blum Union rooms 218-219. The talk, part of the Peace and Conflict [...]
The Organization of Student Social Workers at Missouri Western State University is sponsoring a “Stewards of Children” workshop, designed to equip people to prevent child sexual abuse. The workshop will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 7 in Blum Union, room 222. It is free and open to the public, but preregistration [...]
The Missouri Western State University Clay Guild is sponsoring two juried national ceramic exhibitions in the Potter Hall Gallery now through March 20. There will be an opening reception for “Twin Cups” and “Off the Table: Plates for the Wall” from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27 in the gallery. The reception is free [...]
