The Beta Beta Beta Biology Honors Society and the Politics Club at Missouri Western State University are co-sponsoring a public forum on a controversial proposed oil pipeline at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 4 at the East Hills Library, 502 N. Woodbine. The forum in the library’s basement theater is free and open to the public. [...]
Visiting scholars will discuss the recovery of Rwanda and the issue of the death penalty in talks March 2 and 3 at Missouri Western State University. Both talks are free and open to the public. […]
Jim Korinke portrays Walter Cronkite. Two public showings of “Cronkite,” a live multimedia performance about legendary journalist Walter Cronkite, have been scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 6 and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 26 in the Kemper Recital Hall, which is adjacent to the award-winning Walter Cronkite Memorial inside Spratt Hall on the [...]
The 2014-2015 Peace and Conflict Studies Speaker Series at Missouri Western State University continues with a talk titled “What Binds Us Together? Changing Perspectives on the Moral Order of Society” by Dr. Martha Jalali Rabbani at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24 in the Hoff Conference Rooms, Blum Student Union rooms 218-219. The talk is free [...]
Multiple community partners in the St. Joseph area, including the Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University, have launched a new initiative: Cup of Joe is a simple way to engage entrepreneurs in communities around the world. Each week, the Cup of Joe program, inspired by 1 Million Cups in Kansas City, offers [...]
The Politics Club at Missouri Western State University will sponsor a forum on the legalization of sex work. The forum, titled “Sex Sells: A Forum on the Legalization of Sex Work,” will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26 in Spratt Hall, room 203 and is free and open to the public. Three faculty [...]
The Institute for Industrial and Applied Life Sciences, a public/private cooperative effort to enhance workforce and economic development in the Midwest region, has renamed itself Innovation Stockyard. “The new name reflects our continuing mission of nurturing innovation,” said Ronan Molloy, Innovation Stockyard president. “It fits especially well with our emphasis on animal health products. Entrepreneurs [...]
Dr. Kyle Gann, former music critic for The Village Voice and professor of music at Bard College, will talk about Charles Ives’ Concord Sonata Feb. 21. One of the foremost experts on American music today will talk about Charles Ives’ Piano Sonata No. 2, “Concord, Mass., 1840-1860,” followed by a live performance of [...]
The fourth season of Western Playhouse, the summer theatre company at Missouri Western State University, will feature two beloved musicals. The Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine musical “Into the Woods” will be produced June 19-27 in the Potter Hall Theater. The off-Broadway classic “The Fantasticks” will be produced July 10-18 in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt [...]
Financial aid professionals from Missouri Western State University will offer free assistance to families filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, during a “FAFSA Frenzy” event from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22 inside Spratt Hall on the Missouri Western campus. “In 2011-2012, Missouri postsecondary students received more than $3.5 [...]
