The third annual Walk for the Homeless will start at 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14 at Sixth and Messanie Streets in downtown St. Joseph. The walk to raise awareness and benefit the Social Welfare Board’s Friends of the Free Clinic Fund is co-sponsored by the Organization of Student Social Workers at Missouri Western State University [...]
Jerry Gentry has been named director of physical plant for Missouri Western State University and will begin his duties on Dec. 2. As director of the physical plant, Gentry will serve a leadership role at the University, and within the financial planning and administration division. Gentry brings more than 10 years of experience in plant [...]
Kim Weddle ’00 has been named director of development for Missouri Western State University. Weddle is currently Missouri Western’s executive administrative associate to the president and will begin her new duties Jan. 5, 2015. […]
The Center for Entrepreneurship in the Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University will celebrate its opening with a St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting ceremony at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12 at Popplewell Hall, room 203. The Center for Entrepreneurship trains, mentors and supports area business owners and entrepreneurs at no cost. [...]
Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera “The Pirates of Penzance” will be performed Nov. 13-16 in the Potter Hall Theater at Missouri Western State University. Shows will start at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 13, 14 and 15, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 16. Tickets are $14 for adults, $12 for Missouri [...]
Missouri Western State University’s 21st annual R. Dan Boulware Convocation on Critical Issues, featuring noted historian Dr. Douglas Brinkley, will be broadcast Nov. 11-30 on MWTV, channel 39 on Suddenlink in St. Joseph. Dr. Brinkley’s talk about the life of St. Joseph-born Walter Cronkite will air at 11 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 7:30 p.m. [...]
The Spanish Club at Missouri Western State University is hosting a celebration of Dia de los Muertos – Day of the Dead, a Mexican holiday of remembrance, at 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 3 in the Hoff Conference Rooms, Blum Union rooms 218-219. The celebration is free and open to the public. Altars typical of the [...]
John Cage, American composer Dr. David McIntire, director of music technology in the Department of Music at Missouri Western State University, will present a lecture titled “John Cage After 100: Legacy and Influence” followed by a recital featuring Dr. McIntire’s own composition “One Gate, 100 Paths, One Arrival” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. [...]
Hung Liu, a leading figure in the contemporary art world in both the United States and China, will present a talk titled “From Painting to Other Medium” at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9 in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall at Missouri Western State University. The talk is free and open to the public. [...]
The inaugural Walter Cronkite Conference on Media Ethics and Integrity, sponsored by Missouri Western State University and the Media Ethics Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (AEJMC), will be held Nov. 3 and 4 at Missouri Western. Most sessions are free and open to the public. “Given that Cronkite was [...]
