The Walter Cronkite Memorial in the atrium of Spratt Hall is closed on Friday, Dec. 26. The memorial will reopen for regular business hours on Saturday, Dec. 27. In celebration of the New Year's holiday, the memorial will be open from 9 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, Dec. 31, and will be closed Thursday, Jan. [...]
Dr. Douglas Brinkley, featured speaker for the 21st R. Dan Boulware Convocation on Critical Issues on Nov. 4, 2014. Douglas Brinkley, professor of history at Rice University and prolific biographer, will be the featured speaker at the 21st R. Dan Boulware Convocation on Critical Issues at Missouri Western State University at 10 a.m. [...]
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, is partnering with Missouri Western State University to help the institution save nearly $400,000 in energy cost savings annually over 15 years. The university anticipates an additional $400,000 in utility incentives to offset campus-wide upgrades across its building, lighting, water and mechanical systems. According to the U.S. [...]
Memorabilia on loan from the Walter Cronkite family will be temporarily displayed during the public meeting of the Missouri Western State University Board of Governors on Thursday, Oct. 23. The memorabilia will be displayed from 1 to 3 p.m. in the hallway outside Blum Union room 220, where the board meeting will begin at 1:30 [...]
The Missouri Western State University Law Enforcement Academy will offer back-to-back presentations on the dangers of distracted driving and autism recognition and response for law enforcement and other first responders on Friday, Oct. 24 in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall. The presentations are free and open to the public, but reservations are requested. [...]
More than 900 high school students participated in Missouri Western State University’s third annual Visual Arts Day on Oct. 9. The day’s events included a juried art exhibition, art competitions and events, and studio workshops in clay, graphics, animation, printmaking, painting, photography, drawing and sculpture. The following prizes were awarded in the art exhibition: [...]
Olathe East High School was named Grand Champion of the 2014 Tournament of Champions high school marching band competition at Missouri Western State University on Oct. 14. Olathe East also won first in the Class 5A competition, and won awards for outstanding color guard and for outstanding soloist. A total of 17 high schools competed. [...]
“Griffons Around the World” is the theme of Missouri Western State University’s 2014 celebration of Homecoming Oct. 20-25. A highlight of Homecoming every year is the parade in downtown St. Joseph. This year, the parade’s route is somewhat shorter than in years past. It will start at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 25 at Faraon and [...]
Shana Meyer, vice president for student affairs at Missouri Western State University, has been named Director-Elect to the Board of Directors of NASPA, the leading organization for professionals in student affairs. Meyer will be Director of the Professional Standards Division when she begins her two-year term on the Board of Directors next March. She currently [...]
Amy Kotwani, director of International Student Services at Missouri Western State University, has been selected as a rising star by an organization of student affairs professionals. Kotwani will receive her Missouri New Professional Rising Star Award at the NASPA IV-West Regional Conference in Albuquerque, N.M. “As an office of one, Amy creates and oversees a [...]
