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 [...]
Missouri Western State University Bands with Phi Mu Alpha and Sigma Alpha present the 27th annual Tournament of Champions high school marching band competition, starting at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14 in Spratt Stadium. Tickets are available at the gate and cost $7 for adults; $5 for seniors and students; and free for children 12 [...]
Candidates in the 6th Congressional District have been invited to participate in a debate at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14 in the Kemper Recital Hall, Spratt Hall 101, on the campus of Missouri Western State University. The debate is free and open to the public. According to debate organizer Dylan Gibson, senior political science major [...]
The Tami Tango Trio from Argentina will close Missouri Western State University’s observance of Hispanic Heritage Month with a series of free events open to the public on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 17 and 18, sponsored by the Missouri Western Spanish Club. The Tami Tango Trio is an internationally acclaimed Argentine music and dance ensemble. [...]
The Walter Cronkite Memorial at Missouri Western State University received the Missouri Division of Tourism’s Spotlight Award at the 2014 Missouri Governor’s Conference on Tourism in St. Louis on Oct. 8. “This memorial to one of our most distinguished Missourians is attracting national and international attention,” said Marci Bennett, executive director of the St. Joseph [...]
The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University has voted to refund the 1.74 percent increase charged to in-state, main campus undergraduate students this fall. “When the Board of Governors set tuition earlier this year, they did so with the understanding that in-state tuition would hold steady if additional state appropriations were made available,” [...]
Judge Karen King Mitchell will preside when a panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District convenes at Missouri Western Oct. 14. For the seventeenth consecutive year, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District will convene court at Missouri Western State University. The Court will sit at Missouri Western at 9 a.m. [...]
Missouri Western State University has signed an agreement with Hillyard Technical Center in St. Joseph and North Central Missouri College in Trenton to offer a new Bachelor of Science in Technology concentration in the field of allied health. The agreement allows students who have earned a radiological technology certificate at Hillyard to seamlessly continue on [...]
The 2014-2015 Theatre Season at Missouri Western State University presents “Of Mice and Men,” John Steinbeck’s story of friendship, belonging and tragedy during the Great Depression, Oct. 3-11 in the Potter Hall Theater at Missouri Western. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 3 and 4, 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5 and 7:30 [...]
Enrollment at Missouri Western State University is up almost 2 percent from a year ago on the official census date, four weeks into the start of the fall semester. A total of 5,926 students are enrolled this fall, coming from 42 states and 35 countries. “We’re certainly excited to see enrollment growth, and honored that [...]
