Missouri Western State University will host students from about a dozen local elementary schools participating in Jump Rope for Heart from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10 in the M.O. Looney arena. Students will jump rope to raise funds for the American Heart Association, which funds cardiovascular disease research and public and professional education [...]
Because of the snow, several schools are unable to participate in the 8th annual Jazz Festival. Performances will be at 9 a.m., 2:15 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. The MWSU Jazz Ensembles will perform at 4:45 p.m. for the schools in attendance. Watch www.missouriwestern.edu for updates.
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. 9 inside Spratt Hall. “In 2011-2012, Missouri postsecondary students received $3.5 billion in financial aid from the federal [...]
Alongside the national ads for Doritos, Bud Light and other well-known sponsors, viewers of the Super Bowl in the St. Joseph area this Sunday will see new commercials for the local Hy-Vee store that were conceived, shot and edited by members of a cinema class at Missouri Western State University. “Creating a real spot for [...]
The Missouri General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Transportation Oversight has unanimously approved an application to designate a portion of the Belt Highway in St. Joseph for the city’s famous native son, newsman Walter Cronkite. The application was submitted by Missouri Western State University, home of the Walter Cronkite Memorial. “We’re very grateful to the Missouri [...]
The Department of Theatre and Cinema and the School of Fine Arts at Missouri Western State University will hold open auditions for Mel Brooks’ “The Producers” on Saturday, Feb. 1 in the Potter Hall Theater at Missouri Western. Individual monologue and vocal auditions will be scheduled from 1 to 3 p.m. and 4:30 to 6:30 [...]
The Department of Music and the School of Fine Arts at Missouri Western State University will hold their eighth annual Jazz Festival beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 1. Performances will be held in the Fulkerson Center and in the Hoff Conference Room, Blum Student Union 219. The festival will culminate with a performance at [...]
Missouri Western State University will host a celebration of the Chinese New Year at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30 in the Hoff Conference Room, Blum Student Union room 218. The celebration is free and open to the public. […]
The Center for Multicultural Education and the Division of Student Affairs at Missouri Western State University presented the Drum Major for Justice Awards, honoring the legacy and selfless leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to three individuals. The award is presented annually to a Missouri Western employee, Missouri Western student and member of the [...]
The Department of Economics, Political Science and Sociology and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Missouri Western State University will host candidate forums for candidates in the St. Joseph city primary elections at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 28 and Thursday, Jan. 30 in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall. The forums [...]
