Missouri Western State University will host a reception and watch party for the broadcast premiere of “One PM Central Time,” a new documentary about the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the coverage of that day by Walter Cronkite and his team at CBS News. The reception will begin at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13 [...]
Kathy Cronkite, daughter of Walter and Betsy Cronkite, talks in front of an interactive timeline showing the highlights of her famous father’s life. Missouri Western State University dedicated an interactive memorial to one of the most important journalists of the 20th century and St. Joseph’s most famous native son, Walter Cronkite, on Monday, [...]
The Nontraditional and Commuter Student Center and the Division of Student Affairs at Missouri Western State University is holding a special event called “Heroes Among Us” to honor students, faculty and staff who are military veterans. The keynote speaker will be Timothy Hornik, a retired veteran who was blinded by a sniper’s gunshot wound while [...]
The Center for Multicultural Education and the Division of Student Affairs at Missouri Western State University will host the Tunnel of Oppression, an interactive event that highlights contemporary issues of oppression, Nov. 5, 6, 7 and 8. The event will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day in the Blum Student Union, [...]
Missouri Western State University has renewed its food service contract with Aramark Educational Services LLC for three years, through May 24, 2017. Missouri Western’s Board of Governors approved the contract renewal in a telephone poll Oct. 30. Aramark operates Missouri Western’s Dining Hall and Food Court in the Blum Student Union, the Deli in Popplewell [...]
Dr. David Ashley, professor of biology, participating in the investigation of the Heartland virus. Missouri Western State University will inaugurate a new series of presentations, the Missouri Western Symposium on Applied Learning, with a talk titled “A New Virus in the Heartland” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6 in Agenstein Hall, room 324. [...]
Missouri Western State University’s School of Fine Arts presents a production of Mozart’s opera “The Magic Flute” Nov. 1-3 that combines talented live performers and eye-popping digital animation. Performances are scheduled at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 1 and 2, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3 in the Potter Hall Theater. Tickets are $10 [...]
More than 50 employers and graduate schools will participate in the Fall Career Day and Technical Job Fair from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29 in the Fulkerson Center at Missouri Western State University. The event is sponsored by Missouri Western’s Career Development Center. It is free and open to all Missouri Western students [...]
The Residence Hall Association at Missouri Western State University invites the public to campus for this year’s Trick or Treat Off the Streets on Tuesday, Oct. 29 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Halloween Party begins in the Commons building and features games, prizes and tours through each participating residence hall, where students will [...]
Two members of the biology faculty will speak about creatures many people are simultaneously frightened of and curious about on the Missouri Western State University campus. Dr. Mark Mills presents “Snakes Alive: It’s the Year of the Snake” at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 in Agenstein Hall, room 224. Dr. David Ashley presents “Batty About [...]
