Missouri Western State University has announced plans to end operations of its community literacy program, Pass the Power Adult Literacy, effective October 31. Many of the services provided by Pass the Power will now be provided by the St. Joseph School District. Dr. Gordon Mapley, dean and executive director of the Western Institute at Missouri [...]
Noted photographers Will and Deni McIntyre will show their work and talk about their careers at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30 in Spratt Hall room 205 on the campus of Missouri Western State University. The presentation is free and open to the public. The McIntyres’ talk is titled “Don’t Harsh Our Mellow: A 21st Century [...]
A parliamentary debate team from Missouri Western State University won first place in the Novice Division of the first tournament the Griffon Debate and Forensics team entered this fall. Freshmen Graham Deckard of Kansas City, Mo., and Eli Dodge of Stewartsville, Mo., brought home the first place award in the Parliamentary Debate Novice Division at [...]
Missouri Western State University will dedicate an interactive memorial to one of St. Joseph’s most illustrious native sons, Walter Cronkite. The public dedication ceremony of the Walter Cronkite Memorial will take place on November 4–what would have been the noted newsman’s 97th birthday. “Walter Cronkite is probably the most significant journalist of the 20th century,” [...]
The Missouri Western State University Faculty Piano Trio will present their first performance together Sunday, Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Potter Hall Theater on the Missouri Western campus. Admission is free. […]
The Spanish Club at Missouri Western State University welcomes Elvira Loyola de Bausset, a published Argentinian poet, for a Spanish Poetry Night at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22 in the Hearnes Center, room 102. The poet will present a copy of her recently published book of poems to Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western’s president. [...]
Daniel Belcher, a St. Joseph native and Grammy winner, will conduct a masterclass for cast members in Missouri Western State University’s upcoming production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” The class from noon to 1 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18 in Potter Hall, room 112, will be open to the public at no charge. Cast and [...]
Sohail Jouya coaches the Missouri Western debate team. After an absence of around a dozen years, competitive debate and forensics is making a comeback at Missouri Western State University. The new team will participate in its first tournament at the University of Central Missouri Oct. 18 and 19. “I love working with these [...]
Final preparations are underway for the 20th annual R. Dan Boulware Convocation on Critical Issues featuring noted historian Dr. Doris Kearns Goodwin at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, in the M.O. Looney Complex Arena. Dr. Goodwin’s recent book about Abraham Lincoln and his cabinet inspired the critically acclaimed film “Lincoln.” Her speech, “Team of Rivals: [...]
Missouri Western State University Bands with Phi Mu Alpha and Sigma Alpha present the 26th annual Tournament of Champions high school band competition beginning at 2:30 Tuesday, Oct. 15 in Spratt Memorial Stadium. The day’s activities will close with an awards ceremony at 8:30 p.m. The annual marching band competition will feature 20 local bands [...]
