The Department of Theatre and Cinema in the School of Fine Arts at Missouri Western State University will hold open auditions for Steve Martin’s “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” on Monday, Oct. 7, and for Tabula Rasa, a student directing showcase, on Wednesday, Oct. 9. Actors can learn more and sign up for time slots [...]
Potter Hall will receive nearly $800,000 in renovations and additions under a plan to spend budget reserves approved by the Board of Governors. Wilson Hall and the Looney Complex will also receive improvements. The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University has approved approximately $1.6 million in improvements to Potter Hall, Wilson [...]
Judge Alok Ahuja will preside over a three-judge panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District convening at Missouri Western Oct. 4. For the sixteenth consecutive year, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District will convene court at Missouri Western State University. The Court will sit at Missouri Western on Friday, October [...]
Dr. Mara Schiff, associate professor of criminology and criminal justice at Florida Atlantic University, will give a talk titled “Race, Rights and Restorative Justice” at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24 in the Blum Student Union, Hoff Conference Rooms 218-219 at Missouri Western State University. Dr. Schiff’s talk is free and open to the public. It [...]
The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant of just over $1 million to Missouri Western State University and Davidson College in North Carolina for undergraduate synthetic biology research. The grant is the largest research grant in Missouri Western’s history. “One thing that really sets Missouri Western apart is the opportunity that we provide undergraduate [...]
Dr. Melody Smith, former superintendent of the St. Joseph School District, has been hired as a program development liaison for the Western Institute at Missouri Western State University. In this part-time position, Dr. Smith will share responsibility for building a number of interlocking initiatives designed to help adults complete baccalaureate degrees that they may have [...]
Attendees at the 2012 Mid-Autumn Day celebration enjoyed a variety of traditional foods. Missouri Western State University will observe Mid-Autumn Day, a Chinese celebration of harvest and family reunion, at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20 in Blum Student Union, Hoff Community Rooms 218-219. The celebration is free. […]
The Department of Music at Missouri Western State University will host two guest artist recitals on Friday and Sunday, Sept. 20 and 22. Both are free and open to the public. […]
Missouri Western State University will hold its 17th annual Reading of Challenged and Banned Books at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25 in Spratt Hall, Enright Community Rooms, 214-216. The event recognizes the American Library Association’s Banned Book Week. The event is free and open to the public. […]
Editor’s Note: The location of this presentation has changed since the press release was previously posted. Dr. Vaughn Nelson, former director of the Alternative Energy Institute at West Texas A&M University, will talk about wind energy at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17 in Murphy Hall, room 224, on the campus of Missouri Western State University. [...]
