Shana Meyer, incoming vice president for student affairs Shana Meyer has been named vice president for student affairs at Missouri Western State University. She will begin her duties April 1, 2013. “We had an excellent pool of applicants to fill this critical position, and I’m pleased to welcome Shana Meyer to our senior [...]
Missouri Western State University theatre students fared well at the Region V Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival in Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 20-26. The theatre and cinema program sent 21 students to the festival representing nominees from several recent productions: “Arsenic and Old Lace,” “Little Shop of Horrors,” “J.B.” and “Annie.” The production of “J.B.,” a [...]
Gov. Jay Nixon visited Missouri Western last summer to announce a $1 million Innovation Campus grant to help area residents complete their college educations. The first participant in the Buchanan County Degree Attainment Initiative was selected lsat month. A lab technician at Hillyard Industries in St. Joseph is the first participant in the [...]
In the late 1990s, Maureen Raffensperger was working as a physical therapist at Heartland Regional Medical Center in St. Joseph when she saw the need for physical therapist assistants in the area. She worked with faculty members in the biology department at Missouri Western State University to create a physical therapist assistant (PTA) program. Now [...]
The Spring Career Fair is a chance for Missouri Western students and alumni to interview with employers. The Missouri Western State University Career Development Center will host the Spring Career Fair from 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, March 5 in the Fulkerson Center. The Career Fair is open to all Missouri Western students and alumni [...]
Missouri Western State University’s International Lecture Series will feature a talk about Indonesia at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 6 in Blum Student Union, room 223. The lecture is free and open to the public. Gilbert Imbiri, a junior convergent media major from Indonesia, will talk about the culture of his native country. […]
The First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Choir features a dozen Missouri Western students, faculty and alumni. The First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary and Bell Choirs will be featured at the First Thursday Downtown Noon Concert Series at 12:10 p.m. Thursday, March 7, in the sanctuary of the First Presbyterian Church, 7th and Jules in St. [...]
Two sculptures by artist Brent Collins of Gower, Mo., were dedicated in a Remington Hall ceremony on Monday, Feb. 25. The PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Carlo Séquin, titled "Artistic Geometry at MWSU: the connection between Art, Mathematics, and Computer Science," describes the process used to create Music of the Spheres and Evolving Trefoil. Visit Dr. [...]
The Kansas City Northland campus of Missouri Western State University is closed Wednesday, Feb. 27, because of road conditions. The main Missouri Western campus in St. Joseph is open. Metropolitan Community College in Kansas City has closed its Penn Valley campus, so Missouri Western classes at MCC-Penn Valley are canceled today. Update: corrected date at [...]
Missouri Western State University's St. Joseph campus will close at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 26. All day and evening classes and activities are canceled.
