Sept. 27, 2023--Missouri Western State University is celebrating Homecoming 2023 the week of Sept. 25-30, ending with the Homecoming Parade and Griffon football game against Emporia State on Saturday. The theme of the week’s celebration is “Giddy Up, Griffons.” The annual Homecoming Parade is at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 30. It will step off from [...]
Sept. 22, 2023--Due to impending weather, kickoff for the Missouri Western State University Family Day football game against Fort Hays State University has been moved up to noon on Saturday, Sept. 23 on Craig Field at Spratt Memorial Stadium. That change requires the following adjustments to the schedule for Family Day activities: The Family Day [...]
Laura Nold, assistant professor of nursing at Missouri Western State University, recently received a scholarship from the Mosaic Life Care Foundation. The 2023 Lowell C. Kruse Healthy Choices. Healthy Lives. Scholarship provides financial assistance to a first-year, full-time graduate student studying in areas leading to improved quality of life for the residents of the Mosaic [...]
Bob Long (center) receives the 2023 Arts Educator of the Year Award from St. Joseph Mayor John Josendale and Arts Council President Terri Modlin. Two members of the faculty in the Department of Music at Missouri Western State University were honored at the 2023 Mayor’s Awards for the Arts from the Allied Arts [...]
St. Joseph Fire Department firefighters participated in the first 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb in 2022. Sept. 8, 2023--The Center for Military & Veteran Services and the Student Government Association at Missouri Western State University will host the second annual 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at 8:46 a.m. Monday, Sept. 11 at Spratt Memorial Stadium. [...]
Griffon Edge Aug. 24-27 gave many of the nearly 800 new students at Missouri Western this fall a chance to connect with faculty, staff and fellow students and become familiar with the campus and its resources. Pictured is the New Student Convocation. Sept. 7, 2023--Nearly 800 new students are enrolled in classes at [...]
Aug. 31, 2023–Dr. Lori McCune, associate professor of mathematics at Missouri Western State University, received a Meritorious Service Award from the Mathematical Association of America. The award is based on service to the association at the national or section level. Dr. McCune was one of just five members honored nationally, and the only one in [...]
Aug. 31, 2023--Pam Klaus, director of the Center for Franchise Development at Missouri Western State University, is a new member of the Missouri FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) Foundation Board. Klaus is the advisor to the Missouri Western FBLA chapter and has led students at state and national leadership conferences. She is a graduate [...]
Members of the Golden Griffon Marching Band perform at the Gold Rush Pep Rally on Tuesday, Aug. 28. Bands from Central, Lafayette and Benton will join the GGMB for Band Day on Aug. 31. Aug. 30, 2023--The Missouri Western State University Golden Griffon Marching Band will host a Band Day for more than [...]
Dr. Robert Goltra III Aug. 23, 2023--Dr. Robert Goltra III will be the next assistant vice president, dean of students at Missouri Western State University. He will begin his duties Aug. 23. “I am pleased to welcome Dr. Goltra to the Missouri Western family,” said Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, Missouri Western’s president. “His extensive [...]
