Oct. 22, 2025–Missouri Western State University’s Cinematic Arts Program presents a clinical talk by Alison Lewis at 2:30 p.m Thursday, Oct. 23. in the Bebe and Crosby Kemper Recital Hall located in Leah Spratt Hall room 101. This is part of a series of clinician speaking events sponsored by the Cinematic Arts Program at MoWest. [...]
Oct. 20, 2025–Missouri Western State University’s Career Development Center and the Society for Collegiate Journalists will co-sponsor a career night from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday Oct. 28 in Enright Rooms 214/216 in Leah Spratt Hall. This event is free and open to all students and MoWest alumni, giving all an opportunity to network and [...]
Oct. 20, 2025–Missouri Western State University will host a criminal justice, legal studies, government and nonprofit job fair, sponsored by the Career Development Center, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday Oct. 28 in Blum Union room 218/219. This fair is free and open to all students and MoWest alumni looking for employment in any [...]
Oct. 17, 2025--The Bushman Planetarium at Missouri Western State University will present a public showing of “Secret of the Cardboard Rocket” and "Moon Witch" at 7:00 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24. "Secret of the Cardboard Rocket" Embark on an outstanding adventure as two children spend a night touring the solar system alongside their ship’s navigator, an [...]
Oct. 17, 2025--Missouri Western State University’s School of Fine Arts will host “Daily Commute,” an exhibit of work from Tonia Hughes, Oct. 21 through Dec. 5. An opening reception will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24 in the Drew Brown Art Gallery in Potter Hall. Hughes is a socio-politically driven artist [...]
Oct. 8, 2025--Missouri Western State University will celebrate the opening of the Dr. George S. Richmond Student Collaboration Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9 in Potter Hall room 104. The Dr. Thompson E. Potter Fine Arts Center (Potter Hall) opened in 1971 and is the home of MoWest’s School of [...]
Oct. 7. 2025--Missouri Western State University is the No. 1 regional public university in Missouri for social mobility, according to the U.S. News & World Report 2026 Best Colleges rankings. “MoWest has a 110-year history of transforming lives through the power of education,” said Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, president. “A critical part of our mission as [...]
Oct. 1, 2025–Missouri Western State University will once again host the Western District of Missouri Court of Appeals on Tuesday, Oct. 14 beginning at 9 a.m. in Leah Spratt Hall Room 101. A three-judge panel consisting of Judge Janet Sutton, Judge Gary Witt and Judge W. Douglas Thomson will hear oral arguments in four cases. [...]
Oct. 1, 2025--Missouri Western State University’s Center for Workforce Development will begin their next classes for Missouri Home Health Aide certification from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 4 in the Houlne Center for Convergent Technology. Home Health Aides (HHA) work in clients’ homes, group homes or assisted living facilities, working with family members and [...]
Dr. M.O. Looney Sept. 30, 2025--Dr. Marvin O. Looney, who served as the first president of Missouri Western State University, died Sept. 29 in Mountain Home, Arkansas. He was 97 years old. “There are few figures, if any, more vital than Dr. Looney to the development of Missouri Western State University,” said Dr. [...]
