March 16, 2021-Missouri Western State University received the 2021-2022 designation of Voter Friendly Campus from Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and Fair Election Center’s Campus Vote Project. This designation has been awarded to 234 colleges and universities across the United States including five in Missouri. Missouri Western’s designation is valid through December 2022. Missouri [...]
March 5, 2021--Missouri Western State University celebrated the grand opening of the Griffon Esports Arena in the Blum Student Union on March 4, followed by varsity and club athletes playing a 24-hour livestream for charity. “We’re really excited now to be able to rally around our Griffon Esports team,” said Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, president of [...]
Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, President Feb. 25, 2021--The Missouri Western State University Board of Governors voted unanimously on Thursday, Feb. 25, to name Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy Missouri Western’s sixth president. “I and other members of the Board have been very impressed with Dr. Kennedy’s capable and steady leadership during this very challenging time,” said [...]
Feb. 18, 2021-- Missouri Western State University has earned the 2021-2022 Military Friendly® School designation. Institutions earning the Military Friendly® School designation were evaluated using both public data sources and responses from a proprietary survey. Over 1,200 schools participated in the 2021-2022 survey with 747 earning the designation. Missouri Western earned the designation with a [...]
Feb. 8, 2021--Agencies from northwest Missouri and northeast Kansas that support the development of entrepreneurship in the region will gather at Missouri Western State University this week to discuss ways of working together. “Each community is unique, but we all of us who facilitate entrepreneurship have some common challenges and opportunities as well,” said Annette [...]
Jan. 21, 2021--Kelli Douglas has been named university counsel at Missouri Western State University. Douglas began serving in this role Jan. 19. Previously, Douglas served as a supervisory attorney for the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR). Douglas had been with the OCR since 2007, serving first as an attorney and then [...]
Kim Sigrist Jan. 6, 2021--Kim Sigrist will lead the Center for Service at Missouri Western State University. Sigrist is currently Missouri Western’s executive director of enrollment management. “Kim is a Griffon through and through, and her love for the University and our students combined with her strong ties to the community will provide [...]
Dr. Gary Clapp Jan. 6, 2020--One of the founders of the Christopher S. “Kit” Bond Science and Technology Incubator will return to lead it again. Dr. Gary Clapp has been named director by the Board of Directors of Innovation Stockyard, the public-private partnership that operates the incubator on Missouri Western State University’s campus. [...]
Dec. 18, 2020--Missouri Western State University will expand its scholarship for A+ certified high school graduates from Missouri. “A+ students are committed to their education and good citizens of their community, and they have a lot to contribute to the vitality of our campus,” said Dr. Melissa Mace, vice president for enrollment management. Missouri students [...]
Dr. Melissa Mace, vice president for enrollment management Nov. 10, 2020--Dr. Melissa Mace has been named vice president for enrollment management at Missouri Western State University. Dr. Mace, currently assistant vice president for enrollment at Maryville University in St. Louis, will start her duties Nov. 16. “Enrollment management is a critical focus for [...]
