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Oct 10, 2025

MoWest to offer Home Health Aide certification classes

2025-10-01T13:04:36-05:00

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 [...]

MoWest to offer Home Health Aide certification classes2025-10-01T13:04:36-05:00
Sep 09, 2025

MoWest community mourns Dr. Looney, first president

2025-09-30T17:29:05-05:00

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. [...]

MoWest community mourns Dr. Looney, first president2025-09-30T17:29:05-05:00
Sep 09, 2025

MoWest week-long homecoming activities

2025-09-26T12:08:34-05:00

Sept. 26, 2025--Missouri Western State University will round up Griffons and Griffon fans for Wild MoWest homecoming 2025 with a week full of activities beginning on Monday, Sept. 29. The MoWest Student Nurses Association and the Community Blood Center invite students, faculty, staff and the public to roll up their sleeves and help save a life [...]

MoWest week-long homecoming activities2025-09-26T12:08:34-05:00
Sep 09, 2025

MoWest’s Pop Culture Club to host 3 fall events

2025-09-24T13:30:11-05:00

Photo by Alperen Yazgı on Unsplash. Sept. 24, 2025–Missouri Western State University’s Pop Culture Club will host three public events this fall. The first, on Friday, Sept. 26 at 3:30 p.m. in Leah Spratt Hall room 205, will feature a Dungeons and Dragons exhibition game.  The newly-formed MoWest Dungeons and Dragons Club will [...]

MoWest’s Pop Culture Club to host 3 fall events2025-09-24T13:30:11-05:00
Sep 09, 2025

President Kennedy receives inaugural Beacon Award from the SJSD Foundation

2025-09-19T15:30:44-05:00

Kristie Arthur, St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce; Julie Cobb, St. Joseph School District Foundation; Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, Missouri Western State University. Photo courtesy SJSD Foundation Sept. 19, 2025--Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, president of Missouri Western State University, was presented the inaugural Beacon Award for Outstanding Community Partner from the St. Joseph School District Foundation [...]

President Kennedy receives inaugural Beacon Award from the SJSD Foundation2025-09-19T15:30:44-05:00
Sep 09, 2025

MoWest announces 2025 Alumni Award winners

2025-09-17T13:32:03-05:00

Sept. 17, 2025--The Missouri Western State University Alumni Association will honor 11 individuals during Homecoming Week at the 43rd annual Alumni Awards Banquet presented by E.L. Crawford Construction, Inc. The banquet will be held at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3 in the Fulkerson Center. The event is open to everyone and the cost is $40 [...]

MoWest announces 2025 Alumni Award winners2025-09-17T13:32:03-05:00
Sep 09, 2025

MoWest to feature alumni art exhibition

2025-09-17T11:50:38-05:00

Sept. 17, 2025--The Drew Brown Art Gallery in Potter Hall on the campus of Missouri Western State University is hosting an exhibition of art by alumni and friends. The School of Fine Arts and the Alumni Association are sponsoring an opening reception at 4 p.m.Thursday, Sept. 18. Light refreshments will be served. The exhibition and [...]

MoWest to feature alumni art exhibition2025-09-17T11:50:38-05:00
Sep 09, 2025

MoWest to host Family Day

2025-09-10T12:21:52-05:00

Sept. 10, 2025--Missouri Western State University will celebrate Family Day on Saturday, Sept. 13. Across the MoWest campus, a full day of events will welcome families of MoWest students with check-in beginning in Blum Union at 10:00 a.m. The day will culminate with a Griffon football game in Spratt Memorial Stadium with kickoff at 6:00 [...]

MoWest to host Family Day2025-09-10T12:21:52-05:00
Sep 09, 2025

MoWest to remember 9/11 with memorial stair climb

2025-09-08T11:32:13-05:00

Sept. 8, 2025--The Center for Military and Veterans Services at Missouri Western State University will host the fourth annual 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb on Thursday, Sept. 11 at Spratt Memorial Stadium. Check-in begins at 8:00 a.m. at the west gate entrance to Spratt Stadium. The climb begins promptly at 8:46 a.m., the time the first [...]

MoWest to remember 9/11 with memorial stair climb2025-09-08T11:32:13-05:00
Sep 09, 2025

MoWest named top nursing school in Missouri 

2025-09-08T11:29:20-05:00

Sept. 8, 2025--The nursing program at Missouri Western State University has been ranked the top nursing school in Missouri by RegisteredNursing.org.  “The Department of Nursing takes great pride and care in preparing our students well, and it’s wonderful to see that work recognized in this way,” said Dr. Heather Kendall, department chair. “I thank the [...]

MoWest named top nursing school in Missouri 2025-09-08T11:29:20-05:00