March 19, 2019—Missouri Western State University’s Griff LIFE (Learning is For Everyone) Committee and Progressive Community Services will present two showings of the film “Intelligent Lives” at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Monday, March 25 in the Kemper Recital Hall, Spratt Hall room 101. The screenings are free and open to the public. The Griff [...]
President-Designate Matthew Wilson (left) is introduced to campus by David Liechti, chair of the Board of Governors. March 18, 2019—“What a wonderful day it is,” Matthew Wilson, J.D., said on Monday, March 18, as he was formally introduced as Missouri Western State University’s next president. Wilson, currently a professor of law at the [...]
March 15, 2019—Missouri Western State University students in criminal justice and social work will discuss their recent study abroad experience in Hong Kong at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21 in the Hoff Conference Room, Blum Student Union room 218. The presentation, “Worlds Apart: A Comparative Study Presentation of the Hong Kong and U.S. Criminal Justice [...]
President-Designate Matthew Wilson March 13, 2019—By a 5-0 vote Tuesday, March 12, the Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University named Matthew Wilson, J.D., as Missouri Western’s fifth president, starting July 1, 2019. President-Designate Wilson will be introduced to the campus and community during a formal announcement and press conference at 3 [...]
March 7, 2019— Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has appointed Rick Ebersold and Al Landes, both of St. Joseph, to the Missouri Western State University Board of Governors. Ebersold and Landes both attended Missouri Western, and both started working for St. Joseph-based Herzog Contracting Corp in 1972. Landes is President and COO of Herzog Contracting Corp. [...]
March 1, 2019—Missouri Western State University will honor March as Women’s History Month with a series of events that are free and open to the public. The theme of Women’s History Month 2019 is “What Is and Is Not Feminist?” Unless otherwise noted, all events will be at 6 p.m. in the Hoff Conference Room, [...]
Peter V. Uebberoth Feb. 27, 2019— The Center for Entrepreneurship in the Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University has announced that renowned business executive Peter V. Ueberroth will be the keynote speaker at the Entrepreneurship Week Capstone Luncheon at noon on Friday, March 29 in the Fulkerson Center at Missouri [...]
Feb. 25, 2019—The annual Missouri Regional Industrial Science and Engineering (MO-RISE) networking event will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28 in the atrium of Remington Hall on the campus of Missouri Western State University. More than 200 people have registered to attend, including almost 70 employers. Students will have the opportunity [...]
Feb. 26, 2019—The presidential search committee at Missouri Western State University has announced the names of three finalists to be the University’s fifth president. The finalists will be on campus for in-person interviews in early March. The interview process includes an open forum where all students, faculty, staff and the community can hear a presentation [...]
Feb. 25, 2019—Poet, editor, and Emmy winner Kwame Dawes will give a public reading of his work at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, in the Potter Hall Theater on the campus of Missouri Western State University. “Verse & Twirl: An Evening with Kwame Dawes and MWSU Dancers” is free and open to the public. Missouri Western dance students, [...]
