Missouri Western State University’s Department of Biology is participating in the seventh annual Herp-o-rama, an event celebrating the diverse and unique lives of Missouri’s amphibians and reptiles, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 2, at the Remington Nature Center, located at 1502 MacArthur Drive in St. Joseph. Expect to see live specimens [...]
The Missouri Western Cross Country program will host a 5k Cross Country Racing Series this summer, consisting of three races on the Missouri Western cross country course. WHEN: Wednesdays: July 11, July 25 & Aug. 8 Registration from 6:15 - 6:45 p.m. Race Start: 7 p.m. WHERE: Missouri Western Cross Country Course (Mitchell Avenue and 50th Street) *Rain or Shine Please [...]
Missouri Western State University’s Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation will offer two opportunities for youth to learn recreational skills that can be used throughout life for fun, health and fitness. The Children’s Lifetime Sports Academy, for children ages 8-12, and the Adventure Sports Academy, for children who have completed grades 6 through 8, [...]
Coach Bill Snyder The architect of the greatest turnaround in college football history will be honored at Missouri Western State University. The Bill Snyder Pavilion will be dedicated on Thursday, July 12 on the west end of Craig Field at Spratt Memorial Stadium. Missouri Western’s Board of Governors unanimously approved naming the facility [...]
In a board poll by telephone, the Missouri Western State University Board of Governors today formally approved a contract with the Kansas City Chiefs to keep the NFL team’s training camp in St. Joseph this year. The contract, which formalizes the agreement Missouri Western and the Chiefs announced in January, also includes an option for [...]
From left: Award recipients Kip Wilson, Judy Chambers, Kathy Kelly, Fumi Matsumoto Cheever, Shelle Browning, Teresa Crist, Julie Jedlicka, Heather Kendall and Nathanael May. Not pictured: Edwin Taylor. Missouri Western State University honored ten award winners at its annual Faculty and Staff Awards and Retirement Reception on Friday, April 27. The University also honored 19 [...]
A memorial to honor fallen emergency medical service providers in Missouri will be built at Missouri Western State University. On April 26, the University’s Board of Governors approved a 99-year lease agreement with the Missouri EMS Memorial Foundation to locate the memorial near Mitchell Avenue, on land where the President’s House once stood. “Our organization [...]
The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University approved tuition and room and board rates for the 2018-2019 school year. For undergraduate, in-state students, tuition will rise 1 percent, from $204.14 per credit hour to $206.37. The increase is below the 2.4 percent allowed by state statute. Missouri’s public universities have agreed with state [...]
The jazz program at Missouri Western State University presents its Spring Jazz Concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 27 in the Potter Hall Theater. The concert will feature performances by the Jazz Lab Band and Jazz Ensemble, showcasing classic jazz literature as well as new contemporary literature by today’s leading writers. The Jazz Lab Band [...]
Dr. Peter Dorhout, president, American Chemical Society Dr. Peter Dorhout, president of the American Chemical Society, will speak about the recent ACS Safety Summit at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 25 in Agenstein Hall, room 324 on the campus of Missouri Western State University. The presentation is free and open to the public. Dr. [...]
