The Potter Art Gallery at Missouri Western State University presents the first of two Senior Art Exhibitions March 28 through April 6. Meet the artists at an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 30 in the Gallery, located just inside the front entrance to Potter Hall. The reception is free and open [...]
Missouri Western State University and the YWCA are co-sponsoring “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes: The International Men’s March to Stop Rape, Sexual Assault and Gender Violence” at 5 p.m. Monday, April 2 inside the Small Gym in the Looney Complex. The walk is free and open to the public. Walk a Mile in Her [...]
The Center for Entrepreneurship in the Craig School at Missouri Western State University honored two local businessmen during the capstone luncheon of the third annual Entrepreneurship Week on March 23. Scott Gann was named Entrepreneur of the Year. Gann opened Scott Gann Construction in 1986 and later bought his parents’ business, Gann Backhoe Service. He [...]
Missouri Western State University has reached an agreement with T&G Real Estate Solutions, LLC to begin planning for the possible development of university-owned property. “One of Missouri Western’s unique assets is the size of the campus, more than 700 acres,” said Dr. Cale Fessler, vice president for financial planning and administration. “Most of that land [...]
Candidates for St. Joseph mayor and city council will participate in forums sponsored by the political science program at Missouri Western State University at 7 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday, March 27 and 29 in the Hearnes Center, room 102. The forums are free and open to the public. Candidates for mayor and the two [...]
Missouri Western’s Graduate School will hold its annual 3-Minute Thesis Competition at 12:30 p.m. on March 24 in the Kemper Recital Hall in Spratt Hall. Graduate students will have three minutes to describe their capstone project to a panel a of judges. Judges will select first prize and runner-up winners, and the audience will chose [...]
Dr. Bob Bergland, professor of journalism The Missouri Interscholastic Press Association has honored Dr. Bob Bergland, professor of journalism at Missouri Western State University, with its 2018 Taft Award for outstanding service to scholastic journalism. The award honors Dr. Bergland’s advocacy for Missouri’s Cronkite New Voices Act, which aims to protect the First [...]
Holi, the Hindu Festival of Color, will be celebrated at Missouri Western State University from 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday, March 29, in the Kelley Commons outside of Blum Student Union. The celebration is free and open to the public. Holi celebrates the beginning of spring and the triumph of good over evil. Missouri Western’s [...]
Nicole Maines, transgender activist and subject of the bestselling book "Becoming Nicole," will speak at MWSU March 29. Transgender activist Nicole Maines will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 29 in the Kemper Recital Hall, Spratt Hall room 101 on the campus of Missouri Western State University. Maines’ talk, part of the Center [...]
Joanne Katz, retired professor of legal studies A recently retired Missouri Western State University professor will talk about her experiences as a Fulbright scholar in Vietnam at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 29 in Spratt Hall, room 205. The talk, “From Enemy to Friend: An American View of Vietnam Today,” is free and open [...]
