April 3, 2025--Dr. Cary D. Chevalier, Missouri Western State University biology professor has been selected to sit on The Wildlife Society's National Certification Review Board (CRB) for a 3-year term. Dr. Chevalier began his career at Missouri Western in 1996 to start a wildlife conservation and management degree program, ensuring that all the academic requirements [...]
April 3, 2025--Dr. Evan Elizabeth Hart, associate professor of history, is Missouri Western State University’s recipient of the Missouri Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. The Governor’s Award is sponsored by the Missouri Council on Public Higher Education and will be presented this week in Jefferson City. Dr. Hart has been at Missouri Western since [...]
April 2, 2025--Missouri Western State University has named Dr. Andy Otto as vice president of enrollment management and marketing. Dr. Otto is currently vice president of enrollment services at William Woods University, Fulton, Missouri. Dr. Otto will begin his duties April 23, 2025. “I’m excited to welcome Dr. Andy Otto to the Griffon family,” said [...]
March 31, 2025--Missouri Western State University students, faculty, staff, and alumni will participate in The Big Event from 1 to 3 p.m. Friday, April 4. Picking up litter in the area surrounding the campus is one way Griffons demonstrate their pride in both Missouri Western and the St. Joseph community. “By taking the time to [...]
March 31, 2025--Missouri Western State University’s School of Fine Arts (SFA) will host an opening reception for the Senior Art Exhibition from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, April 4 at the Drew Brown Art Gallery in Potter Hall. This year’s exhibit is a culmination of student work from graduating graphic design and digital animation students [...]
March 14, 2025--The Bushman Planetarium at Missouri Western State University will present public showings at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 14 and Friday, March 21. The planetarium is located inside Agenstein Hall, room 147. Friday, March 14 “Sea Monsters” Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when mighty dinosaurs dominated the land [...]
March 14, 2025--Missouri Western State University has named Rebecca Lobina as director of workforce development. Lobina, currently continuing professional education director at Northwest Missouri State and regional director of the Missouri Small Business Development Center, will begin her duties April 1. “I am thrilled and very excited to bring Rebecca to MO West,” said Dr. [...]
Senior social work major Corina Merritt receives the MLK Drum Major for Justice Award, presented by MWSU Vice President and Dean of Students Dr. Robert Goltra III on Feb. 26, 2025. March 14, 2025--The Division of Student Affairs and the Black Student Union at Missouri Western State University held its Black Student Excellence [...]
March 7, 2025--Missouri Western State University’s Career Development Center will host the Spring All Majors Career and Internship Fair on Tuesday, March 25 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Fulkerson Center. Students and alumni are encouraged to come dressed in business casual attire and prepared to meet with potential employers. They are also [...]
Attendees at the 2025 Missouri Governor's Student Leadership Forum met with Governor Mike Kehoe on Feb. 14, 2025. Photo provided by Tim Bommel, photojournalist, Missouri House of Representatives. March 7, 2025--Patty Lashbrook, a senior applied communications and journalism major at Missouri Western State University, was one of about 70 students from across Missouri [...]
