The Walter Cronkite Memorial will honor the centennial of the legendary journalist’s birth with an open house from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5 at the memorial inside Spratt Hall on the campus of Missouri Western State University. The open house will include a monumental new sculpture reflecting Cronkite’s close ties to the [...]
The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University accepted a clean (unqualified) opinion of the university’s financial statements from audit firm Rubin Brown LLP. There were three findings in the audit: one related to the accounting of a gift from Missouri Western’s food service provider, Aramark; and two related to financial aid. “We received [...]
The Missouri Western State University Concert Chorale, a 75-voice ensemble, will perform with three other choirs at the William Jewell College Collegiate Choral Festival in Helzberg Hall at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7. The festival will feature a performance of Mendelssohn’s “Elijah” by choral ensembles from Missouri [...]
The Missouri Western State University Ambassadors will hold a membership meeting on Thursday, Nov. 10 in the Enright Community Room, Spratt Hall room 214. The social begins at 11:30 a.m., followed by lunch at noon. Anyone considering joining the Ambassadors is welcome to attend. The cost is $15. You may pay at the door, but [...]
Missouri Western State University will host Día de Los Muertos, or “Day of the Dead,” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1 in the Hoff Conference Rooms, Blum Student Union rooms 218-219. The celebration is free and open to the public. Day of the Dead is an annual Hispanic holiday similar to Halloween, but with an [...]
Noah Guthrie, the singer-songwriter who played Roderick on the television show “Glee,” will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27 in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall at Missouri Western State University. The concert, part of Missouri Western’s “A Night to Remember” series, is free and open to the public. Guthrie received national attention [...]
Dr. Michael Neagle The Department of History and Geography at Missouri Western State University will launch the Mary Boder History Speaker Series with a presentation on U.S. relations with Cuba at noon on Friday, Oct. 21 in Popplewell Hall, room 105. A brown bag lunch and discussion with the speaker will follow at [...]
Dr. Jody Neathery-Castro Dr. Jody Neathery-Castro, chair of the Political Science Department at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, will present a lecture titled “France, the New Normal” at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17 in Murphy Hall, room 110 at Missouri Western State University. The presentation is free and open to the public. Dr. Neathery-Castro [...]
Ongoing construction in downtown St. Joseph has led to a slight change in the route for Missouri Western State University’s annual Homecoming Parade, which begins at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 15. The staging area will still be at Union and Frederick Avenues. The floats, dignitaries and other participants will travel southwest on Frederick, and will [...]
The Center for Multicultural Education at Missouri Western State University will offer free “Safe Zone Training” from 2 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25 in Blum Student Union, room 223. RSVP by Oct. 20 by calling 816-271-4150 or emailing cme@missouriwestern.edu. Safe Zone Training is designed to help people become more effective allies for lesbian, gay, [...]
