Chris Miles (left) and Casey Huffman won the Missouri State Championship in Parliamentary Debate at Webster University. The Missouri Western Speech and Debate program brought home some titles from the Missouri Association of Forensics Activity State Championships at Webster University on February 19-20. The parliamentary debate team of Chris Miles and Casey Huffman [...]
Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western's president; Steve Craig, benefactor of the Craig School of Business; and David and Suzanne Bradley talk during the 2013 dedication of the Walter Cronkite Memorial. The Bradley family has pledged $300,000 to create a loan program that will help MWSU students and alumni start or acquire a business. [...]
A graduate of the applied entrepreneurship class in the Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University returned to St. Joseph for the next step in his business career. Scott Lassen has purchased the Golden Corral at 715 N. Belt Highway. The Grand Opening celebration introducing his new ownership will be at noon Wednesday, [...]
Dr. Paul Orscheln Dr. Paul Orscheln has been named associate vice president for enrollment management and student retention at Missouri Western State University. Orscheln, currently vice president for student services and enrollment management at Colorado State University-Pueblo, will begin his duties at Missouri Western Feb. 23. “In 17 years of enrollment management experience, [...]
Artists from more than thirty states will display their work in two juried national ceramic exhibitions in the Potter Art Gallery Feb. 26 through March 25, sponsored by the Clay Guild at Missouri Western State University. There will be an opening reception for “Twin Cups” and “Off the Table: Plates for the Wall” from 5 [...]
Financial aid professionals from Missouri Western State University will offer free assistance to families filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, during a “FAFSA Frenzy” event from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28 inside Remington Hall. “In 2013-2014, Missouri college students received $3.8 billion in financial aid from the federal [...]
The Department of Theatre, Cinema and Dance at Missouri Western State University are holding open auditions for the upcoming production of “Godspell” at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21 in the Potter Hall Theater. Callbacks will be at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 22. Sign up for auditions online at www.missouriwestern.edu/theatrecinema/auditions/. Missouri Western music and theatre, cinema [...]
Seattle-based artist Ellen Ziegler will present a lecture titled “Chemistry is the Emotion of Matter” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, in Popplewell Hall room 204 on the campus of Missouri Western State University. Ziegler’s talk is free and open to the public. “I source the immaterial through the material,” Ziegler says. “My practice includes [...]
Frank Thomas The Missouri Western State University choral music program is celebrating alumni and retired choral director Frank Thomas with an Alumni Choir Day on Saturday, March 12 at the Fulkerson Center. The day will begin with registration at 9 a.m. The schedule includes rehearsal time, as well as time to socialize and [...]
Dr. David Karp, professor of sociology and director of the Project on Restorative Justice at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, will present a lecture at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, in the Wilson Hall, room 205. The talk, “Restorative Justice on the University Campus: Repairing Harm and Building Community,” is free and open [...]
