Missouri Western has announced the schedule and activities for its annual Family Weekend events, which will be held Sept 21 and 22, 2018. Events kick off at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, with Midwest Dueling Pianos, an audience-participating experience featuring a mix of classics and new music. The performance will be in the Kemper Recital [...]
Missouri Western State University invites the local community to several events to help welcome new and returning students to campus for the beginning of the fall semester. Missouri Western will welcome approximately 1,000 incoming freshmen during its annual Griffon Edge orientation program. The schedule includes two events that are open to the public: Movie Night, [...]
Local businesses and organizations will again have a chance to introduce themselves to Missouri Western State University’s students on the first day of class. Western Warm-Up presents an opportunity to display goods, services and employment opportunities from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 27. Registration for businesses is $25 by Aug. 10, or $35 [...]
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 [...]
Andrea Gordon, theatre and cinema major of Kansas City, Missouri A Missouri Western State University student has been chosen for Oxfam America’s class of CHANGE Leaders for the 2018-2019 school year. Andrea Gordon, sophomore theatre and cinema major from Kansas City, Mo., is one of only 30 students nationwide selected by the international [...]
New York Times-bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz Cruz will give a public reading of her work at “The Mochila Review Presents: In the Shadow of Melissa de la Cruz” at 7 p.m. Monday, April 16 in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall at Missouri Western State University. The reading is free and open [...]
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 [...]
Missouri Western State University students, alumni, faculty, staff and the community will celebrate Homecoming 2017 Oct. 22-28, culminating with the Griffon football game against Washburn at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 on Craig Field at Spratt Memorial Stadium. The theme this year is a nod to the Halloween season, “The Legend of Griffon Hollow.” Homecoming [...]
The Evasons, an award-winning mentalist duo, will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12 in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall on the campus of Missouri Western State University. The performance is free and open to the public. From the moment they walk on stage, Jeff and Tessa Evason engage and interact with the audience. People [...]
Missouri Western State University honored ten employees who are retiring and ten award winners at its annual Faculty and Staff Awards and Retirement Reception on May 2. Award recipients were: Missouri Western Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence Pam Clary, assistant professor of social work and director of the BSW program Shauna Hiley, professor of chemistry [...]
