Missouri Western State University will celebrate Homecoming 2016 Oct. 9-15, culminating with the Griffon football game against Pittsburg State at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15. The theme this year is “Griffons Bring Home the Gold,” paying tribute the Olympics. The public is invited to a fireworks display kicking off Homecoming week at 8:45 p.m. Sunday, [...]
Michael Sam, the first openly gay football player to be drafted by the NFL, will speak in the Standing In Your Truth lecture series at Missouri Western State University at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13 in the Kemper Recital Hall, Spratt Hall room 101. The event is free and open to the public. Sam was [...]
The Filharmonic, an a cappella group featured on NBC’s “The Sing-Off” and the film “Pitch Perfect 2,” will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29 in the Potter Hall Theater at Missouri Western State University. The concert is free and open to the public. The Filharmonic made the semi-finals of “The Sing-Off” in 2013 and [...]
Step Afrika, a talented dance troupe that infuses modern stepping with traditional African dancing, will perform at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14 in the Potter Hall Theater at Missouri Western State University. The performance is free and open to the public. Step Afrika provides an enriching education experience while providing an appreciation of the arts. [...]
Comedy, carnival games, tailgating and more highlight Family Weekend activities at Missouri Western State University Friday and Saturday, Sept. 16 and 17. Events are free and open to the public. The weekend begins with a free show by comedian Jeff Scheen at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16 in the Kemper Recital Hall, Spratt Hall room [...]
At a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Aug. 30, Missouri Western State University celebrated the past and the future of the Thomas Eagleton Indoor Pool in the Looney Complex on campus. The pool has undergone approximately $600,000 in renovations this summer, including renovation of the entire pool shell interior and pool deck, the addition of a new [...]
Members of the Class of 2020 pose for a group photo during Griffon Edge 2016. The freshman class starting the fall semester at Missouri Western State University is almost four percent larger than the class from a year ago. “An increased freshman class is a very encouraging sign for our enrollment going forward,” [...]
The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University has renewed the University’s contract with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City to provide health insurance to the university’s employees. The cost to Missouri Western will decrease by nearly 7 percent, with no change to plan design or benefits. “We anticipated a very positive [...]
Missouri Western State University will honor the past and celebrate the future of the swimming pool inside the M.O. Looney Complex during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30. The ceremony will take place outside the new exterior entrance to the pool, on the west side of the Looney complex. The ceremony is [...]
Tuition for most Missouri Western State University students will remain unchanged for the 2016-2017 school year. The Board of Governors set in-state undergraduate tuition on the St. Joseph campus at $197.79 per credit hour, unchanged from last year. Out-of-state and graduate students and those taking classes at the Kansas City Northland campus or Penn Valley [...]
