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 [...]
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 [...]
The Student Government Association at Missouri Western State University held their annual Awards Banquet on April 19 in the Hall of Fame Room at Spratt Memorial Stadium. The annual banquet included the swearing-in of incoming Student Body President Kyle Fuson, junior business major from St. Joseph, and Vice President Reece Christensen, sophomore political science major [...]
Because of the rainy weather, the celebration of the Indian spring festival of Holi originally scheduled April 5 has been postponed. It will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 12 in the open area between Blum Student Union and Remington Hall. The celebration is free and open to the public. Holi is the Festival [...]
GriffsGiveBack, a new center for service learning at Missouri Western State University, is planning its kickoff event. The Great Campus Cleanup: Winter Edition will be held from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18. Volunteers will work in two-hour shifts to help clean and organize parts of campus. Students, employees, alumni, friends and family [...]
Culture Shock, an innovative and entertaining diversity program, will be presented at Missouri Western State University at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8 in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall. The program is free and open to the public. Culture Shock, presented by Cultural Competence of Chicago, Illinois, uses hypnosis and comedy to expose racial, [...]
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 [...]
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 Mochila Review, the national undergraduate literary journal at Missouri Western State University, presents “In the Shadow of Ellen Hopkins” at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 18 in the Kemper Recital Hall, Spratt Hall room 101. The book reading and signing is free and open to the public. Hopkins, the New York Times best-selling author of [...]
