National Youth Brass Band of America debuts June 22
June 20, 2019—The inaugural course of the newly founded National Youth Brass Band of America (NYBBA) will culminate with a public concert at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, June 22, in the Potter Hall Theater at Missouri [...]
Griffon Hall renamed to honor Bob and Laurel Vartabedian
June 18, 2019—Griffon Hall at Missouri Western State University will be renamed Vartabedian Hall. Missouri Western’s Board of Governors approved naming the residence hall in honor of Drs. Robert and Laurel Vartabedian. Dr. Robert Vartabedian [...]
Board of Governors approves budget, roof bid
June 18, 2019—The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University approved a general operating budget of just over $57 million for 2019-2020. The budget represents an increase of approximately 2 percent. Budgeted revenues include [...]
Missouri Western to expand health professions programs
Through the MoExcels initiative, Missouri Western's nursing simulation lab will be expanded and updated. June 17, 2019—Missouri Western State University’s School of Nursing and Health Professions will receive a grant from the Missouri [...]
Prints of a Man: Professor emeritus donates collection
Dr. William Eickhorst, professor emeritus of art, was studying at Parsons School of Design in New York in the early 1960s when a friend in his printmaking class gave him one of his pieces. That [...]
The Amazing Mace: Woodworkers Guild replaces lost symbol
A negative was turned into an amazing positive when the local St. Joseph Woodworkers Guild agreed to create a new ceremonial mace for Missouri Western this spring. The original mace, which was carried in and [...]