Eric Swangstu, a painter, art administrator and gallery owner, will present a talk titled: “Common Courtesy: Approaching a Gallery” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15 in Potter Hall, room 107 as part of Missouri Western State University’s Artist Entrepreneurship Speaker Series. The talk is free and open to the public. untitled (melroy) by Eric [...]
The Music Department of Missouri Western State University will host their eleventh annual MWSU Jazz Festival Saturday, February 11, with groups performing in the Fulkerson Center and in the Hoff Conference Room, Blum Student Union room 219. The festival will start at 10 a.m., with the Missouri Western Jazz Ensemble performing at 3:40 p.m. in [...]
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, [...]
The Center for Multicultural Education at Missouri Western State University will celebrate Black History Month with several events throughout the month of February. Culture Shock, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, Kemper Recital Hall, Spratt Hall 101 Culture Shock is an innovative and groundbreaking diversity program that combines hypnosis and comedy to explore stereotypes and misconceptions. [...]
Students from 20 area high schools will participate in the third annual Missouri Western Honor Choir Monday, Feb. 6. The honor choir will be joined by the MWSU Chamber Singers and the MWSU Concert Chorale for a free concert at 7 p.m. Feb. 6 in the Fulkerson Center at Missouri Western. More than 200 students [...]
Missouri Western State University has seen a record number of applications this academic year, with several months still to go. “Despite the regional trend of smaller high school graduating classes, we have surpassed 4,300 applications, breaking the record of 4,056 set in 2007-08, and it’s only January,” said Dr. Paul Orscheln, associate vice president for [...]
Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western State University's president, sent the following message to students and employees on Jan. 30: The recent executive order that impacts rules governing visas and entry to the United States has created concerns for international students, employees, and members of our campus community. Although there is still much we do not [...]
Missouri Western State University has suspended operations of Western Playhouse, the summer theatre company, due to recent state budget withholding. Auditions scheduled in St. Joseph and Kansas City in February for this summer’s planned production of “West Side Story” are cancelled. “Western Playhouse has been a tremendous artistic success for five seasons, with high-quality productions [...]
The Office of International Student Services at Missouri Western State University presents “Meet the World,” a speed-meeting event to meet new and returning international students from around the world. The event is free and open to the public at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25 in the Hoff Conference Rooms, Blum 218-219. Over the course of [...]
Erin McGrane, a musician, songwriter, actress and producer, will present an Artist INC seminar titled “What Works” in the Art Entrepreneurship Speaker Series at Missouri Western State University at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25 in Potter Hall, room 107. The presentation is free and open to the public. The seminar explores the common ground of [...]
