Political commentator Cokie Roberts will be the featured speaker at the 23rd R. Dan Boulware Convocation on Critical Issues at Missouri Western State University this fall. The Convocation at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13 in the M.O. Looney Complex Arena is free and open to the public. “With a very important presidential election coming up [...]
Missouri Western State University will celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with several activities the week of Jan. 18, including the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Banquet on Wednesday, Jan. 20. In addition, Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western’s president, will be speaking at a community forum on Martin Luther King Junior Day, Jan. [...]
A groundbreaking ceremony on Dec. 22 formally marked the beginning of construction for the next phase in the renovation of Missouri Western State University’s Craig Field at Spratt Memorial Stadium – a $2.6 million video scoreboard that will rise seven stories above the playing surface. The LED video display, at approximately 2,500 square feet, will [...]
An artist's rendering of the new video board that will be added to Craig Field at Spratt Memorial Stadium for 2016. Missouri Western State University will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the latest phase of the renovation of Craig Field at Spratt Memorial Stadium – the construction of a video board that will [...]
In addition to the Winter Commencement Ceremony at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 19 in the arena of the M.O. Looney Complex, several Missouri Western State University Departments will have their own ceremonies and events marking the completion of students' college experience: ROTC Commissioning Ceremony, 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 18, World War I Museum/Liberty Memorial, Kansas [...]
Photo by Jeni Swope The Winter Commencement Ceremony for approximately 300 graduates of Missouri Western State University will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 19 in the arena of the M.O. Looney Complex. The ceremony will feature guest speaker Obie Austin, the closing of the Centennial time capsule, and the presentation of [...]
The Center for Multicultural Education at Missouri Western State University is now taking reservations for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Banquet, to be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016 in the Enright Community Rooms, Spratt Hall rooms 214-216. There is no charge for the banquet, but reservations must be made by January [...]
The Golden Griffon Marching Band of Missouri Western State University will be a part of a holiday tradition in Branson, Missouri, leading Rudolph’s Holly Jolly Christmas Light Parade through Silver Dollar City on Dec. 12. “This is the first time the Golden Griffon Marching Band has participated in the parade at Silver Dollar City, and [...]
Madison Lantz of Missouri Western State University was named Top Speaker in a novice parliamentary debate tournament at Webster University in St. Louis. Lantz, a freshman legal studies major from Holt, Missouri, and teammate Ashley Howery, freshman biology major from St. Joseph, placed sixth overall at the Study Break Debate Tournament on Saturday, Dec. 5. [...]
A Missouri Western State University art student’s work will be seen globally. Shaina Mixon submitted the winning poster design for an international music festival. The design by Mixon, senior graphic design and marketing major from Easton, Missouri, was selected from more than 60 submitted for soundSCAPE, an international composition and performance festival held each summer [...]
