Area literacy volunteers will be honored at the 2014 Literacy Luncheon at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, March 20 in the Hoff Conference Rooms, Blum Student Union rooms 218-219 at Missouri Western State University. Reservations are due by 4 p.m. Monday, March 17, by calling 816-271-4100. Donations are welcome to help with the cost of the meal. [...]
Western Playhouse, the summer theatre company at Missouri Western State University, will hold Equity and non-Equity principal auditions in Kansas City March 15 and in St. Joseph March 16. Actors can audition for two musicals – “The Music Man” and “Mother Divine.” At the same time, Missouri Western will conduct auditions for actors to portray [...]
Dan and Dale Boulware R. Dan and Dale Boulware and Dr. Mark and Mary Margaret Laney will co-chair a planned comprehensive centennial capital campaign that will help launch Missouri Western State University into its second century. Dr. Mark and Mary Margaret Laney “As we prepare to celebrate 100 years of transforming [...]
Col. Ralph Schwader, Wing Commander of the 139th Airlift Wing and a 1985 graduate of Missouri Western, talks about partnerships between the Air National Guard Unit and the University during a press conference March 7, 2014. Missouri Western State University and the 139thAirlift Wing of the Missouri Air National Guard are working more [...]
The Department of Economics, Political Science and Sociology and the Center for Multicultural Education at Missouri Western State University are hosting a series of events in March to commemorate Women’s History Month. All events are free and open to the public. “This year’s event series is focused on the theme that ‘gender is inescapable,’” said [...]
Andrea Gardner will talk about the impact MERIL has had on her life during the next Eggs & Issues Speaker Series event Thursday, March 20. Andrea Gardner, who survived a fiery car crash nine years ago, will speak at Missouri Western State University’s Eggs and Issues Speaker Series about the impact Midland Empire Resources [...]
With doctorate degrees in communication and long, distinguished careers in higher education, Bob and Laurel Vartabedian are dedicated to making a difference in the lives of university students. That dedication has led them to make a personal financial commitment of more than $100,000 to Missouri Western State University, where Bob serves as president. With the [...]
The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University has accepted a bid from Lee Grover Construction Company of St. Joseph for an addition to Potter Hall and renovations to Wilson Hall and the Looney Complex. The bid of $750,509 was the lowest of seven submitted. The Board had previously approved using reserve funds to [...]
After Catherine (Katie) Kendig completed her Ph.D. in Philosophy, she was looking for a position that would allow her to give undergraduate students the kind of research-based learning environment usually only available at the graduate level. She found her match at Missouri Western State University, which has a statewide mission of applied learning and excels [...]
The Department of Economics, Political Science and Sociology at Missouri Western State University is hosting a series of events in March to commemorate Women’s History Month. All events are free and open to the public and will be held in the Hoff Conference Rooms, Blum Student Union rooms 218-219. “This year’s event series is focused [...]
