A parliamentary debate team from Missouri Western State University won first place in the Novice Division of the first tournament the Griffon Debate and Forensics team entered this fall. Freshmen Graham Deckard of Kansas City, Mo., and Eli Dodge of Stewartsville, Mo., brought home the first place award in the Parliamentary Debate Novice Division at [...]
Missouri Western State University will dedicate an interactive memorial to one of St. Joseph’s most illustrious native sons, Walter Cronkite. The public dedication ceremony of the Walter Cronkite Memorial will take place on November 4–what would have been the noted newsman’s 97th birthday. “Walter Cronkite is probably the most significant journalist of the 20th century,” [...]
The Missouri Western State University Faculty Piano Trio will present their first performance together Sunday, Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Potter Hall Theater on the Missouri Western campus. Admission is free. […]
The Spanish Club at Missouri Western State University welcomes Elvira Loyola de Bausset, a published Argentinian poet, for a Spanish Poetry Night at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22 in the Hearnes Center, room 102. The poet will present a copy of her recently published book of poems to Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western’s president. [...]
Daniel Belcher, a St. Joseph native and Grammy winner, will conduct a masterclass for cast members in Missouri Western State University’s upcoming production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” The class from noon to 1 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18 in Potter Hall, room 112, will be open to the public at no charge. Cast and [...]
Sohail Jouya coaches the Missouri Western debate team. After an absence of around a dozen years, competitive debate and forensics is making a comeback at Missouri Western State University. The new team will participate in its first tournament at the University of Central Missouri Oct. 18 and 19. “I love working with these [...]
Final preparations are underway for the 20th annual R. Dan Boulware Convocation on Critical Issues featuring noted historian Dr. Doris Kearns Goodwin at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, in the M.O. Looney Complex Arena. Dr. Goodwin’s recent book about Abraham Lincoln and his cabinet inspired the critically acclaimed film “Lincoln.” Her speech, “Team of Rivals: [...]
Missouri Western State University Bands with Phi Mu Alpha and Sigma Alpha present the 26th annual Tournament of Champions high school band competition beginning at 2:30 Tuesday, Oct. 15 in Spratt Memorial Stadium. The day’s activities will close with an awards ceremony at 8:30 p.m. The annual marching band competition will feature 20 local bands [...]
The Esry Student Health Center and Division of Student Affairs at Missouri Western State University will hold a Student Health Fair from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15 in the Fulkerson Center. The health fair is free to all Missouri Western students. Students will have the opportunity to receive free lab work, flu shots, [...]
Military Science Army ROTC cadets will be conducting situational training exercises west of the Conservation Department and north of the Sports Complex in the wooded areas on Thursday, Oct. 10 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. They will be training with dummy rifles and will be in uniform.
