The Missouri Western State University Board of Governors approved tuition and general fee rates for the 2012-2013 school year. An undergraduate in-state student taking 15 credit hours a semester will pay $97.20 more per semester. The board also approved a new fee passed by the Student Government Association earlier this spring. “Affordability is a top [...]
The Missouri Western State University Alumni Association will unveil a plaque commemorating the university’s founding as St. Joseph Junior College nearly 100 years ago during a ceremony at 11 a.m. Sunday, May 20 at University Plaza, site of the large bronze Griffon sculpture just west of the Blum Student Union. The unveiling ceremony precedes the [...]
The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University today accepted a bid from Brooner & Associates Construction Inc. to renovate the Baker Family Fitness Center. The project will cost approximately $220,000. “The renovations will make the fitness center more inviting and pleasant for the students, employees, alumni and Gold Coat Club members who get [...]
St. Joseph, Mo. -May 16, 2012-In a cost-cutting move, the Western Institute at Missouri Western State University is reducing the size of its Center for Community Arts. “Scaling back the center will let us focus on core programs that impact children and youth, instilling in them a lifelong appreciation of the arts,” said Dr. Gordon [...]
St. Joseph, Mo. -May 15, 2012-Missouri Western State University graduate Gary Weidemann, a sociology major from Rolla, Mo., has been awarded a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship to study a critical language during the summer of 2012. Weidemann will travel to India for intensive study in Punjabi, a language spoken primarily in Pakistan [...]
St. Joseph, Mo. -May 15, 2012-Walk-in registration for summer 2012 classes at Missouri Western State University will be 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 24 in Eder Hall. Classes begin Tuesday, May 29 for the eight-week session and the first four-week session, and June 25 for the second four-week session. “Summer classes are a [...]
St. Joseph, Mo. – May 9, 2012 – Brig. Gen. Gregory D. Mason, assistant adjutant general of the Missouri National Guard and a Missouri Western alumnus, will be the guest speaker at the Missouri Western State University ROTC Commissioning Ceremony at 10 a.m. Friday, May 11 in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Leah Spratt Hall. [...]
St. Joseph, Mo. – May 7, 2012 – Missouri Western State University will hold its spring commencement ceremonies at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday, May 12 in the M.O. Looney Complex. David Tushaus, professor of legal studies and chair of the department of criminal justice, legal studies and social work, will deliver the commencement [...]
St. Joseph, Mo. – May 4, 2012 – The legendary oil and gas entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens will be the speaker at Missouri Western State University’s Convocation on Critical Issues at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 4, 2012 in the Looney Complex. The Convocation is free and open to the public. Pickens will also participate [...]
St. Joseph, Mo. – May 3, 2012 – The 2011-2012 theatre season at Missouri Western State University, “A Season of Classics,” is being called a success, with more than 7,700 people attending the four productions. “We’re very grateful that the Missouri Western campus and the St. Joseph community have been so supportive,” said Tee Quillin, [...]
