Missouri Western State University will welcome noted energy entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens as the featured speaker at the 19th annual Convocation on Critical Issues at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 4 in the Looney Complex. The Convocation is free and open to the public. Following the Convocation, Pickens will be the guest of honor at the [...]
Missouri Western State University will hold its 16th annual Reading of Challenged and Banned Books at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2 in the Enright Community Rooms, Spratt Hall 214-216. Missouri Western students and faculty and members of the St. Joseph community will hold a reading of books that have been either banned or challenged in [...]
Missouri Western State University invites the community to its celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival, a traditional Chinese holiday, at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1 in Murphy Hall, room 224. It is free and open to the public. The festival celebration will include poetry, folk art, singing, the releasing of sky lanterns and traditional festival tea [...]
Traditional Brazilian culture will be featured as the Center for Multicultural Education at Missouri Western State University presents Brazil Cultura at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19 in the Fulkerson Center on Missouri Western’s campus. The event is free and open to the public. Brazil Cultura features a band and traditional costumed samba dancers. During the [...]
President Vartabedian visits the Central High School library to announce a gift of more than $470,000 from the estate of a Kansas couple. The gift from Earl and Susie Euler will fund scholarships for CHS graduates to attend Missouri Western. The Missouri Western State University Foundation has received a gift of $474,000 from [...]
Dr. Angus Johnston will speak about the history and future of student activism at Missouri Western in honor of Constitution Day Sept. 17. Missouri Western State University will celebrate Constitution Day with a discussion about the history and future of student activism by Dr. Angus Johnston at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 17 in [...]
Military science ROTC cadets will be conducting situational training exercises on campus grounds from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. They will be training with dummy rifles and paint ball guns and will be in uniform. No real weapons are involved. The training will take place around the Conservation Department, wooded area and [...]
The President’s Free Pancake Breakfast is one of the highlights of Family Weekend! Missouri Western State University invites families of students, faculty and staff to celebrate Family Weekend Friday and Saturday, Sept. 14 and 15. The fun begins with talented students competing in the Western Activities Council Talent Show at 7 p.m. Friday [...]
Ticks like this one collected by MWSU students may hold the key to understanding a new virus discovered in northwest Missouri. The discovery of a new virus in northwest Missouri gave Missouri Western State University biology students the opportunity to work beside leading public health officials to try to answer some basic questions [...]
Missouri Western State University music faculty members Susan Carter and Lory Lacy and student Donovan Jones will be featured at the First Thursday Downtown Noon Concert Series at 12:10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, in the Sanctuary of the First Presbyterian Church, 7th and Jules in St. Joseph. The performance will feature Franz Schubert’s “The Shepherd [...]
