Missouri Western State University announced the names of the 508 students selected to the Dean’s Honor Roll for the spring semester 2012. Students who have carried 12 hours or more for graded credit and have earned a grade point average of 3.5 or better qualify for the honor. […]
Missouri Western State University’s operating funds per student, when adjusted for inflation, have declined by up to 18 percent in the last four years, according to a report from a nationally recognized financial consultant. “Some key functions of the university have been fiscally starved and need to be addressed, including filling some critical vacant positions, [...]
Dr. Susie Hennessy, professor of French and foreign language coordinator at Missouri Western State University, was decorated as a Chevalier (knight) of the French “Ordre des Palmes Académiques,” or Order of Academic Palms, during a ceremony at the university. Dr. Hennessy was presented with the order’s insignia, a medallion on a ribbon, by [...]
Three recent graduates of the Steven L. Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University have been awarded the opportunity to operate and eventually own a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory store. Isaac Collins, Brittany Malone and Timothy Schimming will travel to Durango, Colo., next week for a period of intense training before [...]
Western Playhouse, the new summer professional theatre company hosted by the Western Institute at Missouri Western State University, will open its inaugural season, “A Season of Love,” with “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” June 15-24 in the Potter Hall Theater on Missouri Western’s campus. Performances will be at 7 p.m. June 15, 16, 22 [...]
Dr. Nathanael May, assistant professor of music at Missouri Western State University, is the winner of The American Prize in Piano Performance-Solo Division in the professional category for 2012. “I was really excited to have been chosen, and humbled to know of the other pianists who were finalists,” Dr. May said. “This competition provides feedback/evaluation [...]
The Missouri Western State University Board of Governors at their May meeting approved promotions and awarded tenure effective with the 2012-2013 academic year for the following faculty members: […]
The health, physical education and recreation department at Missouri Western State University will host the annual Children’s Lifetime Sports Academy June 4-8. Classes are held from 1:30 to 5:15 p.m. each day. The academy is for children ages 8 to 12, and enrollment is limited to 150. The cost is $75 for the first child [...]
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 [...]
