Dr. James Okapal, chair of the Department of Philosophy & Religion and the Department of History & Geography, was recently interviewed on the philosophy and pop culture podcast "I Think Therefore I Fan." On the Sept. 18 episode, "Fantastic Friends and Where to Find Them," Dr. Okapal talks with hosts Dr. Rachel Robison-Greene and Dr. [...]
Sept. 25, 2019—The Center for Entrepreneurship in the Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University will host a series of small business workshops with the South St. Joseph Development Corporation starting at 6:30 p.m. each Wednesday in October at the InterServ Community Center, 5400 King Hill Avenue in St. Joseph. The workshops are [...]
Sept. 24, 2019—Missouri Western State University will hold its 23rd annual Reading of Challenged and Banned Books at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26 in the Hoff Conference Room, Blum Student Union room 218. The event in recognition of the American Library Association’s National Banned Books Week is free and open to the public. Missouri Western [...]
Noriko and Matt Wilson Sept. 11, 2019—Campus and community will come together to celebrate the installation of Matthew J. Wilson, J.D., as president of Missouri Western State University at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 20 in the M.O. Looney Complex. The installation ceremony and reception to follow is free and open to the public. [...]
Sept. 6, 2019—Missouri Western State University students and their families will celebrate Family Weekend Sept. 20 and 21 with live entertainment, free food, planetarium shows and more. Events will kick off at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20 with the pop-country trio Oferle performing in the Kemper Recital Hall, Spratt Hall room 101. Admission is free [...]
Dr. Melody Smith, executive director, Center for Service Sept. 4, 2019— Students at Missouri Western State University will soon be able to earn credit toward their degree by volunteering in the community. “Service is at the very core of our mission at Missouri Western,” said President Matt Wilson. “We don’t just want to [...]
Jomel Nichols, chief communications officer Aug. 29, 2019—Missouri Western State University President Matt Wilson has announced that Jomel Nichols, director of public relations and marketing, has been promoted to chief communications officer effective Sept. 1. The move will consolidate into a single unit many of Missouri Western’s current marketing and communications efforts: the [...]
Annette Weeks, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship in the Craig School of Business and Technology and intern and MBA student Mui Sutton were the guests on 680 KFEQ's Hotline with Barry Birr on July 31, talking about the Center's fifth anniversary and its Business SUCCESSion initiative to help keep businesses open by connecting owners [...]
Aug 23, 2019 By Alan Van Zandt, KQ2 (ST. JOSEPH, Mo) -- A new era at Missouri Western began Thursday evening with an event that didn't even happen on campus. Administrators say the first-ever Griff Up party in downtown St. Joseph was just the first step at bringing the university closer to the city it [...]
New university president Matthew Wilson attended his first board meeting since joining the university. Aug 22, 2019 By Ron Johnson, KQ2 (ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University held their first meeting with a new university president Thursday. Board members met to discuss the many events held on campus since Matthew [...]
