Dr. M.O. Looney Sept. 30, 2025--Dr. Marvin O. Looney, who served as the first president of Missouri Western State University, died Sept. 29 in Mountain Home, Arkansas. He was 97 years old. “There are few figures, if any, more vital than Dr. Looney to the development of Missouri Western State University,” said Dr. [...]
Sept. 26, 2025--Missouri Western State University will round up Griffons and Griffon fans for Wild MoWest homecoming 2025 with a week full of activities beginning on Monday, Sept. 29. The MoWest Student Nurses Association and the Community Blood Center invite students, faculty, staff and the public to roll up their sleeves and help save a life [...]
Photo by Alperen Yazgı on Unsplash. Sept. 24, 2025–Missouri Western State University’s Pop Culture Club will host three public events this fall. The first, on Friday, Sept. 26 at 3:30 p.m. in Leah Spratt Hall room 205, will feature a Dungeons and Dragons exhibition game. The newly-formed MoWest Dungeons and Dragons Club will [...]
Sept. 17, 2025--The Missouri Western State University Alumni Association will honor 11 individuals during Homecoming Week at the 43rd annual Alumni Awards Banquet presented by E.L. Crawford Construction, Inc. The banquet will be held at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3 in the Fulkerson Center. The event is open to everyone and the cost is $40 [...]
Sept. 17, 2025--The Drew Brown Art Gallery in Potter Hall on the campus of Missouri Western State University is hosting an exhibition of art by alumni and friends. The School of Fine Arts and the Alumni Association are sponsoring an opening reception at 4 p.m.Thursday, Sept. 18. Light refreshments will be served. The exhibition and [...]
Sept. 10, 2025--Missouri Western State University will celebrate Family Day on Saturday, Sept. 13. Across the MoWest campus, a full day of events will welcome families of MoWest students with check-in beginning in Blum Union at 10:00 a.m. The day will culminate with a Griffon football game in Spratt Memorial Stadium with kickoff at 6:00 [...]
Sept. 8, 2025--The Center for Military and Veterans Services at Missouri Western State University will host the fourth annual 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb on Thursday, Sept. 11 at Spratt Memorial Stadium. Check-in begins at 8:00 a.m. at the west gate entrance to Spratt Stadium. The climb begins promptly at 8:46 a.m., the time the first [...]
Suzanne Kissock, Dean of the College of Business and Professional Studies Sept. 5, 2025--Suzanne Kissock has been named dean of the College of Business and Professional Studies at Missouri Western State University after a national search. “Suzanne Kissock has served MoWest loyally for more than 20 years, and has built relationships across campus, [...]
Sept. 5, 2025--Two Missouri Western State University faculty members who have served as interim vice provosts for the past year have been appointed to their positions permanently. Dr. Tilo Roy, Vice Provost Dr. Tilottama Roy has been named vice provost for graduate and sponsored programming. In that role she oversees the Griffon Office [...]
August 29, 2025–$2.5 million in renovations to the main floor of the Missouri Western State University library will be showcased in a ribbon cutting ceremony at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4 on the second floor of the Hearnes Center on the MoWest campus. “The library is now a more bright and welcoming place,” said Sally [...]
