Participants in Griffon Edge, Missouri Western's extended new student orientation program. Missouri Western State University has a total of 5,562 students enrolled as of the official census date Sept. 25, an increase of 3.2 percent over 2016-17, including a remarkable 16.2 percent growth in the number of new freshmen. That total includes 5,321 [...]
Children in third grade with no previous piano lessons or experience are invited to participate in a free piano workshop on Saturday, Oct. 7 at Missouri Western State University. Workshops will be held from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. and noon to 1 p.m. in Potter Hall. Parents are requested but not required to stay onsite [...]
Artwork by adjunct faculty member Sharon Reeber, part of "Inspired by Nature" at Potter Art Gallery. The Potter Art Gallery at Missouri Western State University presents “Inspired by Nature,” an art exhibition by adjunct faculty members in the Department of Art, through Oct. 27. There will be an opening reception from 5 to [...]
Missouri Western State University’s Strategic Plan Steering Committee is seeking public input for its strategic plan for 2017 to 2022. The committee is asking faculty, staff, students, alumni and community members to help identify Missouri Western’s key strengths, challenges and future initiatives. University stakeholders are asked to provide their feedback online at missouriwestern.edu/strategicplan/ by Sept. [...]
Missouri Western State University will hold its 21st annual Reading of Challenged and Banned Books in recognition of the American Library Association’s National Banned Books Week at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28, in the Enright Community Room, Spratt Hall room 214. The event is free and open to the public. Missouri Western students and faculty [...]
The Saudi Students Club of Missouri Western State University invites the campus and community to learn more about Saudi Arabia as they celebrate Saudi National Day from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 25 in the Blum Student Union Lobby. The event is free and open to the public. Visitors will enjoy authentic Middle Eastern [...]
Students and faculty of Missouri Western State University will mark Constitution Day with a discussion at 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18 in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall. The discussion, “The Constitution: Issues and Challenges from an Interactive Perspective,” is free and open to the public. Sept. 17 marks the 230th anniversary of the [...]
Martin Luther King III will be the featured speaker at the R. Dan Boulware Convocation on Critical Issues Sept. 12. Missouri Western State University is making plans to accommodate a larger-than-normal crowd for the R. Dan Boulware Convocation on Critical Issues featuring Martin Luther King III. The Convocation will be held at 10 [...]
The Bushman Planetarium at Missouri Western State University presents “Totality” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19. The planetarium is located in Agenstein Hall. “Totality” is all about eclipses, from total to partial and lunar to solar. It covers how they occur and what happens when they do. It looks back to the proof of general [...]
The Peace and Conflict Studies program at Missouri Western State University will sponsor the Peace and Conflict Studies Fall Film Series this semester. All films will be shown at 6 p.m. in the Hearnes Center, room 102. They are free and open to the public. The film series features five films related to issues of [...]
