Oct. 18, 2019—The Indian Student Association at Missouri Western State University will host its fifth annual celebration of Diwali, the festival of lights, at 5:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24 in the Hoff Conference Rooms, Blum Student Union rooms 218-219. The celebration is free and open to the public. Diwali is celebrated by people of all [...]
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 [...]
Missouri Western State University will host a celebration of the Chinese New Year at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 8 in Blum Student Union, rooms 222 and 223. The celebration is free and open to the public, but RSVPs are requested by emailing yliu@missouriwestern.edu by Wednesday, Feb. 3. The celebration will serve as an introduction to [...]
George Hodgman, author of the New York Times best-seller “Bettyville,” will speak twice in St. Joseph. Hodgman will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11 at First Christian Church, 927 Faraon Street in St. Joseph, and at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12 in the Kemper Recital Hall, Spratt Hall room 101, on the campus of [...]
Missouri Western State University will hold its nineteenth annual Reading of Challenged and Banned Books at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29 in the Enright Community Rooms, Spratt Hall rooms 214-216. The event, in recognition of the American Library Association’s Banned Book Week, is free and open to the public. Missouri Western students and faculty as [...]
Fred Weems played the guzheng, a traditional Chinese instrument, during the 2014 Mid-Autumn Festival celebration. The public is invited to a celebration of China’s Mid-Autumn Festival from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25 in the Hoff Conferences Rooms, Blum Student Union rooms 218 and 219 at Missouri Western State University. The celebration [...]
Students from Maur Hill-Mount Academy after a recent Modern Language Day Awards Ceremony. The Department of English and Modern Languages at Missouri Western State University will host high school students from across the region for competition, education and fun during the annual Modern Language Day on Thursday, April 9. The schedule includes: 8-8:30 [...]
Award-winning poet Taylor Mali will give a public reading of his work at 7 p.m. Monday, April 20 in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall on the campus of Missouri Western State University. “The Mochila Review Presents: In the Shadow of Taylor Mali” is free and open to the public. Mali will sign copies [...]
With the Department of Theatre and Cinema at Missouri Western State University preparing to present John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men,” a leading Steinbeck scholar will make two appearances at Missouri Western Oct. 2 and 3. Dr. Brian Railsback, founding dean of the Honors College at Western Carolina University, co-edited the Library of America’s “John [...]
Missouri Western State University will host its 18th annual Reading of Challenged and Banned Books at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24 in the Enright Community Room, Spratt Hall 214-216. The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served following the readings. Missouri Western students and faculty and members of the [...]
