Dr. Robert Vartabedian, president of Missouri Western State University, will provide expert testimony in support of two bills related to suicide prevention before a Missouri Senate committee on Wednesday, Jan. 27. The Senate Education Committee will hear two bills: Senate Bill 646, which requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop training guidelines [...]
Missouri Western State University will celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with several activities the week of Jan. 18, including the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Banquet on Wednesday, Jan. 20. In addition, Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western’s president, will be speaking at a community forum on Martin Luther King Junior Day, Jan. [...]
Dr. Robert Vartabedian, president of Missouri Western State University, will talk about Missouri Western’s Walter Cronkite Memorial during an interview on Westwood One’s nationally syndicated radio talk show The Jim Bohannon Show. The segment, which was recorded Monday evening, is scheduled to air at approximately 11:35 p.m. Central time Tuesday, Dec. 1. The Jim Bohannon [...]
The live multimedia performance “Harry & Walter: Missouri’s Native Sons,” featuring actors portraying President Harry Truman and legendary newsman Walter Cronkite, will be performed at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16 in the Kemper Recital Hall, adjacent to the Walter Cronkite Memorial inside Spratt Hall on the campus of Missouri Western State University. The play is [...]
President Vartabedian speaks at the Walter Cronkite Memorial dedication in 2013. Missouri Western State University is offering a free one-credit-hour course titled “Walter Cronkite’s Enduring Legacy” Sept. 5 through Oct. 24, taught by Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western’s president. The course is open to anyone. Those interested can enroll by calling 816-271-4100. “Walter [...]
An artist's rendering of the new videoboard that will be added to Craig Field at Spratt Memorial Stadium for 2016. Steve Craig, founder and CEO of Craig Realty Group and benefactor of the Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University, has pledged to give Spratt Memorial Stadium a high-definition LED video [...]
Brandt Shields, Director of External Relations Brandt Shields has been named director of external relations at Missouri Western State University. Shields, who is currently entertainment and events supervisor at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri, will begin his duties at Missouri Western Monday, Aug. 3. “Mr. Shields was born and raised in St. [...]
Jason Edgar has been named director of speech and debate at Missouri Western State University beginning this fall. Edgar will also be an instructor in the Department of Communication and Journalism. “Jason brings a wealth of experience in speech and debate both as a competitor and as a coach, and is also an experienced teacher [...]
Ann Pearce, special assistant to the president at Missouri Western State University, has announced that she will retire effective June 2. “In her time at Missouri Western, Ann has made a very positive impact on both our university and our community,” said Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western’s president. “She has made many significant contributions not [...]
Jim Korinke portrays Walter Cronkite. A group of distinguished scholars and journalists recently entered “Cronkite,” a live multimedia performance about legendary journalist Walter Cronkite, in the competition for a 2015 Pulitzer Prize. “Cronkite” premiered last June in the Kemper Recital Hall, adjacent to the award-winning Walter Cronkite Memorial inside Spratt Hall at Missouri [...]
