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 [...]
Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western's president; Leslie Moonves, president and CEO of CBS Corporation; and U.S. Senator Roy Blunt attended the dedication of Phase III of the Walter Cronkite Memorial. With special guests in attendance that included Leslie Moonves, the president and CEO of CBS Corporation, and U.S. Senator Roy Blunt, Missouri Western [...]
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 [...]
Missouri Western State University will hold Equity principal auditions and non-Equity auditions in Kansas City Aug. 1 and St. Joseph Aug. 2 for actors to play the part of former President Harry Truman in a new multi-media play titled “Harry and Walter: Missouri’s Native Sons.” The play will premiere on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015 in [...]
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 [...]
Jim Korinke portrays Walter Cronkite. Public showings of “Cronkite,” a live multimedia performance about legendary journalist Walter Cronkite, have been scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 31 and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 26 in the Kemper Recital Hall, adjacent to the award-winning Walter Cronkite Memorial inside Spratt Hall on the campus of Missouri [...]
Jim Korinke portrays Walter Cronkite. Two public showings of “Cronkite,” a live multimedia performance about legendary journalist Walter Cronkite, have been scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 6 and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 26 in the Kemper Recital Hall, which is adjacent to the award-winning Walter Cronkite Memorial inside Spratt Hall on the [...]
Missouri Western State University’s 21st annual R. Dan Boulware Convocation on Critical Issues, featuring noted historian Dr. Douglas Brinkley, will be broadcast Nov. 11-30 on MWTV, channel 39 on Suddenlink in St. Joseph. Dr. Brinkley’s talk about the life of St. Joseph-born Walter Cronkite will air at 11 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 7:30 p.m. [...]
Memorabilia on loan from the Walter Cronkite family will be temporarily displayed during the public meeting of the Missouri Western State University Board of Governors on Thursday, Oct. 23. The memorabilia will be displayed from 1 to 3 p.m. in the hallway outside Blum Union room 220, where the board meeting will begin at 1:30 [...]
