Tickets are now on sale for the two musicals being staged in the third season of Western Playhouse, the summer theatre company at Missouri Western State University. Meredith Willson’s perennial favorite “The Music Man” will be produced June 20-28, and the award-winning new show “Mother Divine” will be produced July 11-19. Tickets cost $22.50 for [...]
The second annual Conference on Child Abuse Investigation will be held April 16-17 in the Fulkerson Center at Missouri Western State University. A free public presentation by the JAYC Foundation will precede the conference at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 15. The presentation by Dr. Rebecca Bailey and Terry Probyn is titled “Keeping Kids Safe: [...]
The Western Institute at Missouri Western State University will accept registration for summer driver’s education classes by mail or in person beginning April 1 and continuing through May 2. The cost is $75 per student for students who meet eligibility requirements. Registration forms are available at www.missouriwestern.edu/drivered. This is the first time registrations have been [...]
Area literacy volunteers will be honored at the 2014 Literacy Luncheon at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, March 20 in the Hoff Conference Rooms, Blum Student Union rooms 218-219 at Missouri Western State University. Reservations are due by 4 p.m. Monday, March 17, by calling 816-271-4100. Donations are welcome to help with the cost of the meal. [...]
Col. Ralph Schwader, Wing Commander of the 139th Airlift Wing and a 1985 graduate of Missouri Western, talks about partnerships between the Air National Guard Unit and the University during a press conference March 7, 2014. Missouri Western State University and the 139thAirlift Wing of the Missouri Air National Guard are working more [...]
Missouri Western State University has announced plans to end operations of its community literacy program, Pass the Power Adult Literacy, effective October 31. Many of the services provided by Pass the Power will now be provided by the St. Joseph School District. Dr. Gordon Mapley, dean and executive director of the Western Institute at Missouri [...]
Dr. Melody Smith, former superintendent of the St. Joseph School District, has been hired as a program development liaison for the Western Institute at Missouri Western State University. In this part-time position, Dr. Smith will share responsibility for building a number of interlocking initiatives designed to help adults complete baccalaureate degrees that they may have [...]
The Missouri Western State University Regional Law Enforcement Academy will offer its next part-time evening academy beginning Aug. 26, and it’s not too late for those considering a law enforcement career to apply. “The passage of the public safety tax by St. Joseph voters creates new opportunities for law enforcement careers,” said Kip Wilson, interim [...]
Missouri Western State University will host a conference on child abuse investigation on Wednesday and Thursday, April 17 and 18, in the Fulkerson Center. The conference is for law enforcement officers and administrators, social workers, attorneys, educators and those employed in healthcare. The cost of the conference is $80. Missouri Western students may attend for free, [...]
Gov. Jay Nixon visited Missouri Western last summer to announce a $1 million Innovation Campus grant to help area residents complete their college educations. The first participant in the Buchanan County Degree Attainment Initiative was selected lsat month. A lab technician at Hillyard Industries in St. Joseph is the first participant in the [...]
