{"id":5872,"date":"2017-06-05T18:53:58","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T18:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?page_id=5872"},"modified":"2025-10-07T14:34:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T19:34:44","slug":"test","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s Happening at MoWest\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-1 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-medium fusion-blog-infinite\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-infinite fusion-blog-rollover\" data-pages=\"315\"><article id=\"blog-1-post-12590\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12590 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news-release category-student-organizations\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/Evan-Banks-news-featured-image.png\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/Evan-Banks-news-featured-image-200x126.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/Evan-Banks-news-featured-image-310x196.png 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/Evan-Banks-news-featured-image.png 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/28\/soft-skills-are-hard-skills-alumnus-presentation-open-to-the-public\/\">\u2018Soft Skills Are Hard Skills\u2019: Alumnus presentation open to the public<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/category\/student-organizations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Student Organizations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/28\/soft-skills-are-hard-skills-alumnus-presentation-open-to-the-public\/\" aria-label=\"\u2018Soft Skills Are Hard Skills\u2019: Alumnus presentation open to the public\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/28\/soft-skills-are-hard-skills-alumnus-presentation-open-to-the-public\/\">\u2018Soft Skills Are Hard Skills\u2019: Alumnus presentation open to the public<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Evan Banks '19, Mo-Kan Regional Council  Oct. 28, 2026\u2013The Alpha Chi National College Honor Society chapter at Missouri Western State University welcomes alumnus speaker Evan Banks \u201919, who will present \u201cSoft Skills are [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/author\/kheier\/\" title=\"Posts by kheier\" rel=\"author\">kheier<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-10-28T14:27:10-05:00<\/span><span>October 28th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/28\/soft-skills-are-hard-skills-alumnus-presentation-open-to-the-public\/\" aria-label=\"More on \u2018Soft Skills Are Hard Skills\u2019: Alumnus presentation open to the public\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-12587\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12587 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cmvs category-news-release\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/Center-for-Military-news-featured-image.png\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/Center-for-Military-news-featured-image-200x126.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/Center-for-Military-news-featured-image-310x196.png 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/Center-for-Military-news-featured-image.png 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/26\/beyond-the-uniform-aims-to-raise-awareness-about-issues-facing-military-members\/\">\u201cBeyond the Uniform\u201d aims to raise awareness about issues facing military members<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/Center-for-Military-news-featured-image.png\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"12587\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Center for Military and Veterans Services\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/26\/beyond-the-uniform-aims-to-raise-awareness-about-issues-facing-military-members\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cBeyond the Uniform\u201d aims to raise awareness about issues facing military members\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/category\/studaff\/cmvs\/\" rel=\"tag\">Center for Military and Veteran Services<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/category\/news-release\/\" rel=\"tag\">News Release<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/26\/beyond-the-uniform-aims-to-raise-awareness-about-issues-facing-military-members\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cBeyond the Uniform\u201d aims to raise awareness about issues facing military members\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/26\/beyond-the-uniform-aims-to-raise-awareness-about-issues-facing-military-members\/\">\u201cBeyond the Uniform\u201d aims to raise awareness about issues facing military members<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Oct. 26, 2026\u2013The Center for Military and Veteran Services at Missouri Western State University is hosting \u201cBeyond the Uniform,\u201d a Military Awareness Seminar from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, 2026, in the [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/author\/kheier\/\" title=\"Posts by kheier\" rel=\"author\">kheier<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-10-26T14:19:16-05:00<\/span><span>October 26th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/26\/beyond-the-uniform-aims-to-raise-awareness-about-issues-facing-military-members\/\" aria-label=\"More on \u201cBeyond the Uniform\u201d aims to raise awareness about issues facing military members\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-12582\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12582 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cjls category-news-release\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/Court-of-Appeals-2026-news-featured-image.png\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"11 judges in courtroom\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/Court-of-Appeals-2026-news-featured-image-200x126.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/Court-of-Appeals-2026-news-featured-image-310x196.png 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/Court-of-Appeals-2026-news-featured-image.png 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/26\/court-of-appeals-to-hear-oral-arguments-at-mowest-oct-29\/\">Court of Appeals to hear oral arguments at MoWest Oct. 29<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/Court-of-Appeals-2026-news-featured-image.png\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"12582\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Court of Appeals 2026 news featured image\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/26\/court-of-appeals-to-hear-oral-arguments-at-mowest-oct-29\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCourt of Appeals to hear oral arguments at MoWest Oct. 29\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/category\/acadaff\/cbps\/cjls\/\" rel=\"tag\">Criminal Justice and Legal Studies<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/category\/news-release\/\" rel=\"tag\">News Release<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/26\/court-of-appeals-to-hear-oral-arguments-at-mowest-oct-29\/\" aria-label=\"Court of Appeals to hear oral arguments at MoWest Oct. 29\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/26\/court-of-appeals-to-hear-oral-arguments-at-mowest-oct-29\/\">Court of Appeals to hear oral arguments at MoWest Oct. 29<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Three members of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District will hear oral arguments at MoWest Oct. 29.  Oct. 23, 2026\u2013The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, plans to convene court at Missouri [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/author\/kheier\/\" title=\"Posts by kheier\" rel=\"author\">kheier<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-10-26T13:57:37-05:00<\/span><span>October 26th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/26\/court-of-appeals-to-hear-oral-arguments-at-mowest-oct-29\/\" aria-label=\"More on Court of Appeals to hear oral arguments at MoWest Oct. 29\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-12578\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12578 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bushman-planetarium category-news-release\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/Wonders-Africa-news-featured-image.png\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/Wonders-Africa-news-featured-image-200x126.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/Wonders-Africa-news-featured-image-310x196.png 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/Wonders-Africa-news-featured-image.png 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/15\/planetarium-presents-public-shows-oct-16\/\">Planetarium presents public shows Oct. 16<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/Wonders-Africa-news-featured-image.png\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"12578\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Wonders Africa news featured image\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/15\/planetarium-presents-public-shows-oct-16\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPlanetarium presents public shows Oct. 16\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/category\/acadaff\/college-of-science-and-health\/csmp\/bushman-planetarium\/\" rel=\"tag\">Bushman Planetarium<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/category\/news-release\/\" rel=\"tag\">News Release<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/15\/planetarium-presents-public-shows-oct-16\/\" aria-label=\"Planetarium presents public shows Oct. 16\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/15\/planetarium-presents-public-shows-oct-16\/\">Planetarium presents public shows Oct. 16<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Oct. 15, 2026\u2013The Bushman Planetarium at Missouri Western State University will present a public showing of \u201cAfrica: The Serengeti\u201d and \u201cWonders of the Universe\u201d at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16. The planetarium is located inside [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/author\/kheier\/\" title=\"Posts by kheier\" rel=\"author\">kheier<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-10-15T16:27:47-05:00<\/span><span>October 15th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/15\/planetarium-presents-public-shows-oct-16\/\" aria-label=\"More on Planetarium presents public shows Oct. 16\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-12573\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12573 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cjls category-education category-news-release\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/90-hour-news-featured-image.png\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/90-hour-news-featured-image-200x126.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/90-hour-news-featured-image-310x196.png 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/90-hour-news-featured-image.png 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/15\/mowest-to-offer-two-new-90-credit-hour-bachelors-degrees\/\">MoWest to offer two new 90-credit-hour bachelor\u2019s degrees<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/90-hour-news-featured-image.png\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"12573\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"90-hour news featured image\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/15\/mowest-to-offer-two-new-90-credit-hour-bachelors-degrees\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMoWest to offer two new 90-credit-hour bachelor\u2019s degrees\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/category\/acadaff\/cbps\/cjls\/\" rel=\"tag\">Criminal Justice and Legal Studies<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/category\/acadaff\/cbps\/education\/\" rel=\"tag\">Education<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/category\/news-release\/\" rel=\"tag\">News Release<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/15\/mowest-to-offer-two-new-90-credit-hour-bachelors-degrees\/\" aria-label=\"MoWest to offer two new 90-credit-hour bachelor\u2019s degrees\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/15\/mowest-to-offer-two-new-90-credit-hour-bachelors-degrees\/\">MoWest to offer two new 90-credit-hour bachelor\u2019s degrees<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Oct. 15, 2027\u2013Missouri Western State University will offer students a quicker pathway to a bachelor\u2019s degree when it begins offering 90-credit-hour bachelor degree programs in criminal justice and child development in 2027. With the new [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/author\/kheier\/\" title=\"Posts by kheier\" rel=\"author\">kheier<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-10-15T11:21:01-05:00<\/span><span>October 15th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/15\/mowest-to-offer-two-new-90-credit-hour-bachelors-degrees\/\" aria-label=\"More on MoWest to offer two new 90-credit-hour bachelor\u2019s degrees\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-12569\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12569 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-music category-news-release category-sfa\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/Fine-Arts-news-featured-image.png\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"MoWest School of Fine Arts\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/Fine-Arts-news-featured-image-200x126.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/Fine-Arts-news-featured-image-310x196.png 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/Fine-Arts-news-featured-image.png 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/08\/music-to-fill-the-air-at-spratt-stadium-for-the-40th-annual-tournament-of-champions\/\">Music to fill the air at Spratt Stadium for the 40th annual Tournament of Champions<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/Fine-Arts-news-featured-image.png\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"12569\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Fine Arts news featured image\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/08\/music-to-fill-the-air-at-spratt-stadium-for-the-40th-annual-tournament-of-champions\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMusic to fill the air at Spratt Stadium for the 40th annual Tournament of Champions\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/category\/acadaff\/lib-arts\/sfa\/music\/\" rel=\"tag\">Music<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/category\/news-release\/\" rel=\"tag\">News Release<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/category\/acadaff\/lib-arts\/sfa\/\" rel=\"tag\">School of Fine Arts<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/08\/music-to-fill-the-air-at-spratt-stadium-for-the-40th-annual-tournament-of-champions\/\" aria-label=\"Music to fill the air at Spratt Stadium for the 40th annual Tournament of Champions\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/08\/music-to-fill-the-air-at-spratt-stadium-for-the-40th-annual-tournament-of-champions\/\">Music to fill the air at Spratt Stadium for the 40th annual Tournament of Champions<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Oct. 8, 2026\u2013The Missouri Western State University School of Fine Arts, the music program and MoWest Bands will celebrate the 40th annual Tournament of Champions. The field show competition for area high school marching bands [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/author\/kheier\/\" title=\"Posts by kheier\" rel=\"author\">kheier<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-10-08T16:30:54-05:00<\/span><span>October 8th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/08\/music-to-fill-the-air-at-spratt-stadium-for-the-40th-annual-tournament-of-champions\/\" aria-label=\"More on Music to fill the air at Spratt Stadium for the 40th annual Tournament of Champions\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-infinite-scroll-trigger\"><\/div><div class=\"pagination infinite-scroll clearfix\" style=\"display:none;\"><span class=\"current\">1<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5872\/page\/2\/\" class=\"inactive\">2<\/a><a class=\"pagination-next\" rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5872\/page\/2\/\"><span class=\"page-text\">Next<\/span><span class=\"page-next\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>35<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5872","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5872"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9333,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5872\/revisions\/9333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}