{"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=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:30px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><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=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><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=\"309\"><article id=\"blog-1-post-12359\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12359 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>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/Planetarium-Fractals-Nanocam-News-featured-image.png\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"show posters\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/Planetarium-Fractals-Nanocam-News-featured-image-200x126.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/Planetarium-Fractals-Nanocam-News-featured-image-310x196.png 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/Planetarium-Fractals-Nanocam-News-featured-image.png 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<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\/05\/14\/bushman-planetarium-presents-public-shows-may-22-and-23\/\">Bushman Planetarium presents public shows May 22 and 23<\/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\/05\/Planetarium-Fractals-Nanocam-News-featured-image.png\" data-id=\"12359\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Planetarium Fractals Nanocam 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\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\/05\/14\/bushman-planetarium-presents-public-shows-may-22-and-23\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBushman Planetarium presents public shows May 22 and 23\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\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<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/05\/14\/bushman-planetarium-presents-public-shows-may-22-and-23\/\" aria-label=\"Bushman Planetarium presents public shows May 22 and 23\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\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\/05\/14\/bushman-planetarium-presents-public-shows-may-22-and-23\/\">Bushman Planetarium presents public shows May 22 and 23<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>May 14, 2026\u2013The Bushman Planetarium at Missouri Western State University will present public showings of \u201cFractals\u201d and \u201cNanocam\u201d at 7 p.m. Friday, May 22 and Saturday, May 23. The planetarium is located inside Agenstein Hall, [...]<\/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;\">2026-05-13T15:29:45-05:00<\/span><span>May 14th, 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\/05\/14\/bushman-planetarium-presents-public-shows-may-22-and-23\/\" aria-label=\"More on Bushman Planetarium presents public shows May 22 and 23\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-12353\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12353 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-center-for-workforce-development 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>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/SBDC-News-featured-image.png\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"MoWest and SBDC Missouri logos\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/SBDC-News-featured-image-200x126.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/SBDC-News-featured-image-310x196.png 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/SBDC-News-featured-image.png 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<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\/05\/13\/sbdc-to-host-trademark-basics-workshop-may-19\/\">SBDC to host Trademark Basics workshop May 19\u00a0<\/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\/04\/SBDC-News-featured-image.png\" data-id=\"12353\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"SBDC 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\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\/05\/13\/sbdc-to-host-trademark-basics-workshop-may-19\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSBDC to host Trademark Basics workshop May 19\u00a0\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\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/category\/acadaff\/cbps\/business\/center-for-workforce-development\/\" rel=\"tag\">Center for Workforce Development<\/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<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/05\/13\/sbdc-to-host-trademark-basics-workshop-may-19\/\" aria-label=\"SBDC to host Trademark Basics workshop May 19\u00a0\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\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\/05\/13\/sbdc-to-host-trademark-basics-workshop-may-19\/\">SBDC to host Trademark Basics workshop May 19\u00a0<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>May 13, 2026\u2013The Small Business Development Center at Missouri Western State University will present a workshop titled Trademark Basics at 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 19, at The Launch Pad, 801 Felix Street in Downtown St. [...]<\/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;\">2026-05-13T13:59:45-05:00<\/span><span>May 13th, 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\/05\/13\/sbdc-to-host-trademark-basics-workshop-may-19\/\" aria-label=\"More on SBDC to host Trademark Basics workshop May 19\u00a0\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-12343\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12343 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-acadaff 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>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/Commencement-News-featured-image.png\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Winter Commencement in Looney Fieldhouse\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/Commencement-News-featured-image-200x126.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/Commencement-News-featured-image-310x196.png 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/Commencement-News-featured-image.png 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<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\/05\/07\/mowest-honors-graduates-with-two-ceremonies-may-9\/\">MoWest honors graduates with two ceremonies May 9\u00a0<\/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\/05\/Commencement-News-featured-image.png\" data-id=\"12343\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Commencement 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\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\/05\/07\/mowest-honors-graduates-with-two-ceremonies-may-9\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMoWest honors graduates with two ceremonies May 9\u00a0\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\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/category\/acadaff\/\" rel=\"tag\">Academic Affairs<\/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<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/05\/07\/mowest-honors-graduates-with-two-ceremonies-may-9\/\" aria-label=\"MoWest honors graduates with two ceremonies May 9\u00a0\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\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\/05\/07\/mowest-honors-graduates-with-two-ceremonies-may-9\/\">MoWest honors graduates with two ceremonies May 9\u00a0<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>May 7, 2026\u2013Missouri Western State University will honor more than 400 graduates at Spring Commencement Ceremonies on Saturday, May 9 in the MWSU Fieldhouse in the M.O. Looney Complex. At 11 a.m., graduates from 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;\">2026-05-07T10:05:44-05:00<\/span><span>May 7th, 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\/05\/07\/mowest-honors-graduates-with-two-ceremonies-may-9\/\" aria-label=\"More on MoWest honors graduates with two ceremonies May 9\u00a0\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-12339\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12339 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news-release category-president\">\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>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/Patt-Lilly-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\/05\/Patt-Lilly-News-featured-image-200x126.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/Patt-Lilly-News-featured-image-310x196.png 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/Patt-Lilly-News-featured-image.png 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<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\/05\/06\/board-of-governors-appoints-patt-lilly-as-interim-president\/\">Board of Governors appoints Patt Lilly as interim president<\/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\/05\/Patt-Lilly-News-featured-image.png\" data-id=\"12339\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Patt Lilly\" 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\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\/05\/06\/board-of-governors-appoints-patt-lilly-as-interim-president\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBoard of Governors appoints Patt Lilly as interim president\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\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/category\/news-release\/\" rel=\"tag\">News Release<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/category\/admin\/president\/\" rel=\"tag\">President &amp; Cabinet<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/05\/06\/board-of-governors-appoints-patt-lilly-as-interim-president\/\" aria-label=\"Board of Governors appoints Patt Lilly as interim president\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\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\/05\/06\/board-of-governors-appoints-patt-lilly-as-interim-president\/\">Board of Governors appoints Patt Lilly as interim president<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>May 6, 2026\u2013The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University has named Patt Lilly as interim president of the University, effective May 11, 2026. \u201cHaving served 12 years of the Board of Governors, including [...]<\/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;\">2026-05-06T10:02:09-05:00<\/span><span>May 6th, 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\/05\/06\/board-of-governors-appoints-patt-lilly-as-interim-president\/\" aria-label=\"More on Board of Governors appoints Patt Lilly as interim president\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-12333\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12333 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-biology 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>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/Prairie-burn-News-featured-image.png\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"MoWest student helps burn prairie\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/Prairie-burn-News-featured-image-200x126.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/Prairie-burn-News-featured-image-310x196.png 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/05\/Prairie-burn-News-featured-image.png 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<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\/05\/01\/prescribed-prairie-burn-possible-may-2\/\">Prescribed prairie burn possible May 2\u00a0<\/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\/05\/Prairie-burn-News-featured-image.png\" data-id=\"12333\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Prairie burn 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\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\/05\/01\/prescribed-prairie-burn-possible-may-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPrescribed prairie burn possible May 2\u00a0\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\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/category\/acadaff\/college-of-science-and-health\/biology\/\" rel=\"tag\">Biology<\/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<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/05\/01\/prescribed-prairie-burn-possible-may-2\/\" aria-label=\"Prescribed prairie burn possible May 2\u00a0\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\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\/05\/01\/prescribed-prairie-burn-possible-may-2\/\">Prescribed prairie burn possible May 2\u00a0<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> A MoWest student participates in a prescribed burn of the John Rushin Teaching and Research Prairie on April 1, 2023.  May 1, 2026--The Biology Department at Missouri Western State University will conduct a [...]<\/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;\">2026-05-01T11:41:24-05:00<\/span><span>May 1st, 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\/05\/01\/prescribed-prairie-burn-possible-may-2\/\" aria-label=\"More on Prescribed prairie burn possible May 2\u00a0\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-12325\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12325 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-center-for-workforce-development category-news-release category-small-business-development-center\">\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>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/SBDC-News-featured-image.png\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"MoWest and SBDC Missouri logos\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/SBDC-News-featured-image-200x126.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/SBDC-News-featured-image-310x196.png 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/SBDC-News-featured-image.png 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<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\/04\/29\/mowest-will-host-small-business-summit-may-7\/\">MoWest will host Small Business Summit May 7<\/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\/04\/SBDC-News-featured-image.png\" data-id=\"12325\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"SBDC 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\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\/04\/29\/mowest-will-host-small-business-summit-may-7\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMoWest will host Small Business Summit May 7\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\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/category\/acadaff\/cbps\/business\/center-for-workforce-development\/\" rel=\"tag\">Center for Workforce Development<\/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\/small-business-development-center\/\" rel=\"tag\">Small Business Development Center<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/29\/mowest-will-host-small-business-summit-may-7\/\" aria-label=\"MoWest will host Small Business Summit May 7\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\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\/04\/29\/mowest-will-host-small-business-summit-may-7\/\">MoWest will host Small Business Summit May 7<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>April 29, 2026\u2013The Small Business Development Center at Missouri Western State University will host a Small Business Summit in celebration of National Small Business Week on Thursday, May 7. This free event is designed to [...]<\/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;\">2026-04-29T14:42:32-05:00<\/span><span>April 29th, 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\/04\/29\/mowest-will-host-small-business-summit-may-7\/\" aria-label=\"More on MoWest will host Small Business Summit May 7\">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":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5872"}],"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}]}}