{"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=\"311\"><article id=\"blog-1-post-12434\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12434 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><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\/08\/Klaver-news-featured-image.png\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Lenny Klaver\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/08\/Klaver-news-featured-image-200x126.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/08\/Klaver-news-featured-image-310x196.png 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/08\/Klaver-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\/08\/26\/dr-lenny-klaver-named-mowest-president\/\">Dr. Lenny Klaver named MoWest 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\/08\/Klaver-news-featured-image.png\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"12434\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Klaver 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\/08\/26\/dr-lenny-klaver-named-mowest-president\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDr. Lenny Klaver named MoWest 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<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\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/08\/26\/dr-lenny-klaver-named-mowest-president\/\" aria-label=\"Dr. Lenny Klaver named MoWest president\"><\/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\/08\/26\/dr-lenny-klaver-named-mowest-president\/\">Dr. Lenny Klaver named MoWest president<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Aug. 26, 2026\u2013The Missouri Western State University Board of Governors has announced that Dr. Lenny Klaver will serve as the University\u2019s seventh president. Dr. Klaver will be introduced to the campus and the community during [...]<\/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;\">2026-08-26T11:11:45-05:00<\/span><span>August 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\/08\/26\/dr-lenny-klaver-named-mowest-president\/\" aria-label=\"More on Dr. Lenny Klaver named MoWest president\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-12422\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12422 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><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\/08\/Generic-Featured-Image-1024x663-1-320x202.png\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"MoWest with centered Griffon\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/08\/Generic-Featured-Image-1024x663-1-320x202.png 320w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/08\/Generic-Featured-Image-1024x663-1-700x441.png 700w\" 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\/08\/12\/presidential-search-committee-names-finalists\/\">Presidential search committee names finalists<\/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\/08\/Generic-Featured-Image-1024x663-1.png\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"12422\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Generic-Featured-Image-1024x663\" 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\/08\/12\/presidential-search-committee-names-finalists\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPresidential search committee names finalists\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\/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\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/08\/12\/presidential-search-committee-names-finalists\/\" aria-label=\"Presidential search committee names finalists\"><\/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\/08\/12\/presidential-search-committee-names-finalists\/\">Presidential search committee names finalists<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>August 12, 2026\u2013Missouri Western State University has announced the names of the finalists to be the University\u2019s seventh president. The finalists will be on campus next week for in-person interviews. The interview schedule will include [...]<\/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;\">2026-08-12T14:23:27-05:00<\/span><span>August 12th, 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\/08\/12\/presidential-search-committee-names-finalists\/\" aria-label=\"More on Presidential search committee names finalists\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-12419\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12419 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-alumrelations 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\/08\/Alumni-Association-news-featured-image.png\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Alumni Association Logo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/08\/Alumni-Association-news-featured-image-200x126.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/08\/Alumni-Association-news-featured-image-310x196.png 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/08\/Alumni-Association-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\/08\/06\/alumni-will-honor-nine-at-annual-awards-banquet\/\">Alumni will honor nine at annual awards banquet\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\/08\/Alumni-Association-news-featured-image.png\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"12419\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Alumni-Association-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\/08\/06\/alumni-will-honor-nine-at-annual-awards-banquet\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAlumni will honor nine at annual awards banquet\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<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/category\/uadvance\/alumrelations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Alumni Relations<\/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\/08\/06\/alumni-will-honor-nine-at-annual-awards-banquet\/\" aria-label=\"Alumni will honor nine at annual awards banquet\u00a0\"><\/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\/08\/06\/alumni-will-honor-nine-at-annual-awards-banquet\/\">Alumni will honor nine at annual awards banquet\u00a0<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Aug. 6, 2026\u2013The Missouri Western State University Alumni Association will honor nine individuals at the annual Alumni Award Banquet during Homecoming Week. The banquet will be held on Oct. 9 from 6-8:30 p.m. 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;\">2026-08-11T13:14:17-05:00<\/span><span>August 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\/08\/06\/alumni-will-honor-nine-at-annual-awards-banquet\/\" aria-label=\"More on Alumni will honor nine at annual awards banquet\u00a0\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-12414\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12414 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news-release category-uncategorized\">\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\/08\/MAW-1-1024x683-1-320x202.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"ribbon cutting in front of water tower\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/08\/MAW-1-1024x683-1-320x202.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/08\/MAW-1-1024x683-1-700x441.jpeg 700w\" 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\/07\/20\/refurbished-water-tank-on-i-29-features-mowest-branding\/\">Refurbished water tank on I-29 features MoWest branding<\/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\/08\/MAW-1-1024x683-1.jpeg\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"12414\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"MAW-1-1024x683\" 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\/07\/20\/refurbished-water-tank-on-i-29-features-mowest-branding\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRefurbished water tank on I-29 features MoWest branding\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\/news-release\/\" rel=\"tag\">News Release<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"tag\">Uncategorized<\/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\/07\/20\/refurbished-water-tank-on-i-29-features-mowest-branding\/\" aria-label=\"Refurbished water tank on I-29 features MoWest branding\"><\/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\/07\/20\/refurbished-water-tank-on-i-29-features-mowest-branding\/\">Refurbished water tank on I-29 features MoWest branding<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>July 20, 2026\u2013A refurbished elevated storage tank on Karnes Road in St. Joseph now reflects the central role Missouri Western State University plays in the community. The Missouri American Water tank was painted in Griffon [...]<\/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;\">2026-08-11T13:15:36-05:00<\/span><span>July 20th, 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\/07\/20\/refurbished-water-tank-on-i-29-features-mowest-branding\/\" aria-label=\"More on Refurbished water tank on I-29 features MoWest branding\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-12406\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12406 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><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\/08\/Spring-26-Grads-News-featured-image.png\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"smiling graduate turns her tassel\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/08\/Spring-26-Grads-News-featured-image-200x126.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/08\/Spring-26-Grads-News-featured-image-310x196.png 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/08\/Spring-26-Grads-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\/07\/15\/mowest-awards-nearly-400-degrees-in-spring-semester\/\">MoWest awards nearly 400 degrees in spring semester<\/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\/08\/Spring-26-Grads-News-featured-image.png\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"12406\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Spring-26-Grads-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\/07\/15\/mowest-awards-nearly-400-degrees-in-spring-semester\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMoWest awards nearly 400 degrees in spring semester\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\/\" 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\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/07\/15\/mowest-awards-nearly-400-degrees-in-spring-semester\/\" aria-label=\"MoWest awards nearly 400 degrees in spring semester\"><\/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\/07\/15\/mowest-awards-nearly-400-degrees-in-spring-semester\/\">MoWest awards nearly 400 degrees in spring semester<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>July 15, 2026\u2013Missouri Western State University awarded degrees to 364 students at the end of the Spring 2026 semester. Graduates are listed below by hometown:\u00a0 Arizona Peoria: Camila Kendra Grantham, Associate of Science in Legal [...]<\/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;\">2026-08-11T13:14:33-05:00<\/span><span>July 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\/07\/15\/mowest-awards-nearly-400-degrees-in-spring-semester\/\" aria-label=\"More on MoWest awards nearly 400 degrees in spring semester\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-12402\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12402 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business 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\/08\/FBLA-National-26-News-featured-image.png\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"FBLA contestants\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/08\/FBLA-National-26-News-featured-image-200x126.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/08\/FBLA-National-26-News-featured-image-310x196.png 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/08\/FBLA-National-26-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\/07\/13\/collegiate-fbla-competes-at-national-leadership-conference\/\">Collegiate FBLA competes at National Leadership Conference<\/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\/08\/FBLA-National-26-News-featured-image.png\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"12402\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"FBLA-National-26-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\/07\/13\/collegiate-fbla-competes-at-national-leadership-conference\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollegiate FBLA competes at National Leadership Conference\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\/business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Craig School of Business<\/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\/07\/13\/collegiate-fbla-competes-at-national-leadership-conference\/\" aria-label=\"Collegiate FBLA competes at National Leadership Conference\"><\/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\/07\/13\/collegiate-fbla-competes-at-national-leadership-conference\/\">Collegiate FBLA competes at National Leadership Conference<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>July 13, 2026\u2013Two MoWest Collegiate FBLA students finished in the top 6 at the National Leadership Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, in June. 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