{"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=\"314\"><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<article id=\"blog-1-post-12564\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12564 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-art 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\/Flora-and-Fauna-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\/Flora-and-Fauna-news-featured-image-200x126.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/Flora-and-Fauna-news-featured-image-310x196.png 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/Flora-and-Fauna-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\/university-gallery-hosts-print-exhibition-flora-and-fauna\/\">University Gallery hosts print exhibition Flora and Fauna<\/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\/Flora-and-Fauna-news-featured-image.png\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"12564\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Flora and Fauna 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\/university-gallery-hosts-print-exhibition-flora-and-fauna\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUniversity Gallery hosts print exhibition Flora and Fauna\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\/art\/\" rel=\"tag\">Art<\/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\/university-gallery-hosts-print-exhibition-flora-and-fauna\/\" aria-label=\"University Gallery hosts print exhibition Flora and Fauna\"><\/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\/university-gallery-hosts-print-exhibition-flora-and-fauna\/\">University Gallery hosts print exhibition Flora and Fauna<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Oct. 8, 2026\u2013The Missouri Western State University School of Fine Arts presents Flora and Fauna, an exhibition running from Oct. 13 through Jan. 27 in the University Gallery, Spratt Hall room 211. The opening reception [...]<\/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;\">2026-10-08T14:00:35-05:00<\/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\/university-gallery-hosts-print-exhibition-flora-and-fauna\/\" aria-label=\"More on University Gallery hosts print exhibition Flora and Fauna\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-12557\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12557 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\/10\/Census-date-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\/Census-date-news-featured-image-200x126.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/Census-date-news-featured-image-310x196.png 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/Census-date-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\/06\/total-mowest-enrollment-increases-for-first-time-in-eight-years-fueled-by-big-jump-in-new-students\/\">Total MoWest enrollment increases for first time in eight years, fueled by big jump in new students<\/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\/Census-date-news-featured-image.png\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"12557\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Census date 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\/06\/total-mowest-enrollment-increases-for-first-time-in-eight-years-fueled-by-big-jump-in-new-students\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTotal MoWest enrollment increases for first time in eight years, fueled by big jump in new students\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\/10\/06\/total-mowest-enrollment-increases-for-first-time-in-eight-years-fueled-by-big-jump-in-new-students\/\" aria-label=\"Total MoWest enrollment increases for first time in eight years, fueled by big jump in new students\"><\/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\/06\/total-mowest-enrollment-increases-for-first-time-in-eight-years-fueled-by-big-jump-in-new-students\/\">Total MoWest enrollment increases for first time in eight years, fueled by big jump in new students<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> New students take a selfie during Griffon Edge 2026. A 9% increase in degree-seeking new students helped MoWest's total enrollment grow this fall for the first time since 2018.  Oct.6, 2026\u2013Missouri Western State [...]<\/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;\">2026-10-06T10:48:40-05:00<\/span><span>October 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\/10\/06\/total-mowest-enrollment-increases-for-first-time-in-eight-years-fueled-by-big-jump-in-new-students\/\" aria-label=\"More on Total MoWest enrollment increases for first time in eight years, fueled by big jump in new students\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-12552\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12552 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\/10\/HLC-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\/HLC-news-featured-image-200x126.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/HLC-news-featured-image-310x196.png 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/HLC-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\/05\/mowest-welcomes-hlc-site-visit-team\/\">MoWest welcomes HLC site visit team\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\/10\/HLC-news-featured-image.png\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"12552\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"HLC 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\/05\/mowest-welcomes-hlc-site-visit-team\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMoWest welcomes HLC site visit team\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\/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\/10\/05\/mowest-welcomes-hlc-site-visit-team\/\" aria-label=\"MoWest welcomes HLC site visit team\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\/10\/05\/mowest-welcomes-hlc-site-visit-team\/\">MoWest welcomes HLC site visit team\u00a0<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Oct. 5, 2026\u2013Missouri Western State University will host a site visit team from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) as part of the institutional accrediting body\u2019s routine 10-year evaluation of MoWest\u2019s accreditation.\u00a0 The site visit team [...]<\/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;\">2026-10-05T09:11:07-05:00<\/span><span>October 5th, 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\/05\/mowest-welcomes-hlc-site-visit-team\/\" aria-label=\"More on MoWest welcomes HLC site visit team\u00a0\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-12522\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12522 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\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/09\/18\/public-planetarium-shows-sept-25-oct-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPublic planetarium shows Sept. 25, Oct. 2\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\/09\/18\/public-planetarium-shows-sept-25-oct-2\/\" aria-label=\"Public planetarium shows Sept. 25, Oct. 2\"><\/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\/09\/18\/public-planetarium-shows-sept-25-oct-2\/\">Public planetarium shows Sept. 25, Oct. 2<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Sept. 18, 2026\u2013The Bushman Planetarium at Missouri Western State University will present public showings at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25 and Friday, Oct. 2. The planetarium is located inside Agenstein Hall, room 147. Tickets [...]<\/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;\">2026-09-18T15:43:59-05:00<\/span><span>September 18th, 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\/09\/18\/public-planetarium-shows-sept-25-oct-2\/\" aria-label=\"More on Public planetarium shows Sept. 25, Oct. 2\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-12519\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12519 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business category-news-release\">\n\t<style 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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\/09\/18\/kansas-city-entrepreneur-to-present-lessons-learned-during-public-talk\/\" aria-label=\"Kansas City entrepreneur to present lessons learned during public talk\"><\/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\/09\/18\/kansas-city-entrepreneur-to-present-lessons-learned-during-public-talk\/\">Kansas City entrepreneur to present lessons learned during public talk<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Sept. 18, 2026\u2013The Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University presents guest speaker Joe Runyan at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23 in the Business Education Resource Center, Popplewell Hall room 308. The entrepreneur [...]<\/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;\">2026-09-18T14:52:49-05:00<\/span><span>September 18th, 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\/09\/18\/kansas-city-entrepreneur-to-present-lessons-learned-during-public-talk\/\" aria-label=\"More on Kansas City entrepreneur to present lessons learned during public talk\">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}]}}