{"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=\"313\"><article id=\"blog-1-post-12511\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12511 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-alumrelations category-career category-center-for-service 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\/02\/Generic-Featured-Image-320x202.png\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"NoWest with centered Griffon\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/02\/Generic-Featured-Image-320x202.png 320w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/02\/Generic-Featured-Image-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\/09\/17\/alumni-who-work-in-nonprofit-panel-and-networking-event-sept-23\/\">Alumni Who Work in Nonprofit: Panel and Networking Event Sept. 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 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href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/category\/studaff\/career\/\" rel=\"tag\">Career Development<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/category\/studaff\/center-for-service\/\" rel=\"tag\">Center for Service<\/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\/17\/alumni-who-work-in-nonprofit-panel-and-networking-event-sept-23\/\" aria-label=\"Alumni Who Work in Nonprofit: Panel and Networking Event Sept. 23\"><\/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\/17\/alumni-who-work-in-nonprofit-panel-and-networking-event-sept-23\/\">Alumni Who Work in Nonprofit: Panel and Networking Event Sept. 23<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Left to right: Mackenzie Bally \u201922, Eric Fuson \u201988, Ashley Kalin \u201904, Dawn Lanning \u201925\/\u201926 and Rick Stepanek \u201992  Sept. 17, 2026\u2013Missouri Western State University alumni who serve as leaders in local nonprofit [...]<\/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;\">2026-09-17T11:28:18-05:00<\/span><span>September 17th, 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\/17\/alumni-who-work-in-nonprofit-panel-and-networking-event-sept-23\/\" aria-label=\"More on Alumni Who Work in Nonprofit: Panel and Networking Event Sept. 23\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-12507\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12507 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news-release category-pta\">\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\/09\/Massage-news-featured-image.png\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"student massages service members shoulder\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/09\/Massage-news-featured-image-200x126.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/09\/Massage-news-featured-image-310x196.png 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/09\/Massage-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\/09\/17\/pta-students-provide-chair-massages-to-military-members-at-st-joseph-freedom-fest\/\">PTA students provide chair massages to military members at St. Joseph Freedom Fest<\/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\/09\/Massage-news-featured-image.png\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"12507\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Massage 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\/09\/17\/pta-students-provide-chair-massages-to-military-members-at-st-joseph-freedom-fest\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPTA students provide chair massages to military members at St. Joseph Freedom Fest\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\/acadaff\/college-of-science-and-health\/healthprof\/pta\/\" rel=\"tag\">Physical Therapist Assistant<\/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\/17\/pta-students-provide-chair-massages-to-military-members-at-st-joseph-freedom-fest\/\" aria-label=\"PTA students provide chair massages to military members at St. Joseph Freedom Fest\"><\/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\/17\/pta-students-provide-chair-massages-to-military-members-at-st-joseph-freedom-fest\/\">PTA students provide chair massages to military members at St. Joseph Freedom Fest<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Sept. 17, 2026\u2013Second-year Physical Therapist Assistant students at Missouri Western State University used their skills to give back to the local men and women who serve in the armed forces. The students volunteered to provide [...]<\/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;\">2026-09-17T10:49:15-05:00<\/span><span>September 17th, 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\/17\/pta-students-provide-chair-massages-to-military-members-at-st-joseph-freedom-fest\/\" aria-label=\"More on PTA students provide chair massages to military members at St. Joseph Freedom Fest\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-12501\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12501 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry 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\/09\/Founders-Day-news-featured-image-1.png\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"two men and an excavator\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/09\/Founders-Day-news-featured-image-1-200x126.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/09\/Founders-Day-news-featured-image-1-310x196.png 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/09\/Founders-Day-news-featured-image-1.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\/09\/16\/mowest-celebrates-founders-day-with-proclamation-time-capsule-reveal\/\">MoWest celebrates Founder\u2019s Day with proclamation, time capsule reveal<\/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\/09\/Founders-Day-news-featured-image-1.png\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"12501\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Founders Day news featured image (1)\" 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\/09\/16\/mowest-celebrates-founders-day-with-proclamation-time-capsule-reveal\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMoWest celebrates Founder\u2019s Day with proclamation, time capsule reveal\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><\/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\/16\/mowest-celebrates-founders-day-with-proclamation-time-capsule-reveal\/\" aria-label=\"MoWest celebrates Founder\u2019s Day with proclamation, time capsule reveal\"><\/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\/16\/mowest-celebrates-founders-day-with-proclamation-time-capsule-reveal\/\">MoWest celebrates Founder\u2019s Day with proclamation, time capsule reveal<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Brian Harrah, assistant director of physical plant, buildings and grounds, and Bruce Whitsell, retired grounds supervisor, participate in the unearthing of the 1990 time capsule on Sept. 14, 2026. Whitsell oversaw the relocation of [...]<\/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;\">2026-09-16T16:00:58-05:00<\/span><span>September 16th, 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\/16\/mowest-celebrates-founders-day-with-proclamation-time-capsule-reveal\/\" aria-label=\"More on MoWest celebrates Founder\u2019s Day with proclamation, time capsule reveal\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-12495\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12495 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-music 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\/09\/Benjamin-Trumpet-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\/09\/Benjamin-Trumpet-news-featured-image-200x126.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/09\/Benjamin-Trumpet-news-featured-image-310x196.png 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/09\/Benjamin-Trumpet-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\/09\/04\/distinguished-artist-in-residence-joins-music-faculty\/\">Distinguished artist in residence joins music faculty<\/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\/09\/Benjamin-Trumpet-news-featured-image.png\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"12495\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Benjamin Trumpet 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\/09\/04\/distinguished-artist-in-residence-joins-music-faculty\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDistinguished artist in residence joins music faculty\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><\/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\/04\/distinguished-artist-in-residence-joins-music-faculty\/\" aria-label=\"Distinguished artist in residence joins music faculty\"><\/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\/04\/distinguished-artist-in-residence-joins-music-faculty\/\">Distinguished artist in residence joins music faculty<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Sept. 4, 2027\u2013Trumpeter Dr. Keith Benjamin has joined the Missouri Western State University faculty for the 2026-27 academic year as an Artist in Residence. Benjamin will lead MoWest's applied high brass studios, teaching trumpet and [...]<\/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;\">2026-09-04T11:39:00-05:00<\/span><span>September 4th, 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\/04\/distinguished-artist-in-residence-joins-music-faculty\/\" aria-label=\"More on Distinguished artist in residence joins music faculty\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-12488\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12488 post type-post status-publish 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https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/09\/Agatha-Christie-news-featured-image-310x196.png 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/09\/Agatha-Christie-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\/09\/04\/professor-to-discuss-agatha-christie-at-rolling-hills-library\/\">Professor to discuss Agatha Christie at Rolling Hills Library<\/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\/09\/Agatha-Christie-news-featured-image.png\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"12488\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Agatha Christie news featured image\" data-caption=\"Image supplied by Dietmar Rauscher via Getty Images.\">\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\/09\/04\/professor-to-discuss-agatha-christie-at-rolling-hills-library\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tProfessor to discuss Agatha Christie at Rolling Hills Library\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\/\" rel=\"tag\">College of Liberal Arts<\/a>, <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\/09\/04\/professor-to-discuss-agatha-christie-at-rolling-hills-library\/\" aria-label=\"Professor to discuss Agatha Christie at Rolling Hills Library\"><\/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\/04\/professor-to-discuss-agatha-christie-at-rolling-hills-library\/\">Professor to discuss Agatha Christie at Rolling Hills Library<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Dr. Michael Charlton  Sept. 4, 2026\u2013The academic year's first Pop Culture Club, an event series sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts at Missouri Western State University, will feature a look at 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;\">2026-09-04T10:17:34-05:00<\/span><span>September 4th, 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\/04\/professor-to-discuss-agatha-christie-at-rolling-hills-library\/\" aria-label=\"More on Professor to discuss Agatha Christie at Rolling Hills Library\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-12483\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-12483 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cmvs category-center-for-service 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\/09\/911-news-featured-image.png\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"firefighter stair climb\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/09\/911-news-featured-image-200x126.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/09\/911-news-featured-image-310x196.png 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/09\/911-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\/09\/03\/mowest-commemorates-25th-anniversary-of-9-11\/\">MoWest commemorates 25th anniversary of 9\/11<\/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\/09\/911-news-featured-image.png\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"12483\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"911 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\/09\/03\/mowest-commemorates-25th-anniversary-of-9-11\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMoWest commemorates 25th anniversary of 9\/11\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\/studaff\/center-for-service\/\" rel=\"tag\">Center for Service<\/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\/03\/mowest-commemorates-25th-anniversary-of-9-11\/\" aria-label=\"MoWest commemorates 25th anniversary of 9\/11\"><\/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\/03\/mowest-commemorates-25th-anniversary-of-9-11\/\">MoWest commemorates 25th anniversary of 9\/11<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Sept. 3, 2026\u2013Missouri Western State University will commemorate the 25th anniversary of 9\/11 with activities Sept. 8-11, including the annual stair climb at Spratt Memorial Stadium on Friday, Sept. 11. 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