{"id":2620,"date":"2014-11-04T14:55:52","date_gmt":"2014-11-04T20:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lamp1.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=2620"},"modified":"2019-06-04T16:20:29","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T21:20:29","slug":"convocation-featuring-doug-brinkley-to-air-on-mwtv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2014\/11\/04\/convocation-featuring-doug-brinkley-to-air-on-mwtv\/","title":{"rendered":"Convocation Featuring Doug Brinkley to Air on MWTV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Missouri Western State University\u2019s 21<sup>st<\/sup> annual R. Dan Boulware Convocation on Critical Issues, featuring noted historian Dr. Douglas Brinkley, will be broadcast Nov. 11-30 on MWTV, channel 39 on Suddenlink in St. Joseph.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Brinkley\u2019s talk about the life of St. Joseph-born Walter Cronkite will air at 11 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 7:30 p.m. Sundays. Dr. Brinkley spoke on Nov. 4, which would have been Cronkite\u2019s 98<sup>th<\/sup> birthday.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Missouri Western State University Library will also have two DVD copies available for viewing after Nov. 11.<\/p>\n<p>The annual Convocation on Critical Issues began in 1993 as part of an overall commitment to offer enriching experiences to students while bringing together the university and the community. It is sponsored by the Missouri Western State University Foundation and held in honor of R. Dan Boulware, a local attorney and past president of Missouri Western\u2019s Board of Regents.<\/p>\n<p><em>Missouri Western State University is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\">www.missouriwestern.edu<\/a><\/em><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Missouri Western State University\u2019s 21st annual R. Dan Boulware Convocation on Critical Issues, featuring noted historian Dr. Douglas Brinkley, will be broadcast Nov. 11-30 on MWTV, channel 39 on Suddenlink in St. Joseph. Dr. Brinkley\u2019s talk about the life of St. Joseph-born Walter Cronkite will air at 11 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 7:30 p.m. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48],"tags":[316,565,567,647,780],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2620"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8549,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620\/revisions\/8549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}