The second annual Dr. Krikor Partamian Ping Pong Tournament will be held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 18 in the Looney Complex Arena on the campus of Missouri Western State University. The registration fee for participants is $25; students who qualified through a preliminary tournament on April 7 play free. There is a $10 admission charge for observers; Missouri Western students will be admitted free. Proceeds from the tournament benefit the International Student Program at Missouri Western.<\/p>\n
Dr. Partamian was a member of Missouri Western\u2019s Board of Regents (now Board of Governors) from 1996 to 2002. In 1960, he was the Ping Pong National Champion of Syria.<\/p>\n
Contestants will play a double-elimination tournament, with the bracket winner to play Dr. Partamian at approximately 8:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
In addition to the competition, attendees can enjoy a sampling of international foods and learn more about many of the countries represented among Missouri Western\u2019s international students. There will also be a cash bar.<\/p>\n The inaugural Partamian Ping Pong Tournament in 2014 raised $4,000 for the international students program.\n
For more information or to register, sponsor a student or make a donation to the International Student Program, please call 816-271-5678. The registration deadline is Monday, April 13.<\/p>\n
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>www.missouriwestern.edu<\/a><\/em>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The second annual Dr. Krikor Partamian Ping Pong Tournament will be held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 18 in the Looney Complex Arena on the campus of Missouri Western State University. The registration fee for participants is $25; students who qualified through a preliminary tournament on April 7 play free. There is a $10 admission […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48],"tags":[458,623],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983"}],"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=2983"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7984,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983\/revisions\/7984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}