{"id":4470,"date":"2016-04-07T15:02:57","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T20:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=4470"},"modified":"2019-06-04T16:21:44","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T21:21:44","slug":"night-at-the-ritz-set-for-april-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2016\/04\/07\/night-at-the-ritz-set-for-april-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Night at the Ritz set for April 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/04\/Picasso-Logo-Frame.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4471\"><\/a>A fun and artistic experience awaits those who attend the MWSU Ambassadors\u2019 2016 Night at the Ritz on Friday, April 22. At this year\u2019s event, \u201cPicasso\u2019s Night at the Ritz,\u201d guests will see the Remington Hall atrium on the Missouri Western State University campus transformed into an art gallery and enjoy a number of fun activities. All proceeds benefit scholarships for nontraditional students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPicasso\u2019s Night at the Ritz\u201d is a reception from 6-8:30 p.m. and will include Spanish tapas, a cash bar, a silent auction with several works of art, a raffle and a roaming troubadour who will serenade guests in Spanish. Those who attend may try their hand at reproducing Picasso works, or just enjoy Picasso reproductions and learning about Picasso.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year\u2019s event will be more than a reception with great food and fellowship,\u201d said Diane Holtz, MWSU Ambassadors liaison. \u201cIt will be a fun experience that guests will long remember, and it\u2019s all for a good cause.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cost is $35 per person minimum donation and the event is open to the public. Missouri Western students may attend for $25. To make a reservation, call (816) 271-5646 by Monday, April 18. Advance payment is appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>The MWSU Ambassadors are a group of campus and community women who serve as a bridge between Missouri Western and St. Joseph. The Ambassadors focus on raising money for scholarships for nontraditional students, and since 1989, the group has distributed nearly $388,000 to nontraditional students.<\/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>A fun and artistic experience awaits those who attend the MWSU Ambassadors\u2019 2016 Night at the Ritz on Friday, April 22. At this year\u2019s event, \u201cPicasso\u2019s Night at the Ritz,\u201d guests will see the Remington Hall atrium on the Missouri Western State University campus transformed into an art gallery and enjoy a number of fun [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4472,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[61,76,78,85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4470"}],"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=4470"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8169,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4470\/revisions\/8169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}