Missouri Western has announced the schedule and activities for its annual Family Weekend events, which will be held Sept 21 and 22, 2018.<\/p>\n
Events kick off at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, with Midwest Dueling Pianos, an audience-participating experience featuring a mix of classics and new music. The performance will be in the Kemper Recital Hall, Spratt Hall room 101. Admission is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n
Family Day festivities resume Saturday, Sept. 22, with the President\u2019s Pasta Extravaganza from noon to 1 p.m. in the Remington Atrium on campus. Students, staff and the St. Joseph community are invited to join Missouri Western’s President, Dr. Robert Vartabedian for lunch at a four-station, all-you-can-eat pasta buffet. Cost is $5 per person, and guests should RSVP online<\/a> by Sept. 14.<\/p>\n Also on Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Remington Atrium, activities include an Art Show featuring Kenneth Young, Clearly You Crystal Laser 3-D Images, Stuff-A-Plush build-your-own plush toy, photo booth and planetarium shows.<\/p>\n All activities except lunch are free, but 3-D laser images, stuff-a-plush, photo booth and planetarium shows are on a first-come, first-served basis. Advance planetarium tickets will be available beginning Sept. 3. Students are entitled to a free planetarium ticket if they present their MWSU Student ID in Blum 207.<\/p>\n After 3 p.m., students and guests can enjoy the rest of the afternoon tailgating with family and friends before the Missouri Western football game vs. Northeastern State University at 6 p.m. at Craig Field in Spratt Memorial Stadium. Game tickets may be purchased in advance at gogriffons.com.<\/p>\n Please contact the Center for Student Involvement at 816-271-4150 if you have questions.<\/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<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Missouri Western has announced the schedule and activities for its annual Family Weekend events, which will be held Sept 21 and 22, 2018. Events kick off at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, with Midwest Dueling Pianos, an audience-participating experience featuring a mix of classics and new music. The performance will be in the Kemper Recital […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73,48],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6567"}],"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=6567"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8942,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6567\/revisions\/8942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}