{"id":6661,"date":"2018-10-12T10:15:20","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T15:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=6661"},"modified":"2019-06-04T16:24:15","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T21:24:15","slug":"steve-johnston-named-director-of-external-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2018\/10\/12\/steve-johnston-named-director-of-external-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Johnston named director of external relations"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/a> Steve Johnston\n

Steve Johnston, director of the Community Alliance of St. Joseph, has been named director of external relations at Missouri Western State University. Johnston will begin his duties at Missouri Western Jan. 1.<\/p>\n

\u201cSteve has been a great advocate for Missouri Western in his current position, and already has strong relationships with many of our external partners, including legislators and local government leaders,\u201d said Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western\u2019s president. \u201cHe will truly be able to hit the ground running.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have long considered Missouri Western as one of this community\u2019s biggest assets, and I\u2019m honored by this opportunity,\u201d Johnston said. \u201cI look forward to working with Dr. Vartabedian and his team to build on the strong relationships Missouri Western has with its community partners.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnston has served as director of the Community Alliance since 2009. He is chair of the Heartland Foundation Board and a member of the United Way of Greater St. Joseph and Missouri Western State University Foundation Boards. He has served as Buchanan County Chair of Great Northwest Day at the Capitol, has worked on two bond initiatives for the St. Joseph School Board, and is a former board member and past president of InterServ, Rotary Club and United Cerebral Palsy.<\/p>\n

Prior to joining the Community Alliance, Johnston worked at Wire Rope Corporation of America, Inc., for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n

Johnston received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Kansas State University.<\/p>\n

As director of external relations, Johnston will serve on the President\u2019s Cabinet and is responsible for building and sustaining strong and positive relationships with government officials, policy makers and University advocates.<\/p>\n

Johnston replaces Brandt Shields, who left in August to accept a position with Senator Roy Blunt\u2019s Kansas City office.<\/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":"

Steve Johnston, director of the Community Alliance of St. Joseph, has been named director of external relations at Missouri Western State University. Johnston will begin his duties at Missouri Western Jan. 1. \u201cSteve has been a great advocate for Missouri Western in his current position, and already has strong relationships with many of our external […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48,50],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6661"}],"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=6661"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8347,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6661\/revisions\/8347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}