{"id":9167,"date":"2019-08-23T11:17:18","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T16:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=9167"},"modified":"2019-08-23T11:17:18","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T16:17:18","slug":"kq2-new-mwsu-president-encourages-engagement-with-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2019\/08\/23\/kq2-new-mwsu-president-encourages-engagement-with-community\/","title":{"rendered":"KQ2: New MWSU president encourages engagement with community"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Downtown<\/p>\n

Aug 23, 2019<\/div>\n
By Alan Van Zandt, KQ2<\/div>\n

(ST. JOSEPH, Mo) — A new era at Missouri Western began Thursday evening with an event that didn’t even happen on campus. Administrators say the first-ever Griff Up party in downtown St. Joseph was just the first step at bringing the university closer to the city it calls home.<\/p>\n

Black and gold was all the rage in Felix St. Square.<\/p>\n

“To see all the Griffon family, the faculty, the staff, the incoming students, even the current students coming down, it’s amazing,” said Marissa Steimel, associate director of admissions at MWSU.<\/p>\n

It began with university president Matthew Wilson welcoming the students downtown along with a proclamation by St. Joseph mayor Bill McMurray designating August 22, 2019 as Griff Up day. McMurray himself is a graduate of Missouri Western.<\/p>\n

Read more at kq2.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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