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Sept. 6, 2019\u2014Missouri Western State University students and their families will celebrate Family Weekend Sept. 20 and 21 with live entertainment, free food, planetarium shows and more.<\/p>\nSept. 6, 2019\u2014Missouri Western State University students and their families will celebrate Family Weekend Sept. 20 and 21 with live entertainment, free food, planetarium shows and more.<\/p>\n
Events will kick off at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20 with the pop-country trio Oferle performing in the Kemper Recital Hall, Spratt Hall room 101. Admission is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, Sept. 21, President Matt Wilson will host the President\u2019s Pasta Extravaganza from 11 a.m. to noon in the atrium of Remington Hall. The all-you-can-eat pasta buffet is free and open to the public, but guests must register online by Friday, Sept. 13.<\/p>\n
Also on Saturday, from noon to 3 p.m. family-friendly activities will include Clearly You Crystal Laser 3-D Images and Stuff-a-Plush build your own toy in the Remington atrium, with carnival games on the lawn outside Remington. The Bushman Planetarium will offer free shows at noon, 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Students may receive up to five advance planetarium tickets by presenting their student ID in the Center for Student Involvement, Blum Student Union room 207.<\/p>\n
Spidey, an international hypnotist\/mentalist\/magician, will perform at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21 in the Kemper Recital Hall, Spratt 101. Admission is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n
Beginning at 3 p.m., students and guests can enjoy tailgating with family and friends before the Griffon football game against Central Missouri, which will kick off at 7 p.m. at Craig Field at Spratt Memorial Stadium. The football game is one of several home athletic events that weekend: the Griffon volleyball team plays Central Missouri at 6 p.m. Friday in the Looney Fieldhouse and the soccer team has home games against Missouri Southern at 8 p.m. Friday and Northwest Missouri State at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22. For ticket and schedule information visit gogriffons.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n For more information about Family Weekend activities, visit missouriwestern.edu\/student-life\/family-weekend\/<\/a> or contact the Center for Student Involvement by phone, 816-271-4150, or by email, involvement@missouriwestern.edu<\/a>.<\/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":" Sept. 6, 2019\u2014Missouri Western State University students and their families will celebrate Family Weekend Sept. 20 and 21 with live entertainment, free food, planetarium shows and more. Events will kick off at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20 with the pop-country trio Oferle performing in the Kemper Recital Hall, Spratt Hall room 101. Admission is free […]<\/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":[209,362,990],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9186"}],"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=9186"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9799,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9186\/revisions\/9799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}