Two journalism students from Missouri Western State University recently received national awards for videos they created. Kendra Simpson, pictured, was one of five national News Engagement Day TikTok video contest winners. Trinity Knapp took second place in the nation for video sports package as part of the College Media Association Film and Audio [...]
Anastasia Harwood, Thomas Forness, Kenan Bjelevac, Remington Loyd and Dr. James Carviou presented a workshop at a national conference in Washington, D.C. last month. Click here to read more about their experience.
Master of Arts in Teaching graduate student Ricky Maltbia, a teacher for Kansas City Public Schools, was featured in NPR-KCUR for restarting the Northeast High School marching band. Click here to read the full NPR story.
Missouri Western students placed at the Phi Beta Lambda (FBLA) National Leadership Conference in Chicago. They received first place in Sales Presentation and third place in Business Decision Making. These students received $1,175 in cash for placing top in their categories! The students competed in seven events and earned top honors. [...]
Madi Taylor will represent MWSU through 2023 as a student board member for the St. Joseph Youth Alliance. Madi is a marketing major in the Craig School of Business and an active member of Phi Beta Lambda serving as Vice President of Community Service. The Nomination Committee recommended her at the Annual Business [...]
Madi Taylor and Blake Goforth, members of Phi Beta Lambda, attended the Show-Me Leadership conference at Worlds of Fun. The conference was held in the Tivoli Music Hall where they attended presentations on leadership, marketing, and management. Madi and Blake also had the opportunity to check out behind the scenes activities in the [...]
Phi Beta Lambda students Seth Hogue, Blake Goforth, Madi Taylor, and Emily Punzo competed at the 2022 State Leadership Conference in Springfield, MO, in April. Events included Financial Concepts, Accounting Principles, Business Ethics, Entrepreneurship Concepts, & Sales presentations. All placed and have the opportunity to compete at the National Leadership Conference in Chicago [...]
Kylar McNeal, a history education major, presented his original research on 19th-century women textile mill workers at the spring 2022 Meeting of the New England Historical Association in Lowell, Massachusetts. His presentation was received with great praise and generated excellent discussion among attendees. He also toured the mill museums and canals in Lowell, [...]
Kudos to Josh Pohl, convergent journalism major and editor-in-chief of the Griffon News, for scoring an Honorable Mention in the Apple awards at the National College Media Association Convention in New York City. The Griffon News competed against other four-year universities with fewer than 5,000 undergraduates.
Two Missouri Western State University nursing students were awarded DAISY Awards for Extraordinary Nursing Students for the spring 2022 semester. Hai Le, third semester nursing student from Lee’s Summit, Missouri, and Shayla Bocchine, fourth semester nursing student from Agency, Missouri, were honored as part of the DAISY Foundation's programs to recognize compassionate and [...]
