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Events

Commencement

December 13, 2025 

Fall 2025 Commencement is this weekend! Be sure to come celebrate and support your graduating Griffon at 11:00 a.m. at Looney Arena. Check out our Commencement webpage for all the details!

 

Ring the Bell

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We had several Griffon Athletics teams that competed in postseason tournaments. We especially want to recognize Wimach Gilo of Griffon Cross Country for competing at the NCAA National Championship and the Women’s Soccer and Volleyball teams for lifting conference trophies this fall!

Basketball season is heating up! Both our men’s and women’s teams will be competing throughout the month of December. We would love to see you at a game.

Check out each team’s schedule at https://gogriffons.com/.

The MoWest women's soccer team holds the MIAA trophy high

 

Winter Break

The holiday season is quickly approaching, so we wanted to remind you that MoWest will be closed for Winter Break from December 24, 2025, to January 1, 2026. We hope everyone has a relaxing and rejuvenating break.

 

 

News & Reminders

Griffs Giving Day 2025

We celebrated our annual day of giving earlier this month and raised over $34,000 for our students. We want to thank everyone who made a gift and contributed to our goal this year.

It’s not too late! You can still make a difference in the lives of our students at https://mowestgiving.missouriwestern.edu/g/griffs-giving-day

Psychology Research Day

Join us for an Applied Learning Showcase in Murphy Hall at 12:45 p.m. on December 4. Students studying psychology and affiliated programs will be presenting their research projects. This event is open to the public and we welcome everyone to come learn from our Griffons.

Learn more about Applied Learning at MoWest at https://www.missouriwestern.edu/appliedlearning/

People gather around a poster as a student explains their psychology research.

 

Cram the Cupboard CanStruction Competition

Campus came together to restock the Campus Cupboard by having a friendly competition. Teams brought nonperishable items and constructed MoWest-themed structures in the dining hall for our students to vote for a favorite. Hundreds of items were collected for the Campus Cupboard, a resource any student with an ID can access.

Learn how you can support this important initiative here.

A person was built out of canned food donations

 

Download the Griffon News App

Keep up to date on everything our students are up to by downloading the Griffon News App or by regularly visiting their website at https://www.griffonnews.com/.

 

Griffon Gold Community Standards Winners

These students exemplify our Griffon Gold Community Standards. By demonstrating respect and honesty, they are making MoWest a great place to live and learn. These students were chosen as November’s Griffon Gold Community Standards winners:

  • Scanlon – Brooke Cutler
  • Leaverton – Riley Wells
  • Vartabedian – Traeger Rader
  • Vaselakos – Madison Dickherber
  • RAs – Molly Killion & Maddie Jones

A text graphic giving the names of the students and RA's of the month, previously mentioned in the text.

The Future of the Griffon Family Newsletter

As we look at the future of this newsletter and how you and our amazing audience absorb news from campus, we are excited to announce that the Griffon Family Newsletter will be moving over to our Family Facebook Group in 2026. This allows you to receive updates in a more timely manner and to interact with other members of our community. Our goal is to make information more readily available and offer a place for questions and answers.

Join the Griffon Family Facebook Group today!