{"id":8934,"date":"2024-08-01T12:11:33","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T17:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/?p=8934"},"modified":"2024-08-01T12:11:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T17:11:33","slug":"august-2024-family-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/2024\/08\/01\/august-2024-family-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2024 Family Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 24pt\">Aug 2024 Family Newsletter<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Welcome Griffon family and friends! We are so excited to start another great year at Missouri Western and even more excited to have your student be a part of all the big things happening here. We look forward to sharing news and updates to all things MWSU with you every month. We hope you are as excited as we are to see your student soar high. Go Griffs!<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\"><img class=\"wp-image-8935 alignright\" style=\"font-size: 16px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2024\/08\/IMG_9554-Enhanced-NR-Edit-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Family at Summer '24 GO\" width=\"542\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2024\/08\/IMG_9554-Enhanced-NR-Edit-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2024\/08\/IMG_9554-Enhanced-NR-Edit-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2024\/08\/IMG_9554-Enhanced-NR-Edit-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2024\/08\/IMG_9554-Enhanced-NR-Edit-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2024\/08\/IMG_9554-Enhanced-NR-Edit-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2024\/08\/IMG_9554-Enhanced-NR-Edit-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2024\/08\/IMG_9554-Enhanced-NR-Edit-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2024\/08\/IMG_9554-Enhanced-NR-Edit-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2024\/08\/IMG_9554-Enhanced-NR-Edit-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2024\/08\/IMG_9554-Enhanced-NR-Edit.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">News &amp; Events<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\"><b>MWSU Family Day, Saturday, Sept. 14<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">Mark your calendars for this year\u2019s MWSU Family Day. This is a fun-filled\u00a0day for you to spend with your student on campus. There will be various activities like our Family Photo Booth, Hypnotist Show and Family Day tailgate!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\"><b>Follow \u201cFamily of Missouri Western\u201d on Facebook!<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We provide up to date information for families of MWSU students on our family Facebook page. This page is dedicated to various events and news happening around MWSU. To see all that is happening here on campus <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1189798878351829\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">follow us<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> today!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\"><b>Move-In Day<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Move-In Day is just around the corner! Freshman move-in day is August 21, and returning students may move-in Aug 24 and 25. This can be both a fun and stressful time for students and their families, we want to help as best we can, for more information click <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/reslife\/move-in\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\"><b>Houlne Center for Center for Convergent Technology named after Tim Houlne \u201986\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">A new building at Missouri Western State University to serve workforce development needs in the region will bear the name of a Missouri Western alumnus who supported the project with one of the largest donations in the University\u2019s history. The building formerly known as the Convergent Technology Alliance Center (CTAC) will be known as the Houlne Center for Convergent Technology, in honor of Tim Houlne, an entrepreneur, author and visionary in the field of artificial intelligence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\"><b>Email Reminder<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">Student\u2019s email are a critical way we communicate with them. Please encourage your student to check their MWSU email and goldlink daily so they know what is going on around campus, any changes to schedules, financial aid news and more. As we head into a new academic year we want our students to be as prepared as possible and their email is essential in providing them with vital information. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aug 2024 Family Newsletter Welcome Griffon family and friends! We are so excited to start another great year at Missouri Western and even more excited to have your student be a part of all the big things happening here. We look forward to sharing news and updates to all things MWSU with you every month. 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