{"id":9137,"date":"2024-09-04T11:23:34","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T16:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/?p=9137"},"modified":"2024-09-04T11:32:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T16:32:46","slug":"september-2024-family-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/2024\/09\/04\/september-2024-family-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"September 2024 Family Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Events<\/span><\/h1>\n

MWSU Family Day<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Saturday, September 14<\/span><\/p>\n

Mark your calendars for this year\u2019s MWSU Family Day. This is a fun-filled day for you to spend with your students on campus. There will be various activities like our Family Photo Booth, Hypnotist Show and Family Day tailgate! To learn more about Family Day 2024, click<\/span> here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Alumni Family Legacy Coffee Social<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Saturday, Sept. 14\u201310 a.m.-11 a.m. \u2013Alumni Welcome Center (Spratt Hall 105)<\/span><\/p>\n

Join the Alumni Welcome Center for a coffee social hour. Enjoy coffee and cookies, alumni swag and more! Also, don\u2019t miss the Alumni Center table at the football game that evening.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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MWSU Homecoming<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

October 14-19<\/span><\/p>\n

Mark your calendars for this year\u2019s homecoming game on October 19th. MWSU will face off against Nebraska Kearney. Details of all the fun activities coming soon!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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News & Reminders<\/span><\/h1>\n

Griffon Gold Community Standards<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Griffon Gold Community Standards (GGCS) is a program that recognizes positive residential life student behaviors through a \u201cStudent of the Month\u201d program and engages students in programming that builds a sense of community and belongingness throughout MWSU housing. Griffons build community by respecting self, others, property, authority and honesty. For more information on our Griffon Gold Community Standards please visit our <\/span>website<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Follow \u201cFamily of Missouri Western\u201d on Facebook!<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

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>follow us<\/span><\/a> today!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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2024 Griffon Edge<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

The school year is off to an exciting start at MWSU. With that comes welcoming our newest Griffons to campus. These past weeks have been fun-filled and it all started off with this year\u2019s Griffon Edge. Our new freshman met their classmates for the first time and learned the ins and outs of Missouri Western. They also got to experience some fun events across campus such as a Playfair, bingo night, a glow party, and more. To see photos from this year\u2019s Griffon Edge check out the <\/span>SmugMug page<\/span><\/a> now.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Stay in the know with Student Affairs<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Events are always happening on the MWSU campus, from fun bingo nights, watch parties, community service and more! To keep up on all the fun activities students participate in across campus we encourage you to follow our MWSU Student Affairs <\/span>Facebook<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Instagram<\/span><\/a> pages.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Intramural leagues are forming now<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Is your student competitive?\u00a0 Is your student looking for a way to get involved on campus this fall?<\/span><\/p>\n

Missouri Western State University Student Recreation Services has the perfect intramural sport for your student. MWSU offers an array of intramurals each year. Students can <\/span>sign up<\/span><\/a> today!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Listen to your MWSU Griffons Live<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

All home and away football and men’s and women’s basketball games will be available to listen to for free on Varsity and at GoGriffons.com\/listen. Available on iPhone and Android, fans can access free audio streams for game days on the Varsity Network App. Fans can also receive push notifications as reminders for upcoming games and broadcasts. Once you download The Varsity Network app, search ‘Missouri Western’ and select which Griffon teams you want to follow. For more information on The Varsity Network and how to listen to the Griffons, click here. Audio broadcasts can also be found at GoGriffons.com\/listen. Audio broadcasts will also be archived at GoGriffons.com\/listen in the ‘On Demand’ section, and on the Griffon Sports Insider Podcast, available on Spotify, Apple and wherever you podcast.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Potter Hall art gallery renamed in honor of Drew Brown<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

The art gallery inside Potter Hall at Missouri Western State University bears a new name. The Drew Brown Art Gallery salutes a longtime community activist and staunch supporter of Missouri Western. To read more on this story, click here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Events MWSU Family Day Saturday, September 14 Mark your calendars for this year\u2019s MWSU Family Day. This is a fun-filled day for you to spend with your students on campus. There will be various activities like our Family Photo Booth, Hypnotist Show and Family Day tailgate! To learn more about Family Day 2024, click here. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":9149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,418],"tags":[9,419,421,420],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9137"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9137"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9148,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9137\/revisions\/9148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}