The following is an email message you should have received this week from Missouri Western's new president, Matt Wilson. In case you missed it, feel free to go to the response link from here: Dear Alumni and Supporters: Thank you to all of you who have reached out to me since I was named President of Missouri [...]
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We are hosting a lunch for alumni military veterans around Veterans Day Nov. 11. Email me at holtz@missouriwestern.edu if you are interested in attending, and I will make sure you get all the details! Thank you!
The unveiling of the new mural in southside St. Joseph is set for Saturday, Aug. 3, in conjunction with the Farmers’ Market. A live broadcast will run 10 a.m.-noon. The event is open to public. There will be live music and food, and the public will have a chance to speak to the artists, many [...]
If you are a business or organization in St. Joseph and would like to get the word out to Missouri Western students, don't miss out – sign up now for Western Warm-up! Western Warm-up is the annual vendor fair sponsored by the Center for Student Involvement that gives you the chance to showcase your business [...]
Mark your calendars for August 17 for the 3rd Annual Meet the Griffs Night event. The annual fund-raiser is presented by the Missouri Western football team to kick off the 2019 season. Meet the Griffs begins with at 5 p.m. with a social. Dinner, which includes national known speaker Amberley Snyder, will follow. The evening [...]
Olaya Garrido-Rivas has been hired as head women's tennis coach. Garrido-Rivas comes to Missouri Western after two seasons as an assistant women's tennis coach at NCAA Division I member Middle Tennessee State. A native of Spain, Garrido-Rivas was a second-team All-Big 12 selection as a women's tennis student athlete at Texas Christian University in 2017 [...]
If you were involved as a student at Missouri Western, you probably worked with Dr. Judy Grimes at some time in your college career. But after serving in Student Affairs for 23 years, Dr. Grimes is retiring this month. Dr. Grimes began her career at Missouri Western as director of the Freshman Year Experience Office. [...]
Women's golfer Shi Qing Ong was nominated for the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. Ong was one of a record-585 female college athletes nominated for the award. Established in 1991, the NCAA Woman of the Year award recognizes graduating female college athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in academics, athletics, [...]
The Bushman Planetarium will host a show, “Stars of the Pharaohs,” at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 17. Travel to ancient Egypt to see how science was used to tell time, make a workable calendar, and align huge buildings. You’ll learn about the connection the ancient Egyptians felt with the stars and various astronomical phenomena, [...]
