Baseball Griffon baseball (18-17, 15-12) scored in six different innings, but Pittsburg State's (23-18, 15-12) eight-run sixth inning gave the Gorillas a 14-10 series-clinching victory on Saturday, April 20. A wild back-and-forth contest, Missouri Western led 8-6 after scoring three in the top of the sixth. The lead didn't last long as Pitt State produced [...]
April 24-26 Spring Art Sale 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Potter Hall Gallery April 25 Transgender Name & Gender Marker Change Clinic 2 p.m. Wilson Hall 206 Free April 25 Choir Spring Fling 7:30 p.m. Potter Hall Theater Free April 27 Earth Week Paper Airplane Toss Noon East Hills Mall April 27 Dance Showcase: "Time to Dance" [...]
The Department of Theatre, Cinema, and Dance has become an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST). The University is now one of 190 NAST-accredited schools in the country. The School of Fine Arts founding dean, Dr. Bob Willenbrink, along with Jeff Stover, chair of the Department of Theatre, Cinema [...]
Registration for Western Warm-Up is now open and we are seeking local businesses, nonprofit agencies and campus organizations to participate. On the first day of classes each year, Missouri Western creates Western Warm-Up, a vendor fair for students to experience St. Joseph local businesses and campus and community organizations. Western Warm-Up gives you the opportunity [...]
Join us at 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 25 in Wilson Hall 206 for a FREE Transgender Name and Gender Marker Change Clinic. Attorneys and Legal Studies students will help individuals fill out the proper paperwork so that they can file pro se (which means on your own and represent yourselves in court) for name [...]
Missouri Western director of sports performance Greg Carbin '07 accepted a position as a strength and conditioning assistant with the Kansas City Chiefs. Carbin became the first-ever full-time strength and conditioning coach at Missouri Western in 2014 after serving one year as a graduate assistant. The 2006 All-MIAA defensive back for the Griffons built the [...]
The MIAA released the 2018-19 All-MIAA Women's Golf Awards on Sunday afternoon, naming Shi Qing Ong the MIAA Women's Golfer of the Year. Ong and Chong Yong were also tabbed to the All-MIAA teams. Ong receives her second-consecutive MIAA Golfer of the Year Award after a remarkable senior season. Her spring season included a historic [...]
Shi Qing Ong Ends Collegiate Career on a High Note Missouri Western golfer Shi Qing Ong advanced to the National Championships for NCAA Division II women's golf in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. She wrapped the three-round tournament, tying for 19th place in the 95-player field. It was her strongest finish in her three national tournament [...]
Baseball The comeback Griffs did it again on Sunday, April 14. Griffon baseball (17-15 overall, 14-10 MIAA) tallied six runs in the bottom of the eighth to clinch a season sweep of rival Northwest Missouri (17-19, 13-11) with a 7-6 victory. They are playing at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas April 18-20 and will [...]
Hollywood FX creature and makeup effects artist Wayne Anderson will visit campus from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, April 24 to give a talk and demonstration. Anderson has worked on movies such as "Stranger Things," "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom," "Bright," "Ghostbusters" and many more. He also sculpted the 2018 predator and was in season [...]
