In March 2018, Missouri Western reached an agreement with T&G Real Estate Solutions, LLC to begin planning for the possible development of University-owned property. The agreement with T&G covers approximately 80 acres of land at the northeast corner of 50th Street and Mitchell Avenue, which is east of the main [...]
Award-winning journalist and television host Chris Wallace will be the featured speaker Chris Wallace, the 2018 R. Dan Boulware Convocation on Critical Issues at the 25th annual R. Dan Boulware Convocation on Critical Issues this fall. His presentation, “A View from Washington,” begins at 10 a.m. Nov. 13 [...]
ET joins the Craig School of Business Effective this fall, the Department of Engineering Technology will join the Steven L. Craig School of Business to form the Steven L. Craig School of Business and Technology. Dr. Jeanne Daffron, who had been serving as provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, [...]
Provost retires Dr. Jeanne Daffron '75 Dr. Jeanne Daffron ’75, provost and vice president for academic affairs, retired on June 30, 2018, but will continue working part-time for a year to assist in the transition. Dr. Doug Davenport, associate provost for research, planning and institutional effectiveness, is serving [...]
As part of ongoing efforts to reduce costs for students and help them finish college in a timely manner, Missouri Western reduced the number of credit hours required to earn a bachelor’s degree from 124 to 120, effective this fall semester. Credit requirements within majors or minors will not change, [...]
Yuriy Litvinski Yuriy Litvinski was named the new head coach of men’s and women’s cross country and track & field teams in July 2018. He had been the assistant at Idaho State University, an NCAA Division I school since 2016 and women’s assistant coach at Angelo State University [...]
For the second year in a row, Griffon women’s golfer Shi Qing Ong played in the NCAA Division II National Championships in May 2018. The junior birdied a three-player, one-hole playoff for one of the final two individual qualifying spots. Ong finished the tournament in a three-way tie for fifth [...]
Missouri Western athletics started a new tradition last year, and it looks to be one with some staying power. In 2017, head football coach Matt Williamson ’96 hadn’t been on the job very long when he was pondering what could be Griffon football’s tradition. Williamson fondly remembered his time as [...]
1970s Dr. Julie Albee ’76 was awarded the Parkway Distinguished Professor Award from Parkway Baptist Church in St. Louis. The award is for outstanding professional and personal contributions to Christian education. Dr. Albee is a professor of education and director of student learning improvement at Hannibal-LaGrange University in Hannibal, Missouri. [...]
