Dear Fellow Alumni, Like everyone else, the Missouri Western Alumni Association has learned to adjust to our “new normal” according to COVID-19 protocols. And, like everyone else, we are looking forward to a return to normalcy. What usually is a fall full of activities became a campus in a holding pattern [...]
In early 2021, Missouri Western’s Center for Service and the Kit Bond Science and Technology Incubator both got new leadership. Kim Sigrist ’93 was named director of the Center for Service, which provides students with opportunities to learn and serve by connecting them with volunteer opportunities in the community. Students [...]
Shannon Nold and Nathan Nold ’18, pictured with a portrait of Chad Nold ’93, with Hayden Glaubius, the first recipient of the scholarship, along with Pam Klaus, director of the Center for Franchise Development. The Nolds, Chad ’93, Shannon, and their son, Nathan ’18, are an entrepreneurial family [...]
Michele Chambers '98 Michele Chambers ’98 has been named Assistant Director and Financial Officer of the Missouri Western State University Foundation. After spending the majority of her career with for-profit organizations, Chambers knew she wanted to experience something new, yet familiar. “I liked the idea of working for a nonprofit [...]
Center offers credit for service One of Missouri Western’s values is service, and Dr. Melody Smith said the University is now “putting action” behind that value. After pilot programs in the spring and summer, this fall marked the full launch of the Center for Service, where students can earn credit [...]
Fellow alumni, I am truly excited to have been asked to be the president of the Missouri Western State University Alumni Association for the 2020-21 academic school year. I am a proud ’75 graduate of Missouri Western’s elementary education department, and to this day appreciate the faculty who helped me [...]
Angela Thro was looking at masters programs at several universities when she connected with Dr. Susan Bashinski, dean of Missouri Western’s Graduate School. Missouri Western had just the program she wanted – a masters in K-12 Cross-Categorical Special Education – and she will graduate December 2020. Unlike most of the [...]
Dr. Jordan Siewert never expected to write a book, but when his daughter was born in 2014 with a congenital heart defect, he found that he wanted to share his experiences. “I felt that maybe my story could speak to someone,” said Dr. Siewert, a native of St. Joseph, Missouri. [...]
In the first edition of the alumni newsletter in March 1970, it was announced that Missouri Western had formed an Alumni Association, and a board and officers were elected. According to the article, the purpose of the group was to advance the educational interests of Missouri Western and provide opportunities [...]
