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 [...]
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 [...]
The Missouri Western State University Alumni Association has announced the names of its alumni awards honorees. A virtual Alumni Association Awards Banquet will be premiered on YouTube in October. Award winners are: Pat Modlin ’88, retired executive and current business owner: Distinguished Alumni Award. After retiring from Cerner Corporation as [...]
2.4-mile swim 112-mile bicycle ride 26.2-mile run Become an Ironman That is the list now owned by Dr. Adrienne Johnson, associate professor of education, who checked the Ironman goal off her bucket list last fall when she competed in and finished IRONMAN Wisconsin in Madison. Dr. Johnson said she had [...]
