As a child, Head Football Coach Jerry Partridge ’86 spent many a day on the sidelines of the Ruskin (Mo.) High School football field, watching and learning from his dad, the head coach, and dreaming of the day he’d have his own team to coach. That dream came true when [...]
Jackie Lewin ’66 had been immersed in St. Joseph history for more than four decades when she retired as executive director of the St. Joseph Museums this past spring. Her degree from the Missouri Western Junior College took her to Northwest Missouri State University, where she received a Bachelor of [...]
Brice Garnett '06 Next time you’re watching a golf tournament on the PGA Tour, look for Brice Garnett ’06, a Missouri Western alumnus who advanced into the PGA Tour ranks this season. “It’s the best job in the world. I get to play the best golf courses in [...]
Don Crabtree ’71 was happy to see Missouri Western re-launch its competitive speech and debate program last fall, and if anybody knows about speech and debate programs, it’s him. In September 2012, Crabtree was elected as president of the Board of Directors of the National Forensic League for a two-year [...]
Al Landes ’74, president and chief operating officer of Herzog Contracting Corp. in St. Joseph, Mo., was recently named president of the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). AGC, established in 1918, is the leading association for the construction industry. A full-service national trade association with a nationwide network of [...]
Dr. Joe Friedman ’39 fulfilled a long-time dream when he published his autobiography recently. “I had to write a book because everywhere I went I told stories,” said Dr. Friedman, who turned 94 in March. “I lived a blessed life and I know it. I want to tell people so [...]
Six years ago, Tysa Updike ’08 was featured in a Missouri Western Magazine article when she was selected for a very competitive 12-week summer internship at Allstate Insurance Co. in Chicago. She was hired by Allstate after she graduated the following May and has worked for the company ever since. [...]
When Nikki Hamre ’95 was a senior, the criminal justice major planned to go to law school or the law enforcement academy until a professor of criminal justice, Jill Miller ’73, told her she thought she would be good at working with kids. Turns out it was pretty good advice. [...]
They say it all started with Helen Koch’s great grandmother. In 1905, when Olive Cady enrolled at the St. Joseph Hospital for Educating Nurses in St. Joseph, Mo. as a nontraditional student, she began a legacy of nurses that continues today. And in recent history, many have earned their degrees [...]
