A partnership between a local animal health company and Missouri Western has brought an international researcher to campus. At the invitation of Bob Norton ’73, CEO and chair of the board of BioZyme Inc. in St. Joseph, Dr. Dr. Ignacio Ipharraguerre in Missouri Western's Science and Technology Center [...]
A long-time Missouri Western relationship with the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs led to several students joining crews to fight wildland fires or participate in prescribed burns for the past several years. That relationship has now expanded to give students the opportunity to also work in wildfire base camps. Dr. [...]
For the third year in a row, students in Dr. William Russell’s Research Methods course won the McSwegin Research Award at the Missouri Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Convention in Lake Ozark, Missouri. Student winners in 2017 were Miranda Migletz, Paige Mathews and Camile Banez. Honors student [...]
Mike McKenzie ’77 recently established an endowed scholarship in memory of Dr. Leo Galloway, professor emeritus of biology who passed away in 2012. McKenzie graduated with a Bachelor of Science in biology, and fondly remembers Dr. Galloway. “Dr. Galloway impacted the lives of many students during his tenure,” he said. “I [...]
Leah Swindler ’13 says there are not really any manuals on how to save severely dilapidated properties, but she is learning and learning quickly. The St. Joseph native said she grew up admiring all of St. Joseph’s beautiful, historic buildings, so it should come as no surprise that she is [...]
Enrollment up: A total of 5,562 students enrolled as of the official census date Sept. 25, 2017, including a 16.2 percent growth in the number of new freshmen. The total includes 5,321 undergraduate students and 241 graduate students and represents an overall increase of 3.2 percent over 2016-17 official enrollment. [...]
Who said, “I can’t help but think about designing things and coming up with ways to make things better”? Thomas Edison? Nikola Tesla? No, Missouri Western student Justin Turner, who will graduate this fall with a biology degree, minors in business and entrepreneurship, and his own business that he started [...]
Fulbright Scholar and Fulbright Specialist Two legal studies faculty members were selected to teach as part of the U.S. Department of State’s Fulbright Scholar Program. Joanne Katz, professor of legal studies, received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to Vietnam to teach mediation and restorative justice this fall. David Tushaus, [...]
Computer science students bring home the hardware Students brought home a record number of awards from the Association of Information Technology Professionals National Collegiate Conference and Career Fair in St. Louis last spring. The 31 students earned two first-place awards, two second-place awards, two third-place and four honorable mentions in [...]
