Campus Kudos Biology major Esther Par has won the prestigious Stan Hudson Research Grant Award from the Missouri Native Plant Society for her research on the evolutionary diversification of the temperate North American false foxgloves plants with endangered prairie native species which she is conducting with [...]
Distinguished Alum Teresa Fankhauser ’79 Teresa Fankhauser graduated from Missouri Western with a Bachelor of Science in Education – Speech/Theatre. Fankhauser joined the St. Joseph Allied Arts Council in 2005 and currently serves as the executive director. She works with local arts agencies, Missouri Western, the [...]
Dr. Teddi Deka, honors director and professor of psychology; Dr. Jennifer Jackson, assistant professor of communication; and Dr. Jordan Atkinson, assistant professor of communication, presented “Building a Better Brand,” designed to facilitate creation of branding kits for use in honors programs to increase consistency in appearance and message, at the [...]
New master’s degree for teachers Missouri Western began offering a new master’s degree for teachers this fall that is 100% online. The Master of Applied Science in Assessment Differentiated Instruction is for teachers or administrators in pre-K through 12th grade. “Today’s Pre-K-12 classrooms are more diverse than ever, and finding [...]
So how did seniors Merle Phillips and Rebecca Prest spend their summer vacations? Both were selected to participate in the Research Experience for Undergraduates program, where they conducted research for 10 weeks at two top-notch research institutions. Phillips, a chemistry major, worked in a research lab at Harvard University in [...]
The Master of Science in Nursing program recently received a 10-year reaccreditation from Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. Music student Matthew Bobela received the Mayors Distinguished Citizen Award at the annual Mayors Thanksgiving Dinner at the St. Joseph Civic Arena last fall. He received the award in recognition of his [...]
R. J. Claassen II ’87 B.S. in Chemistry Baytown, Texas 1st Student Regent 1985-86 (the term changed to two years in 1986) What is your current job title and what are your duties? I am the Global Operations and Baytown Technology and Engineering Center Site Manager for ExxonMobil Chemical, and [...]
Patsy and Wes Remington with Dr. James Scanlon at the groundbreaking of Remington Hall in 2008. Patricia “Patsy” Lee Remington died July 25, 2018. She was born on August 19, 1932, to Charles O.A. and Marian Irene (Jones) Smith in Mound City, Missouri. Remington was a graduate of Central High [...]
Shawn Malone When Shawn Malone ’87 was in high school trying to figure out how he would pay for college, his sister, who was a Missouri Western student at the time, told her chemistry professor, Dr. Len Archer, about him, and Dr. Archer helped Malone receive a chemistry [...]
