Women’s athletics: today and yesterday The 1972 Title IX law, which championed women’s intercollegiate athletics, marks its 40th anniversary this year, so we looked back on the beginning of women’s athletic teams at Missouri Western, and then took a look at some of the exciting things happening today. Today: Facilities [...]
Hillary Turner said when her family gave up dairy products, many of their digestive problems went away. And when they cut out grains, many more of their issues disappeared. That naturally led her, her parents, and four siblings to the paleo diet, which they have been faithfully following for the [...]
Missouri Western student Jennifer Kepner believes that if meat packing plants had glass walls, more people would stop eating meat, as she has. “Animals have the right to be left alone,” she says. “I can’t eat meat knowing how the animals are slaughtered.” Jennifer had been a vegetarian for about [...]
For Tim Miejan ’83, his desire to live a holistic, healthy lifestyle started at an early age, thanks to his mother, and eventually led to his current career. Tim is the co-owner and editor of The Edge, a monthly magazine that explores all aspects of holistic living. He was hired [...]
The Detwieler family Rachel Detwieler ’03, says she was happy with her accounting degree and enjoyed working as an accountant, but changes in her eating habits have led her to a new love – trying and testing new recipes. “I’m blessed with a husband and children who are willing to [...]
Jennifer Morris grew up on a farm near Cosby, Mo., and couldn’t wait to leave home and move to “the city.” After marrying in 1999, she and her husband, Aaron, settled in a farmhouse in the country, but it wasn’t until her first child was born a few [...]
Commencement Address Bridget Janssen Senior Bridget Janssen, of Scandia, Kan., who will graduate this month with a degree in biochemistry and molecular biology, was selected to give the commencement address in December. “At first I was surprised at being chosen and wondered how in the world I would [...]
Dr. Phil Wann, professor of psychology, always tells his freshmen students to get as broad of an education as possible, and don’t be so quick to jump into the classes that they think they want to major in. “I always advise them to take general studies first. A broad general [...]
One of Missouri Western’s first ladies was honored recently, and a plaque now hangs in her memory in the M.O. Looney Complex. A plaque recognizing Dorsey Looney’s contributions as first lady from 1967-1983, along with a photo of the first family, was dedicated at a ceremony in January. [...]
