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 [...]
Dear Friends, As cliché as it is becoming to say, these are unprecedented times, and the fall semester at Missouri Western was no exception. As always, our priority was providing our students with a high-quality education in a safe environment, and thanks to the diligence of everyone in the campus [...]
Missouri Western will expand its scholarship for A+ certified high school graduates from Missouri. “A+ students are committed to their education and good citizens of their community, and they have a lot to contribute to the vitality of our campus,” said Dr. Melissa Mace, vice president for enrollment management. Missouri students [...]
Dr. Jim and Carol Roever Dr. James ( Jim) and Carol Roever recently established an endowed scholarship through the Missouri Western Foundation. Eligible students must be declared business majors who have completed at least 60 hours and have a minimum GPA of 3.5. “As former Missouri Western employees, [...]
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 [...]
Zoë Jones was named the 2020 Missouri Western Student Employee of the Year and Student Employee of the Year for the State of Missouri. She served as editor-in-chief of the Griffon News student newspaper. The National Student Employment Association, in conjunction with the Midwest Association of Student Employment Administrators, coordinates [...]
Dear Friends, My name is Elizabeth Kennedy, and I am humbled to have been asked to serve as Missouri Western’s interim president. I want to start by thanking you for your dedication to, and faith in, Missouri Western State University. Without the support of our alumni and friends, we would [...]
Missouri Western has recently established a new Center for Excellence in Applied Healthcare Learning (CEAHL). CEAHL strives to expand capacity for nursing and health professions programs and strengthen hands-on learning opportunities for the region through enhanced access, quality, attracting new students and providing responsible education and training needs. The expanded [...]
In March 2020, Missouri Western signed another chiropractic school admissions agreement, this one with Logan University-College of Chiropractic in Chesterfield, Missouri. The agreement states that if a student maintains a 3.0 GPA for three years at Missouri Western, they will have automatic matriculation to Logan. The first-year Logan chiropractic curriculum [...]
