For the second year in a row, Griffon women’s golfer Shi Qing Ong played in the NCAA Division II National Championships in May 2018. The junior birdied a three-player, one-hole playoff for one of the final two individual qualifying spots. Ong finished the tournament in a three-way tie for fifth [...]
Missouri Western athletics started a new tradition last year, and it looks to be one with some staying power. In 2017, head football coach Matt Williamson ’96 hadn’t been on the job very long when he was pondering what could be Griffon football’s tradition. Williamson fondly remembered his time as [...]
When Sarah (Cool) McCauley ’08 was getting ready to play the piano at her church’s service on New Year’s Day in 2017, she never dreamed that by the time the service was over, her life would be changed forever and just one year later, she would be married and living [...]
Everything fell into place one morning when Jake Proffit ’17 walked out the front door of his home. In the weeks prior to that, he had been pondering and drawing up plans for a new sculpture for Potter Hall. When he walked out his front door and saw a cocoon [...]
Phil Thompson A solid first-ever indoor track and field season for Missouri Western ended with an outstanding accomplishment. Senior Phil Thompson finished third in the triple jump at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field National Championships to give the program its first-ever All-American in year one. [...]
Dr. Sharon Kosek ’77 has a true passion for the arts and has turned that passion into extraordinary volunteerism. As a testament to her devotion, she recently received the 2018 Missouri State Award for Leadership in the Arts from the Missouri Arts Council, and in June, she will receive the [...]
From the 1991 Griffon Yearbook It was the early ’80s. The Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity was popular on campus and could always be counted on to cheer loudly at football games. One day, one of the members had an idea. He wanted to build a cannon and shoot [...]
Colleen Kowich, Alumni Relations Director, and Dr. Jimmy Albright are planning a 10-day trip to Israel for alumni and friends of Missouri Western. The trip will take place May 22-31, 2018. “We couldn’t have hoped for a better guide than Dr. Albright,” Kowich said. “His experience and knowledge of Israel [...]
Throughout its 102-year history, Missouri Western has never lost sight of its mission of preparing students for careers and providing work-ready employees for businesses and organizations. A News-Press/Gazette article about the St. Joseph Junior College noted that many people returned to college in the 1930s during the Great Depression, seeking [...]
