Creating an international experience for all Missouri Western State University students was the goal President Matthew Wilson had for the new Global Center on campus.
Students and faculty gathered Tuesday afternoon for the grand opening of the center in Eder Hall Room 101.
Wilson began working on the project at the start of the school year because of all the international experience and expertise the university had that he felt should be shown.
“We had an international center and we thought let’s up our game and turn it into a global center so everybody that comes to Missouri Western knows we have this international presence,” Wilson said.
Another aspect that inspired Wilson to make this project happen at Western was his own international experience in Japan, where he lived for 14 years.
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