April 3, 2025--Dr. Evan Elizabeth Hart, associate professor of history, is Missouri Western State University’s recipient of the Missouri Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. The Governor’s Award is sponsored by the Missouri Council on Public Higher Education and will be presented this week in Jefferson City. Dr. Hart has been at Missouri Western since [...]
April 2, 2025--Missouri Western State University has named Dr. Andy Otto as vice president of enrollment management and marketing. Dr. Otto is currently vice president of enrollment services at William Woods University, Fulton, Missouri. Dr. Otto will begin his duties April 23, 2025. “I’m excited to welcome Dr. Andy Otto to the Griffon family,” said [...]
Jan. 23, 2025--Missouri Western’s Center for Service will honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with the fourth annual What Are You Doing for Others Day of Service from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 24 from at the Houlne Center for Convergent Technology. Three shifts of students, faculty and staff [...]
Dec. 19, 2024--A dozen cadets will graduate from the Missouri Western State University Law Enforcement Academy during a ceremony at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20 in the Fulkerson Center. Members of the 63rd LEA class will receive certificates from the academy and badges from their future employers. Captain Mike Hess of the Buchanan County Sheriff’s [...]
Nov. 20, 2024--Missouri Western State University has named Dr. Jay Johnson as provost and vice president of academic affairs. Dr. Johnson, currently associate provost for academic operations and undergraduate studies at Northwest Missouri State University, will begin his duties Jan.13, 2025. “I’m excited to welcome Dr. Jay Johnson to the Griffon family,” said Dr. Elizabeth [...]
Dr. Lenny Klaver, Dr. Ben Boggs, Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, Tim Houlne, State Rep. Brenda Shields and State Rep. Dean Van Schoiack cut the ribbon at the Houlne Center for Convergent Technology. Nov. 15, 2024--Missouri Western State University, North Central Missouri College and numerous public and private partners formally cut the ribbon on the [...]
Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy and Mike Poore sign the Nursing Scholars of Promise agreement in the Mosaic Life Care Auxiliary Community Lab at Missouri Western State University on Nov. 7. Nov. 7, 2024 – Missouri Western State University and Mosaic Life Care have signed a partnership agreement to provide financial, academic and career support [...]
Nov. 4, 2024--Missouri Western State University is updating two of the oldest buildings on campus to provide modern spaces for learning and collaboration. The Board of Governors recently approved construction contracts to renovate Potter Hall and the Hearnes Center. “The projects will provide inspiring and dynamic gathering and learning spaces for students,” said Dr. Elizabeth [...]
Oct. 24, 2024--Missouri Western State University has decided to end its Gold Friday initiative, a four-day class schedule intended to provide one day a week for learning activities outside the classroom. Beginning in Fall 2025, Missouri Western will return to a five-day class schedule. “Gold Fridays was an initiative begun with great intentions. Although we [...]
Oct. 10, 2024--Missouri Western State University will celebrate Homecoming 2024 the week of Oct. 14-19, with a new twist: the annual Homecoming Parade at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 19 will be moving onto campus for the first time in more than 25 years. “We are bringing Homecoming home,” said Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, Missouri Western’s president. [...]
