Walk for the homeless 2023, photo provided by GriffonNews.com. Oct. 18, 2024--Missouri Western State University’s Organization of Student Social Workers will host the 13th annual Walk for the Homeless on Friday, Nov. 1 in downtown St. Joseph. Check in begins at 4 p.m. The walk will begin at 4:30 p.m. at 6th and [...]
April 9, 2024--Missouri Western State University and the St. Joseph Human Rights Commission will be hosting Families in Focus: Empowering Children Amidst Parental Incarceration from 9:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17 in Leah Spratt Hall, rooms 214 and 216. Registration begins at 9 a.m. The event will end at 12:15 p.m., followed by [...]
March 19, 2024--Missouri Western State University welcomes a Fulbright Scholar in Residence for the Spring 2024 semester. Dr. Asha Bajpai, a distinguished scholar in child rights and child advocacy, will be joining the campus community from March 1 to the end of the semester. “As part of the Fulbright Scholar Program, Dr. Bajpai will bring a [...]
Oct. 13, 2023--The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, will convene at Missouri Western State University on October 18, 2023. The oral arguments will begin at 9 a.m. in the Kemper Recital Hall, Leah Spratt Hall room 101. A three-judge panel consisting of Judge Edward Ardini, Jr., Judge Anthony Rex Gabbert, and Judge Thomas Chapman [...]
June 5, 2023--The Missouri Western State University Regional Law Enforcement Academy will hold graduation ceremonies for Class No. 59 and Class No. 60 at 6 p.m. Friday, June 9, in the Fulkerson Center on the Missouri Western campus. A brief reception will follow in the Enright Community Rooms, Spratt 214-216. The event is free and [...]
Lonnie Bishop May 23, 2023–A veteran of the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department will lead Missouri Western State University’s Law Enforcement Academy. Lonnie Bishop will begin his duties as commander of the LEA on June 16. “The Law Enforcement Academy is an important way that we serve the region, training the people who keep [...]
Petronilla Sylvester in the St. Joseph City Council chambers. March 3, 2023–A Missouri Western professor was recently named to the St. Joseph Human Rights Commission. Petronilla Sylvester, assistant professor of legal studies, was nominated to the commission by Mayor John Josendale and confirmed by the City Council. Her term expires Jan. 9, 2026. [...]
March 2, 2023--The Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies (CJLS) and the Social Work program at Missouri Western State University will host a career exploration event for approximately 30 high school students from the St. Joseph School District on Friday, March 3. Students will be divided into groups based on interest and have 45-minute [...]
A social work student discusses his poster during the Human Rights Fair in 2017. Nov. 29, 2022--The social work program at Missouri Western State University will host its annual Human Rights Fair on Thursday, Dec. 1. The event includes a poster session and a keynote speech by social work alum Alex Peters ‘15. [...]
Video of 2021 Walk for the Homeless courtesy of Northwest Health Services Oct. 27, 2022--St. Joseph’s annual Walk for the Homeless will be held on Friday, Nov, 4 in downtown St. Joseph. Registration begins at 4 p.m. and the Walk at 4:30 p.m. The walk starts at the corner of 6th and [...]
