Missouri Western State University honored ten employees who are retiring and ten award winners at its annual Faculty and Staff Awards and Retirement Reception on May 2. Award recipients were: Missouri Western Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence Pam Clary, assistant professor of social work and director of the BSW program Shauna Hiley, professor of chemistry [...]
Professors Joanne Katz and David Tushaus (second and third from left) traveled with student Chrissy Clark (second from right) to Indonesia last year. Katz and Tushaus will travel abroad this year through the State Department's Fulbright program. Two members of the legal studies faculty at Missouri Western State University will teach and study [...]
Social work faculty members Dr. Pam Clary (left) and Jana Frye presented the Public Citizen of the Year Award to Dave Summers at the National Association of Social Workers Missouri Chapter Awards Luncheon March 31. Dr. Clary was honored as Social Worker of the Year. Dr. Pam Clary, assistant professor of social work [...]
Missouri Western State University will host the fifth annual conference on Child Abuse: Education, Prevention and Investigation April 19 and 20. Advance registrations are required by Friday, April 14. The registration form and schedule are available on the conference website. The conference will be of special interest to educators, law enforcement officers, nurses, social workers, [...]
The fifth annual Walk for the Homeless will start at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17 at the corner of Sixth and Messanie Streets in downtown St. Joseph and will follow part of the migration path followed by the homeless to access services. The walk to raise awareness and funds for the Social Welfare Board’s clinic [...]
A Missouri Western State University student and two faculty members will discuss a trip to Indonesia at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15 in Spratt Hall, room 203. The presentation, “Building Bridges Across Borders: An Experience in Indonesia,” is free and open to the public. Student Chrissy Clark and legal studies faculty members Joanne Katz and [...]
Aaron Likens Aaron Likens, the Autism Ambassador for Easterseals Midwest in St. Louis, will present “Understanding Autism: From the Other Side of the Wall” at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11 in the Kemper Recital Hall, inside Spratt Hall on the campus of Missouri Western State University. The event is free and open to [...]
Judge Thomas Newton The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District will convene court on the campus of Missouri Western State University from 9:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Oct. 12 in the Kemper Recital Hall, Spratt Hall room 101. The court session is open to the public. A three-judge panel consisting of Western District [...]
The Department of Criminal Justice, Legal Studies and Social Work at Missouri Western State University is hosting its 36th Criminal Justice Day Career and Internship Fair from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6 in the Fulkerson Center. Agencies in law enforcement, corrections, social work and related fields will be on hand to speak [...]
Dr. Harpreet Kaur Dr. Harpreet Kaur, a Fulbright visiting scholar at Miami Dade College in Florida, will present a talk, “The Cultural and Professional Challenges for Women in India,” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6 in the Hoff Conference Rooms, Blum Student Union rooms 218-219 at Missouri Western State University. The presentation is [...]
