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 [...]
Wes Coatney, Missouri Department of Corrections, presents "Crime Behind the Walls" at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5. The Department of Criminal Justice, Legal Studies and Social Work at Missouri Western State University will host two Criminal Justice Day speaking events on Wednesday, Oct. 5: a career panel at 10 a.m. and guest speaker [...]
A mainstay on the square in Savannah, Missouri, will stay open thanks in part to a loan program administered by the Center for Entrepreneurship within the Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University. The Sports Page, 411 W. Main Street, was recently purchased by Leigh and Stacy Spicer. It was started by the [...]
Jordan Swearngin A Missouri Western State University student will be remembered through a scholarship established in her memory by Cabana Ice Cream in St. Joseph. The first Jordan Swearngin Memorial Scholarship has been awarded to Blair Griffin. Jordan Swearngin, a senior physical education major from Lee’s Summit, Missouri, passed away on Sept. 6, [...]
Missouri Western State University will hold its 20th annual Reading of Challenged and Banned Books at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28 in the Hoff Conference Room, Blum Student Union, room 218. The event, in recognition of the American Library Association’s Banned Book Week, is free and open to the public. Missouri Western students and faculty [...]
The Alumni Association at Missouri Western State University will honor eight individuals at the 34th annual Alumni Awards Banquet at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14 in the Fulkerson Center. Award recipients include: Distinguished Alumni Award The Distinguished Alumni Award was created by the Alumni Association Board of Directors in 1983 to recognize alumni of the [...]
The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University approved promotions and awarded tenure effective with the 2016-2017 academic year for the following faculty members: From Associate Professor to Professor Teresa Harris, Department of Art Jennifer Hegeman, Department of Computer Science, Mathematics & Physics Shauna Hiley, Department of Chemistry Greg Lindsteadt, Department of Criminal Justice, [...]
Missouri Western State University announced the names of students who completed the degree requirements during the spring 2016 semester. A total of 409 degrees were conferred. Graduates include: Agency, Missouri Rebecca Kay Carter, Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education; Joel Allen Henningsen. Bachelor of Science in Mathematics; Zackery Farrell Sisk, Bachelor of Science in Business [...]
The Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education has authorized the Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University to begin offering its first Master of Business Administration degrees. MBA classes will begin in 2017. “This is a very important development in the evolution of our university,” said Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western’s president. “This [...]
Joslyn Spears '16 is the first recipient of the First Ladies' Legacy Scholarship. Joslyn Spears, a 2016 graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Kansas City, Missouri, is the first recipient of Missouri Western State University’s First Ladies' Legacy Scholarship. “As I complete my bachelor’s degree in nursing, I am very [...]
