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 [...]
March 31, 2025--Missouri Western State University’s School of Fine Arts (SFA) will host an opening reception for the Senior Art Exhibition from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, April 4 at the Drew Brown Art Gallery in Potter Hall. This year’s exhibit is a culmination of student work from graduating graphic design and digital animation students [...]
March 14, 2025--The Bushman Planetarium at Missouri Western State University will present public showings at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 14 and Friday, March 21. The planetarium is located inside Agenstein Hall, room 147. Friday, March 14 “Sea Monsters” Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when mighty dinosaurs dominated the land [...]
March 14, 2025--Missouri Western State University has named Rebecca Lobina as director of workforce development. Lobina, currently continuing professional education director at Northwest Missouri State and regional director of the Missouri Small Business Development Center, will begin her duties April 1. “I am thrilled and very excited to bring Rebecca to MO West,” said Dr. [...]
Attendees at the 2025 Missouri Governor's Student Leadership Forum met with Governor Mike Kehoe on Feb. 14, 2025. Photo provided by Tim Bommel, photojournalist, Missouri House of Representatives. March 7, 2025--Patty Lashbrook, a senior applied communications and journalism major at Missouri Western State University, was one of about 70 students from across Missouri [...]
Feb. 28, 2025--Six more partners have invested in Saint Joseph and its skilled workforce through their support of Missouri Western State University’s new Houlne Center for Convergent Technology. “The Houlne Center’s goal is to strengthen the region’s skilled workforce, and it will take people, programs, and places to make that happen,” said Marc Archambault, vice [...]
Feb. 28, 2025--Missouri Western State University awarded degrees and certificates to 202 students during the fall 2024 semester. Graduates are listed below by hometown. Florida Homestead: Deiondre Williams, Bachelor of Science in Recreation Sport Management, Sport Studies Georgia Kennesaw: Hailey Ann Janese Crane, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Accounting Illinois Collinsville: Jeremiah Hayes, Bachelor [...]
Feb. 21, 2025--Missouri Western State University will host the 17th annual Conference on Applied Learning in Higher Education (CALHE) on MWSU’s campus March 6-7. The Griffon Office of Applied Learning (GOAL) holds this national conference to highlight student work in hands-on applications and discuss new trends in both teaching and learning. The 2025 conference theme [...]
Photo provided by Griffon Media. Feb. 10, 2025--The music program at Missouri Western State University will host its 18th Annual MWSU Jazz Festival on Thursday, Feb. 13. During the day, 19 school groups will perform in Blum 219 and the Fulkerson Center. Each ensemble performs for the judges, receiving recorded and written critiques [...]
Feb. 7, 2025--The Bushman Planetarium at Missouri Western State University will present public showings at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 14 and Friday, Feb. 21. The planetarium is located inside Agenstein Hall, room 147. Friday, Feb. 14 “Sea Monsters” Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when mighty dinosaurs dominated the land [...]
