Feb. 23, 2024--Missouri Western’s Pop Culture Club is hosting two talks on campus in March. Both events are free and open to the public. Professor of Philosophy Dr. Jim Okapal will present “Enhancement and Alienation in 'Flowers for Algernon’” on March 1 at noon in Popplewell 207. Associate Professor of Cinema Toby Lawrence will present [...]
Feb. 23, 2024--Dr. Tilottama Roy, associate professor of biology at Missouri Western, has joined the Applications in Plant Sciences (APPS) editorial board. The APPS is a peer-reviewed journal published by the Botanical Society of America. As a recruiting editor, Dr. Roy will identify and recruit potential authors for individual submissions, with a particular focus on [...]
Feb. 5, 2024--The Potter Art Gallery at Missouri Western State University will host Gaze - Paintings by Benjamin Parks, a solo exhibition of his large-scale portrait paintings intended to represent unmasked emotion and connection. The opening reception will be at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 8 inside the gallery. It is open to the public [...]
Guest clinician and artist Trent Austin Feb. 5, 2024--The Missouri Western School of Fine Arts will host the 17th annual Jazz Festival, featuring Trent Austin on trumpet, on Thursday, Feb. 8 from 8 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. The festival is open to the public and admission is free. Nineteen school groups will perform [...]
Dr. Lenny Klaver, president, NCMC; Pete Gray, CEO, Gray Manufacturing; Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, president, Missouri Western; and Stet Schanze, president, Gray Manufacturing. Feb. 1, 2024--The central shop area in the Convergent Technology Alliance Center (CTAC) that is currently under construction on the campus of Missouri Western State University will bear the name of [...]
Jan. 9, 2024--For the third year in a row, Missouri Western State University has received a state grant to address the growing nursing shortage. The $386,780 grant from the Missouri State Board of Nursing will be used to develop an accelerated program for registered nurses with an associate’s degree to get master’s degrees that will [...]
Dec. 18, 2023--The Bushman Planetarium at Missouri Western State University will present a public showing of "Mystery of the Christmas Star" and "Stars of the Pharaohs" at 7 p.m. Tuesday, December 19. The planetarium is located inside Agenstein Hall, room 147. “Mystery of the Christmas Star” Journey back over 2000 years to Bethlehem as we [...]
Students in Dr. Holly Rubalcava's art history class hang prints in the University Gallery ahead of the Dec. 8 opening of “The Art of Humanity.” Dec. 6, 2023--Missouri Western State University’s University Gallery will open a new exhibit on Friday, Dec. 8. A reception will be held on Friday from 4 to 6 [...]
Missouri Western nursing students helped administer flu shots and provide health education during the Student Wellness Fair Oct. 18, 2023, in the Fulkerson Center. Nov. 27, 2023–The baccalaureate and master’s degree nursing programs at Missouri Western State University have been reaccredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) for 10 years, the [...]
Nov. 7, 2023--The Potter Hall Art Gallery at Missouri Western State University will host a closing reception for its Benedictine College Art Faculty Exhibition from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9 in the gallery. The reception is free and open to the public. The exhibition features paintings, prints, drawings and ceramics by Jay Wallace, [...]
