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 [...]
Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, Missouri Western's president, presents the Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching to Dr. Elizabeth Thorne Wallington in Jefferson City. March 6, 2024--Dr. Elizabeth Thorne Wallington, associate professor of education, is Missouri Western State University’s recipient of the 2024 Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. “Dr. Thorne Wallington is an incredibly [...]
Feb. 23, 2024--Missouri Western will host the 16th annual Conference on Applied Learning in Higher Education (CAHLE) on March 7-8, 2024. The Griffon Office of Applied Learning (GOAL) holds this national conference to highlight the current trends in applied learning, activities in which students use course content, models, theories and skills in real-world or hands-on [...]
Feb. 23, 2024--The Center for Academic Support is holding a free MoGEA Preparation Workshop for Missouri Western students on March 8 from noon to 4 p.m. in Murphy Hall room 109. The Missouri General Education Assessment (MoGEA) is required for all students with an ACT composite score of 19 and below who are pursuing admittance [...]
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 [...]
