Oct. 11, 2024–Actor Sharon Blynn will deliver an interactive career guidance presentation to Missouri Western State University cinematic arts, graphic design, and digital animation students on Tuesday, Oct. 22, starting at 5:00 p.m. in the Kemper Recital Hall, Leah Spratt Hall, Room 101. “As part of Missouri Western’s applied learning model, this presentation is designed [...]
Oct. 9, 2024--The Drew Brown Art Gallery in Potter Hall at Missouri Western State University will host the 2024 MWSU Art Faculty Exhibition Oct. 17-Dec. 15. An opening reception will be held in the gallery from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17. The reception is free and open to the public. This exhibition highlights [...]
The Golden Griffon Marching Band performs in front of the Glenn E. Marion Clocktower on Family Day, Sept. 14, 2024. The band will host the 38th annual Tournament of Champions for area high schools on Oct. 8. Oct. 4, 2024--The Missouri Western’s Golden Griffon Marching Band and the MWSU Music Department present the [...]
Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, Missouri Western's president, and Drew Brown with a bust of Brown on permanent display in Potter Hall. Aug. 21, 2024--The art gallery inside Potter Hall at Missouri Western State University bears a new name. The Drew Brown Art Gallery salutes a longtime community activist and staunch supporter of Missouri Western. [...]
April 23, 2024--A team of four undergraduate students from Missouri Western State University won the Trisha Yarbrough Collaborative Research Competition at the Alpha Chi National Conference in Birmingham, Alabama on April 6. The victory came with a $5,000 award. The winning team was made up of seniors Jordon Anderson, nursing major from St. Joseph; Juniper [...]
April 12, 2024--The St. Joseph Symphony presents The Future’s So Bright, a musical performance featuring two Missouri Western State University students, at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 20 at the Missouri Theater, 717 Edmond Street in St. Joseph. Student performers include aria and concerto contest winners Sara Poet, senior music major from St. Joseph, and David [...]
April 4, 2024--The opening reception for the 2024 Missouri Western State University Senior Art Exhibition will be 5-7 p.m. Friday, April 5, in the Potter Hall Gallery and Lobby. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public. The Senior Exhibition is the culmination of years of hard work for graduating graphic design [...]
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. 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 [...]
