At a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Aug. 30, Missouri Western State University celebrated the past and the future of the Thomas Eagleton Indoor Pool in the Looney Complex on campus. The pool has undergone approximately $600,000 in renovations this summer, including renovation of the entire pool shell interior and pool deck, the addition of a new [...]
Members of the Class of 2020 pose for a group photo during Griffon Edge 2016. The freshman class starting the fall semester at Missouri Western State University is almost four percent larger than the class from a year ago. “An increased freshman class is a very encouraging sign for our enrollment going forward,” [...]
Missouri Western State University will celebrate the grand opening of the new Craig Field at Spratt Memorial Stadium and the completion of Victory Plaza with a St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce Ribbon-Cutting ceremony at noon on Wednesday, Aug. 31. The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will be held at Victory Plaza, [...]
The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University has renewed the University’s contract with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City to provide health insurance to the university’s employees. The cost to Missouri Western will decrease by nearly 7 percent, with no change to plan design or benefits. “We anticipated a very positive [...]
When completed, the video scoreboard on Craig Field at Spratt Stadium will be the largest in the MIAA. The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University approved the purchase of audio-visual equipment for the new video scoreboard for Craig Field at Spratt Memorial Stadium. The equipment is expected to be installed before [...]
The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University has approved operating and auxiliary budgets for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The operating budget for 2016-2017 totals approximately $53.3 million, up slightly from the current year’s estimated budget of nearly $53 million. The auxiliary budget totals approximately $11.6 million, down from the current year’s [...]
Tuition for most Missouri Western State University students will remain unchanged for the 2016-2017 school year. The Board of Governors set in-state undergraduate tuition on the St. Joseph campus at $197.79 per credit hour, unchanged from last year. Out-of-state and graduate students and those taking classes at the Kansas City Northland campus or Penn Valley [...]
The swimming pool inside the M.O. Looney Complex at Missouri Western State University will remain open. Missouri Western’s Board of Governors authorized nearly $600,000 in renovations to the pool, and approved a five-year programming and use agreement with the City of St. Joseph. The agreement is subject to the approval of the St. Joseph City [...]
