Dr. David Ashley, professor of biology, participating in the investigation of the Heartland virus. Missouri Western State University will inaugurate a new series of presentations, the Missouri Western Symposium on Applied Learning, with a talk titled “A New Virus in the Heartland” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6 in Agenstein Hall, room 324. [...]
Missouri Western State University’s School of Fine Arts presents a production of Mozart’s opera “The Magic Flute” Nov. 1-3 that combines talented live performers and eye-popping digital animation. Performances are scheduled at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 1 and 2, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3 in the Potter Hall Theater. Tickets are $10 [...]
More than 50 employers and graduate schools will participate in the Fall Career Day and Technical Job Fair from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29 in the Fulkerson Center at Missouri Western State University. The event is sponsored by Missouri Western’s Career Development Center. It is free and open to all Missouri Western students [...]
The Residence Hall Association at Missouri Western State University invites the public to campus for this year’s Trick or Treat Off the Streets on Tuesday, Oct. 29 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Halloween Party begins in the Commons building and features games, prizes and tours through each participating residence hall, where students will [...]
Two members of the biology faculty will speak about creatures many people are simultaneously frightened of and curious about on the Missouri Western State University campus. Dr. Mark Mills presents “Snakes Alive: It’s the Year of the Snake” at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 in Agenstein Hall, room 224. Dr. David Ashley presents “Batty About [...]
Missouri Western State University has announced plans to end operations of its community literacy program, Pass the Power Adult Literacy, effective October 31. Many of the services provided by Pass the Power will now be provided by the St. Joseph School District. Dr. Gordon Mapley, dean and executive director of the Western Institute at Missouri [...]
Noted photographers Will and Deni McIntyre will show their work and talk about their careers at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30 in Spratt Hall room 205 on the campus of Missouri Western State University. The presentation is free and open to the public. The McIntyres’ talk is titled “Don’t Harsh Our Mellow: A 21st Century [...]
A parliamentary debate team from Missouri Western State University won first place in the Novice Division of the first tournament the Griffon Debate and Forensics team entered this fall. Freshmen Graham Deckard of Kansas City, Mo., and Eli Dodge of Stewartsville, Mo., brought home the first place award in the Parliamentary Debate Novice Division at [...]
Missouri Western State University will dedicate an interactive memorial to one of St. Joseph’s most illustrious native sons, Walter Cronkite. The public dedication ceremony of the Walter Cronkite Memorial will take place on November 4–what would have been the noted newsman’s 97th birthday. “Walter Cronkite is probably the most significant journalist of the 20th century,” [...]
The Missouri Western State University Faculty Piano Trio will present their first performance together Sunday, Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Potter Hall Theater on the Missouri Western campus. Admission is free. […]
