St. Joseph, Mo. —March 22, 2022—Missouri Western State University conferred a total of 371 undergraduate and graduate degrees and certificates during the Summer and Fall semesters, 2021. Graduates came from 19 states and three foreign countries. Arizona Scottsdale: Travon D. Harris, Bachelor of Science in Recreation Sport Management, Sport Management California Sacramento: Terrance March, Bachelor [...]
March 18. 2022--The Center for Entrepreneurship in the Craig School of Business presented two individuals with the Entrepreneur of the Year and Emerging Entrepreneur Awards at the 2022 Entrepreneurship Week Capstone Business Luncheon Friday, March 18. Martial Thevenot, Entrepreneur of the Year The Entrepreneur of the Year Award honors an entrepreneur who has been in [...]
March 18, 2022--Missouri Western State University’s Center for Academic Support (CAS) has been awarded a five-year certification for Levels 1, 2 and 3 as a certified tutor training program by the internationally recognized College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA). The Center for Academic Support has worked hard to develop a tutor training [...]
March 15, 2022--A $500,000 gift from Mosaic Life Care and the Mosaic Life Care Foundation will allow Missouri Western State University to create a new Interprofessional Lab for its health care programs, including the new Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Therapy program. The Mosaic gift supplements a $444,152 GEER Excels grant from the State of Missouri. [...]
Artemii Udovenko, Taylor Edwards, Mya Riley and Daraja Pollard-Scott with Missouri Governor Mike Parson. March 1, 2022 – Four Missouri Western State University students were among 60 collegiate students nominated to attend the 37th Annual Missouri Governor’s Student Leadership Forum on Faith and Values held February 25-27, 2022, in Jefferson City, Missouri. Attending [...]
March 1, 2022--A small grant from the American Psychological Association will support suicide awareness and prevention efforts by a Missouri Western State University faculty member and her students. Dr. Nuchelle Chance, assistant professor of psychology, received the grant through the APA’s Commission on Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention and Training in Psychology Task Force. The grant [...]
March 1, 2022--The Craig School of Business Center for Entrepreneurship will host Entrepreneurship Week, a series of workshops and events March 14-18 at Missouri Western State University. The weeklong program is designed for local business professionals, aspiring entrepreneurs, college students, and those curious about the skills needed to run a small business. Experts and business [...]
Feb. 28, 2022-- On Friday, Feb. 25, 2022, Missouri Western State University’s cinema program hosted the Future Filmmaker Festival for high school students interested in filmmaking and pursuing cinema at a university level. Nearly 50 high school students from across Missouri attended the one-day festival. The high school students were able to attend [...]
Feb. 25, 2022--Dr. Tilottama Roy, assistant professor of biology at Missouri Western State University, has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant of $863,000 to fund undergraduate student research into the evolution and diversification of a group of mint plants that include numerous species that have been federally listed as endangered. Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy [...]
Feb. 18, 2022--Effective immediately, face coverings are encouraged but no longer required in all indoor spaces on the campus of Missouri Western State University. “This University masking policy change reflects several indicators reviewed by the COVID-19 Response Team every week,” said Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, Missouri Western’s president, in an email to campus. “We’ve seen both [...]
