Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, Missouri Western State University president, sent the following email to Missouri Western students and employees on Feb. 11, 2024: Greetings, For the second year in a row and third time in five years, our summer guests, the Kansas City Chiefs, are Super Bowl champions! What a thrill to watch the hard work [...]
Feb. 6, 2024--John Vanderpool, director of housing and residence life at Missouri Western State University, is one of five education professionals in the nation to receive a 2024 Campus Safety and Violence Prevention Award from NASPA, the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. This award comes as a result of Vanderpool’s fast reaction to a [...]
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 [...]
Dec. 18, 2023--The Bushman Planetarium at Missouri Western State University will present a public showing of "Mystery of the Christmas Star" and "Stars of the Pharaohs" at 7 p.m. Tuesday, December 19. The planetarium is located inside Agenstein Hall, room 147. “Mystery of the Christmas Star” Journey back over 2000 years to Bethlehem as we [...]
Students in Dr. Holly Rubalcava's art history class hang prints in the University Gallery ahead of the Dec. 8 opening of “The Art of Humanity.” Dec. 6, 2023--Missouri Western State University’s University Gallery will open a new exhibit on Friday, Dec. 8. A reception will be held on Friday from 4 to 6 [...]
Missouri Western nursing students helped administer flu shots and provide health education during the Student Wellness Fair Oct. 18, 2023, in the Fulkerson Center. Nov. 27, 2023–The baccalaureate and master’s degree nursing programs at Missouri Western State University have been reaccredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) for 10 years, the [...]
Missouri Western students at the 2022 International Fair. Nov. 14, 2023–Missouri Western State University will host its annual International Fair from 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15 in the Fulkerson Center. The fair is free and open to the public. Visitors are invited to bring a non-perishable food item for the Campus [...]
