The Spring Commencement Ceremony for approximately 500 graduates of Missouri Western State University will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 6 on Craig Field at Spratt Memorial Stadium. Stadium gates will open to guests at 9:30 a.m. The Missouri Western State University Alumni Association will hold a reception for graduates and their families following [...]
The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University approved tuition and room and board rates for the 2017-2018 school year. For undergraduate, in-state students, tuition will rise 2.4 percent, or $4.77 per credit hour, to $204.14 per credit hour. The increase is in line with limits set by state statute. All other rates, including [...]
Missouri Western State University graphic design seniors will present their final portfolios at the 2017 Design Portfolio Review from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 2, at the emPowerU campus, 518 S. 6th Street in downtown St. Joseph. The portfolio review is free. The public is invited to view the portfolios and visit with 12 [...]
Primitive structures created by students in Missouri Western State University’s 3d Design classes will be displayed in an open house from 8 a.m. to noon Friday, April 28. Light refreshments will be served. The open house is free and open to the public. The students have created primitive structures using only natural materials. The students [...]
Dr. Julie Jedlicka, assistant professor of biology at Missouri Western State University, and faculty colleagues at Humboldt State University in California have won a $250,000 National Science Foundation grant to study the roles of birds, insects and climate change in the ecology of coffee production in Kenya. The International Research Experiences for Students grant will [...]
The Missouri Western State University Concert Chorale will participate in the final concert of the St. Joseph Symphony Orchestra’s 2016-2017 Concert Series, “Mastery of Mozart and Beethoven,” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 29 at the historic Missouri Theater in Downtown St. Joseph. The Chorus, under the direction of Dr. Elise Hepworth, will join the St. [...]
The Department of Theatre, Cinema and Dance in the School of Fine Arts at Missouri Western State University will hold two events on Sunday, April 30 in the Potter Hall Theater. Spectrum: A Dance Showcase will be held at 2 p.m., and the Griffon Film Festival will be held at 7 p.m. Both events are [...]
Aung Moe Kyaw performing with the Founder & Director of Myanmar Music Festival, American pianist Kimball Gallagher. Aung Moe Kyaw, a Missouri Western State University music major from Myanmar, was invited to perform at a private concert in Washington, D.C. on April 21, 2017. The event was hosted by Derek Mitchell, former US [...]
The Student Government Association at Missouri Western State University held their annual Awards Banquet on April 19 in the Hall of Fame Room at Spratt Memorial Stadium. The annual banquet included the swearing-in of incoming Student Body President Kyle Fuson, junior business major from St. Joseph, and Vice President Reece Christensen, sophomore political science major [...]
Professors Joanne Katz and David Tushaus (second and third from left) traveled with student Chrissy Clark (second from right) to Indonesia last year. Katz and Tushaus will travel abroad this year through the State Department's Fulbright program. Two members of the legal studies faculty at Missouri Western State University will teach and study [...]
