The jazz program of the Missouri Western State University Department of Music will present its Fall Jazz Concert, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 15, in the Potter Hall Theater. The concert will feature performances by the Jazz Lab Band, Vocal Jazz, and Jazz Ensemble, showcasing classic jazz literature as well as new contemporary literature by [...]
For the second consecutive year, the Golden Griffon Marching Band of Missouri Western State University will lead Rudolph’s Holly Jolly Christmas Light Parade at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. The band will lead the parade at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12 for an anticipated crowd of around 16,000 people. Rudolph’s Holly Jolly Christmas Light [...]
The fifth annual International Fair at Missouri Western State University will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14 in the Fulkerson Center. The event is free and open to the public. Fairgoers will have the opportunity to sample foods and talk to students from countries around the world. There will also be [...]
Kenneth Cheadle, a 2006 graduate of Missouri Western State University, will make a presentation titled “Standing Out in the Business World” on Saturday, Nov. 12, presented by Alpha Kappa Psi, the business fraternity. The evening will begin with a networking hour at 6 p.m., followed by dinner and the presentation at 7 p.m. Reservations are [...]
The fourth Annual Juried Art Student Exhibition will be displayed from Nov. 4 to Dec. 2 in the Potter Art Gallery inside Potter Hall at Missouri Western State University. There will be an opening reception, free and open to the public, from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4. The exhibition features artwork created by [...]
The Walter Cronkite Memorial will honor the centennial of the legendary journalist’s birth with an open house from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5 at the memorial inside Spratt Hall on the campus of Missouri Western State University. The open house will include a monumental new sculpture reflecting Cronkite’s close ties to the [...]
The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University accepted a clean (unqualified) opinion of the university’s financial statements from audit firm Rubin Brown LLP. There were three findings in the audit: one related to the accounting of a gift from Missouri Western’s food service provider, Aramark; and two related to financial aid. “We received [...]
The Missouri Western State University Concert Chorale, a 75-voice ensemble, will perform with three other choirs at the William Jewell College Collegiate Choral Festival in Helzberg Hall at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7. The festival will feature a performance of Mendelssohn’s “Elijah” by choral ensembles from Missouri [...]
The Missouri Western State University Ambassadors will hold a membership meeting on Thursday, Nov. 10 in the Enright Community Room, Spratt Hall room 214. The social begins at 11:30 a.m., followed by lunch at noon. Anyone considering joining the Ambassadors is welcome to attend. The cost is $15. You may pay at the door, but [...]
Missouri Western State University will host Día de Los Muertos, or “Day of the Dead,” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1 in the Hoff Conference Rooms, Blum Student Union rooms 218-219. The celebration is free and open to the public. Day of the Dead is an annual Hispanic holiday similar to Halloween, but with an [...]
