The Tami Tango Trio will lecture, perform and teach at Missouri Western State University on Monday, Oct. 3. All events are free and open to the public. The Tami Tango Trio is an internationally acclaimed Argentine music and dance ensemble. The trio of flute, guitar and piano is accompanied by a talented dance duo. Events [...]
"Abundance" by Isobel Davis, part of "Shades of Blue: Contemporary Cyanotype" at the Potter Art Gallery Sept. 23-Oct. 24. “Shades of Blue: Contemporary Cyanotypes” will be exhibited at Missouri Western State University’s Potter Art Gallery from Sept. 23 to Oct. 24. There will be an opening reception at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23 [...]
Jordan Swearngin A Missouri Western State University student will be remembered through a scholarship established in her memory by Cabana Ice Cream in St. Joseph. The first Jordan Swearngin Memorial Scholarship has been awarded to Blair Griffin. Jordan Swearngin, a senior physical education major from Lee’s Summit, Missouri, passed away on Sept. 6, [...]
Past presidents of the MWSU Ambassadors with Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western's president. The MWSU Ambassadors will hold their first membership meeting of the school year on Thursday, Sept. 29 in the Spratt Memorial Stadium Hall of Fame Room. The social begins at 11:30 a.m., followed by lunch at noon. The lunch is open to anyone [...]
Poet Denice Frohman The fourth annual Hispanic Heritage Banquet at Missouri Western State University will feature poet Denice Frohman and the music of Trio Aztlan. The banquet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27 in Blum Student Union, rooms 222-223, is free and open to the public, but advance reservations are required by Thursday, [...]
Lisa Balkwill and Jody Woodruff will talk to students and the public about their careers Sept. 23. “Professional Journeys,” a workshop featuring cast members from the Performing Arts Association production of “Embraceable You: The Music of George Gershwin,” will be presented at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23 in the Potter Hall Theater. The [...]
Missouri Western State University has been notified by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) that the agency is conducting a proactive compliance review of Missouri Western’s athletic programs. The purpose of this review is to determine whether the university is in compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, [...]
Cokie Roberts with R. Dan Boulware, in whose honor the Convocation on Critical Issues is held annually. The 23rd R. Dan Boulware Convocation on Critical Issues featuring political commentator Cokie Roberts can now be viewed online at www.missouriwestern.edu/convocation/. It is also being broadcast on MWtv, channel 12 on Suddenlink in St. Joseph. The [...]
Live multimedia performances that are a part of the Walter Cronkite Memorial at Missouri Western State University will travel to New York and Washington, D.C. for performances this month. The special engagements are in honor of the centennial of the legendary newsman’s birth in St. Joseph, Missouri, on Nov. 4, 1916. “And That’s the Way [...]
Missouri Western State University will hold its 20th annual Reading of Challenged and Banned Books at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28 in the Hoff Conference Room, Blum Student Union, room 218. The event, in recognition of the American Library Association’s Banned Book Week, is free and open to the public. Missouri Western students and faculty [...]
