Dr. Grant Harley, courtesy of the University of Southern Mississippi. A faculty member from the University of Southern Mississippi will speak in Missouri Western State University’s Interdisciplinary Nature of Geography Speaker Series at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4 in Agenstein Hall, room 124. Dr. Grant Harley’s presentation, “How cattle, logging, fire and climate [...]
Copyright Nick Vedros 2015 Nick Vedros, an internationally known commercial photographer, will present slides of photos he took of Kansas prison inmates at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3 in the Fulkerson Center at Missouri Western State University. “Faces of Change” is part of the Peace and Conflict Lecture Studies and is free and [...]
Photo courtesy of the Reduced Shakespeare Company. Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor, members of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, will present a workshop on improvisational and physical comedy from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 31. There is no cost, but seating is limited to 25 people and participants must preregister online at griff.vn/ImprovRSC. [...]
The second concert of the Midday Melodies Series at Missouri Western State University will feature the Student Jazz Ensemble at 12:15 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, at Kelley Commons, the patio area just west of Blum Student Union. The concert is free and open to the public. The Student Government Association will provide free snacks for [...]
The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University heard a draft version of the audit report for fiscal year 2015 during their regular meeting Oct. 22. Auditors from CliftonLarsonAllen issued a clean opinion, finding no material weaknesses in Missouri Western’s accounting procedures. “The whole campus participates in an audit, whether the auditor is sitting [...]
A Missouri Western State University professor will talk about the Syrian refugee crisis in Europe at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 27 in Popplewell Hall, room 207. The presentation is free and open to the public. Attendees are welcome to bring their lunch; drinks and dessert will be provided. Dr. Melinda Kovács, assistant professor of [...]
Dr. David Ashley, professor of biology at Missouri Western State University, will give a presentation titled “Batty About Bats” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29 in the Hearnes Center, room 102. The presentation is free and open to the public. “Batty About Bats” was developed for a public audience with a broad background and interests [...]
With the assistance of the Craig School of Business’s Center for Entrepreneurship at Missouri Western State University, a recent Missouri Western alumnus became an entrepreneur and a longtime local business will remain open. A grand opening for Heartland Paint at 2327 N. Belt Hwy., previously Store of Colors, will be held at 2 p.m. Oct. [...]
The Center for Multicultural Education at Missouri Western State University is sponsoring a series of events in October in honor of LGBT History Month, an annual observance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history and the history of the gay rights movement. All events are free and open to the public. Drag Show, 7 p.m. [...]
Missouri Western State University Bands, along with with Phi Mu Alpha and Sigma Alpha, present the 30th annual Tournament of Champions high school marching band competition, starting at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, at Craig Field in Spratt Memorial Stadium. Tickets are available at the gate and cost $7 for adults; $5 for seniors and [...]
