Missouri Western State University will hold Equity principal auditions and non-Equity auditions in Kansas City Aug. 1 and St. Joseph Aug. 2 for actors to play the part of former President Harry Truman in a new multi-media play titled “Harry and Walter: Missouri’s Native Sons.” The play will premiere on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015 in [...]
Western Playhouse, the summer theatre company at Missouri Western State University, presents “The Fantasticks” July 10-18 in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall on the Missouri Western campus. Show times are 7:30 p.m. July 10, 11, 16, 17 and 18, and 2 p.m. Sunday, July 12. Tickets may be purchased in advance in person [...]
Antibiotic technology developed by a tenant of the Innovation Stockyard in the Kit Bond Science and Technology Incubator at Missouri Western State University has been purchased by a newly formed pharmaceutical company. Sopharmia, Inc., founded by Dr. Larry Sutton, MD, PhD, has announced the closing of a $3.3 million Series A venture capital financing round [...]
The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University adopted operating and auxiliary budgets for the fiscal year that begins July 1. The Board also authorized a $13.7 million bond issue and elected new officers for the coming fiscal year. The operating budget for 2015-2016 totals approximately $53.5 million, down slightly from the current year’s [...]
The Internal Revenue Service has concluded its examination into the federal tax returns of Missouri Western State University. As a result of the findings, Missouri Western will pay a total of $112,443 in past due for 2012, 2013 and 2014, and $6,400 in penalties in 2012. The total represents about .5 percent of the more [...]
Western Playhouse, the summer theatre company at Missouri Western State University, presents “Into the Woods” June 19-27 in the Potter Hall Theater. Show times are at 7:30 p.m. June 19, 20, 25, 26 and 27, and 2 p.m. Sunday, June 21. Tickets may be purchased in advance in person at the Western Institute, Spratt Hall [...]
Steve Craig introduces (from left) Ernest Chamblee, Ross Theesen and Mindy Schimming as the latest MWSU alumni to earn the chance to own their own business through an applied entrepreneurship class. Missouri Western State University’s Craig School of Business has announced that three Missouri Western alumni will have the chance to own and [...]
Missouri Western State University will host the Discover Science! Summer Day Camp for students entering their junior and senior years in high school June 15-19 in Remington Hall on the Missouri Western campus. The camp will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The camp, funded by a grant from Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica [...]
The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University has authorized a bond issue of up to $15 million. The bond issue includes $5.5 million to fund the renovation of Spratt Memorial Stadium, up to $7.66 million to refinance a 2010 bond issue, and any applicable bond issuance costs. The project to improve Spratt Stadium [...]
Building on the success of its Children’s Lifetime Sports Academy, the Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation at Missouri Western State University is offering its first Adventure Sports Academy June 8-12 for children who have graduated grades six through eight. Enrollment is limited to 25, and the cost is $145 for the first child [...]
