Lifetime Sports Academy students canoe in one of Missouri Western’s nine ponds. Youth ages 8 to 12 will have an opportunity to learn activities that will enhance their lives for years to come during the annual Children’s Lifetime Sports Academy at Missouri Western State University June 8-12. Enrollment is limited to 150, and the cost [...]
Dirck Clark ’85, Board of Governors chair Dirck Clark, a 1985 graduate of Missouri Western State University and current chair of the Board of Governors, has been named president of a new multi-state health care provider network. St. Joseph-based Mosaic Life Care, St. Louis-based Mercy, and Columbia-based University of Missouri Health Care have [...]
The Missouri Western State University Board of Governors approved promotions and awarded tenure effective with the 2015-2016 academic year for the following faculty members: From associate professor to professor […]
Ann Pearce, special assistant to the president at Missouri Western State University, has announced that she will retire effective June 2. “In her time at Missouri Western, Ann has made a very positive impact on both our university and our community,” said Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western’s president. “She has made many significant contributions not [...]
Dignitaries turn the first ceremonial shovels of dirt on the renovation of Spratt Memorial Stadium. With a groundbreaking ceremony on May 6, the renovation of Spratt Memorial Stadium at Missouri Western State University is now officially underway. “This is an exciting time in Missouri Western’s history, as we are in the middle of [...]
An entry from Missouri Western State University is among four pieces of canoe-themed art that will be installed in Ann Arbor, Michigan this summer. The Missouri Western entry won a recent public vote to be part of the Canoe Imagine Art installation. Canoe Imagine Art is a public art project that re-purposes canoes retired by [...]
The Missouri Western State University Eggs & Issues Speaker Series presents a talk on leadership by Dr. Tim Crowley at 7 a.m. Tuesday, May 12 in the Fulkerson Center. The breakfast is free and open to the public, but reservations are required by calling 816-271-5646 by Thursday, May 7. Dr. Crowley’s presentation, “The Power of [...]
The public is invited to a groundbreaking ceremony for the renovation of Missouri Western State University’s Spratt Memorial Stadium at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 6. The ceremony is scheduled for the southeast end zone of the football field, near Baker Family Fitness Center. In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held in [...]
Esther George ’80, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Spring Commencement ceremonies for approximately 540 graduates of Missouri Western State University will be held at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. in the arena of the M.O. Looney Complex. Esther George ’80, president and chief executive officer of the [...]
A Missouri Western State University student has been named Missouri’s Student Employee of the Year by the Midwest Association of Student Employment Administrators. Alex Atkinson, senior speech communication major of Archie, Missouri, served as an intern for new student programs in the Missouri Western Office of Admissions. “Alex’s leadership can be summed up in one [...]
