In a telephone poll, the Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University awarded a contract to E.L. Crawford Construction of St. Joseph to renovate Spratt Stadium for $6,995,108. Ground will be broken in early May. “I’m pleased that we’re able to move forward on this badly needed project,” said Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western’s [...]
The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University has accepted a master plan for the future growth and development of the university’s physical campus. The plan was developed by the architectural firm Clark|Huesemann of Lawrence, Kansas. “This plan grew out of a thorough analysis of our existing campus facilities and infrastructure, and conversations with [...]
Jim Korinke portrays Walter Cronkite. A group of distinguished scholars and journalists recently entered “Cronkite,” a live multimedia performance about legendary journalist Walter Cronkite, in the competition for a 2015 Pulitzer Prize. “Cronkite” premiered last June in the Kemper Recital Hall, adjacent to the award-winning Walter Cronkite Memorial inside Spratt Hall at Missouri [...]
The Opera Workshop at Missouri Western State University presents “La Tragédie de Carmen” at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 1 and 2, and 3 p.m. Sunday, May 3 at the Restoration Church, 117 Francis Street in downtown St. Joseph. Suggested donations for admission are $10 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. “La [...]
Missouri Western State University students were honored with more than two dozen awards at the Missouri College Media Association’s Awards Banquet on April 11. The Griffon Yearbook won nine awards: […]
A canoe-themed sculpture installation in Ann Arbor, Michigan this spring may have a Missouri flavor. Two of the three sculptures up for a public vote were created by artists at Missouri Western State University. Canoe Imagine Art is a public art project that repurposes canoes retired by the City of Ann Arbor into works of [...]
The Missouri Western State University Ambassadors will hold their annual Night at the Ritz fundraiser on Friday, May 1. The reception, “Centennial Garden,” will be from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Remington Hall Atrium. The cost is $35 per person, and reservations must be made by Monday, April 27 by calling 816-271-5646 or emailing [...]
Four days before a significant case on same-sex marriage is argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, two staff members from the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri will speak at Missouri Western State University at noon on Friday, April 24 in the Enright Community Room, Spratt Hall 216. “Marriage Equality: The Road to Obergefell vs. [...]
The public is invited to an open dress rehearsal for the opera production, “La Tragédie de Carmen” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 21 in the Kemper Recital Hall, inside Spratt Hall on the Missouri Western State University campus. “La Tragédie de Carmen” is a 90-minute version of Bizet’s “Carmen” created by the stage director Peter [...]
The Department of Art at Missouri Western State University will hold its annual Spring Art Sale Thursday and Friday, April 23 and 24. […]
