March 7, 2025--Missouri Western State University’s Career Development Center will host the Spring All Majors Career and Internship Fair on Tuesday, March 25 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Fulkerson Center. Students and alumni are encouraged to come dressed in business casual attire and prepared to meet with potential employers. They are also [...]
Feb. 28, 2025--Missouri Western State University’s Career Development Center will host MO-Rise on March 4 from 4:45 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Fulkerson Center. This annual event offers opportunities to meet and network with science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) professionals and students from the greater St. Joseph and Kansas City areas. The event [...]
Photo provided by The Griffon News. Nov. 6, 2024--Missouri Western State University’s Career Development Center will host a teacher recruitment fair on Wednesday, Nov. 13 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Fulkerson Center. This fair is open to all students and Missouri Western alumni who wish to work in a K-12 [...]
Photo provided by The Griffon News. Nov. 6, 2024–Missouri Western will host its 5th annual communications career night, cosponsored by the Career Development Center and the Department of Communication, on Wednesday Nov. 13 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Blum Union room 218/219. This fair is free and open to all students and [...]
Dec. 14, 2022--Adults without a college degree can learn about ways to increase their earning potential through two Find My Path Days offered by Missouri Western State University and the Community Action Partnership of Greater St. Joseph (CAP) in January. “Find My Path Days are career advising events that will help people identify what professions [...]
July 11, 2022--Adults without a college degree can learn about ways to increase their earning potential through three Find My Path Days offered by Missouri Western State University in July and August. “Find My Path Days are career advising events that will help people identify what professions would best match their interests, explore realistic educational [...]
Across the nation, unemployment claims total the most in United States history. State-by-state claimant counts are high as well. In Missouri, the state had an unemployment rate of 4.5% in March, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. In Buchanan County, the rate was 4.2%, just below the state average for the unemployed. But unemployment [...]
Claudia Baer, student employment coordinator Oct. 29, 2019—Claudia Baer, student employment coordinator at Missouri Western State University, has been honored by the National Student Employment Association. Baer received the 2019 Margene Orzalli Memorial Award, presented annually to a member of NSEA who demonstrates extraordinary effort, energy and commitment to both student employees and [...]
The Student Employment Program in the Career Development Center at Missouri Western State University will hold its fifth annual Part-Time Job Fair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19 in the Fulkerson Center. On-campus and off-campus employers will meet with students to talk about current and future part-time job opportunities. Employers who want [...]
