The Center for Multicultural Education at Missouri Western State University has several events planned throughout February in celebration of Black History Month. Many events are free and open to the public. Porsha Olayiwola, 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, Kemper Recital Hall (Spratt Hall, room 101) Olayiwola is the 2014 Individual World Poetry Slam Champion and [...]
The Center for Multicultural Education at Missouri Western State University is now taking reservations for the 2018 Drum Major for Justice Awards Banquet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17 in the Enright Community Room, Spratt Hall room 214-216. The banquet is free but reservations are required by Jan. 12. The Drum Major for Justice Awards [...]
The 2017 Drum Major for Justice Award winners, left to right: community member Janice Eaton (accepting on behalf of her son, Jeremy Eaton), student Alexis Williams and faculty member Joanne Katz. The Center for Multicultural Education at Missouri Western State University is now accepting nominations for the 2018 Drum Major for Justice Awards, [...]
The Center for Multicultural Education at Missouri Western State University presents the Tunnel of Oppression Oct. 9-12. The experience is free and open to the public from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day in the Blum Student Union, room 223. The Tunnel of Oppression is an interactive tunnel that addresses different issues related to [...]
The Black Student Union at Missouri Western State University will hold its fifth annual BSU Pageant at 7 p.m. Friday, April 14 in the Kemper Recital Hall, Spratt Hall room 101. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. The BSU Pageant gives intelligent, community-conscious and culturally aware [...]
Culture Shock, an innovative and entertaining diversity program, will be presented at Missouri Western State University at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8 in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall. The program is free and open to the public. Culture Shock, presented by Cultural Competence of Chicago, Illinois, uses hypnosis and comedy to expose racial, [...]
The Center for Multicultural Education at Missouri Western State University will celebrate Black History Month with several events throughout the month of February. Culture Shock, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, Kemper Recital Hall, Spratt Hall 101 Culture Shock is an innovative and groundbreaking diversity program that combines hypnosis and comedy to explore stereotypes and misconceptions. [...]
The Center for Multicultural Education at Missouri Western State University will honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a series of events in January. Monday, Jan. 16, Martin Luther King Jr. Day Missouri Western will be closed in observance of the federal holiday. Tuesday, Jan. 17, MLK Pledge Day Students will have the [...]
The Center for Multicultural Education at Missouri Western State University is accepting nominations for the Drum Major for Justice Awards, to be presented at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Drum Major for Justice Banquet January 18, 2017. The Drum Major for Justice Award is for citizens who live ordinary lives but do extraordinary acts [...]
Journalist Noor Tagouri will speak at Missouri Western State University at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15 in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall. The presentation is free and open to the public. Tagouri is a reporter for Newsy. She is a first-generation Libyan-American and her passion for storytelling stems from the desire to expose [...]
