Missouri Western State University honored ten employees who are retiring and ten award winners at its annual Faculty and Staff Awards and Retirement Reception on May 2. Award recipients were: Missouri Western Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence Pam Clary, assistant professor of social work and director of the BSW program Shauna Hiley, professor of chemistry [...]
The Spring Commencement Ceremony for approximately 500 graduates of Missouri Western State University will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 6 on Craig Field at Spratt Memorial Stadium. Stadium gates will open to guests at 9:30 a.m. The Missouri Western State University Alumni Association will hold a reception for graduates and their families following [...]
The Student Government Association at Missouri Western State University held their annual Awards Banquet on April 19 in the Hall of Fame Room at Spratt Memorial Stadium. The annual banquet included the swearing-in of incoming Student Body President Kyle Fuson, junior business major from St. Joseph, and Vice President Reece Christensen, sophomore political science major [...]
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 [...]
Missouri Western State University’s Office of International Student Services will sponsor a panel discussion on refugees at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 19 in Blum Student Union rooms 222-223. The discussion is free and open to the public. The panel will discuss the process of becoming a refugee and the struggles they face. Speakers include Missouri [...]
Because of the rainy weather, the celebration of the Indian spring festival of Holi originally scheduled April 5 has been postponed. It will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 12 in the open area between Blum Student Union and Remington Hall. The celebration is free and open to the public. Holi is the Festival [...]
International Student Services and the International Student Council at Missouri Western State University will sponsor a Bubble Tea Bar from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 8 in the Blum Student Union Lobby. Bubble, or boba, tea is a tea-based drink mixed with fruit flavor or milk containing small “pearls” of sweetened tapioca. The [...]
GriffsGiveBack, a new center for service learning at Missouri Western State University, is planning its kickoff event. The Great Campus Cleanup: Winter Edition will be held from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18. Volunteers will work in two-hour shifts to help clean and organize parts of campus. Students, employees, alumni, friends and family [...]
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. [...]
