From left: Award recipients Kip Wilson, Judy Chambers, Kathy Kelly, Fumi Matsumoto Cheever, Shelle Browning, Teresa Crist, Julie Jedlicka, Heather Kendall and Nathanael May. Not pictured: Edwin Taylor. Missouri Western State University honored ten award winners at its annual Faculty and Staff Awards and Retirement Reception on Friday, April 27. The University also honored 19 [...]
Andrea Gordon, theatre and cinema major of Kansas City, Missouri A Missouri Western State University student has been chosen for Oxfam America’s class of CHANGE Leaders for the 2018-2019 school year. Andrea Gordon, sophomore theatre and cinema major from Kansas City, Mo., is one of only 30 students nationwide selected by the international [...]
New York Times-bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz Cruz will give a public reading of her work at “The Mochila Review Presents: In the Shadow of Melissa de la Cruz” at 7 p.m. Monday, April 16 in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall at Missouri Western State University. The reading is free and open [...]
A documentary short about a current Missouri Western State University student who survived an abusive relationship and sexual assault while in high school will premiere at Missouri Western. “Learning to be Chloe Again: A Survivor’s Story” will be shown at 7 p.m. Monday, April 9, in the Kemper Recital Hall, Spratt Hall room 101. The [...]
Missouri Western State University and the YWCA of St. Joseph are co-hosting the “What Were You Wearing?” Survivor Art Installation in the Hoff Conference Room, Blum Student Union room 28, April 3-6. An opening reception will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 3 with remarks and light refreshments until 2:30 p.m. The display will [...]
International Student Services at Missouri Western State University will host a panel discussion on religion’s role in society around the world at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 4 in the Hoff Conference Room, Blum Student Union room 219. The discussion is free and open to the public. Representatives of Christianity, Judaism, Islam and Buddhism will be [...]
Missouri Western State University and the YWCA are co-sponsoring “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes: The International Men’s March to Stop Rape, Sexual Assault and Gender Violence” at 5 p.m. Monday, April 2 inside the Small Gym in the Looney Complex. The walk is free and open to the public. Walk a Mile in Her [...]
Holi, the Hindu Festival of Color, will be celebrated at Missouri Western State University from 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday, March 29, in the Kelley Commons outside of Blum Student Union. The celebration is free and open to the public. Holi celebrates the beginning of spring and the triumph of good over evil. Missouri Western’s [...]
Nicole Maines, transgender activist and subject of the bestselling book "Becoming Nicole," will speak at MWSU March 29. Transgender activist Nicole Maines will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 29 in the Kemper Recital Hall, Spratt Hall room 101 on the campus of Missouri Western State University. Maines’ talk, part of the Center [...]
The Western Activities Council at Missouri Western State University presents two nationally known performers live in concert on campus early next month. Singer/songwriter Mandy Harvey will perform at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 3 in the Potter Hall Theater. Harvey’s concert is free and open to the public. Comedian Marlon Wayans will perform at 7 p.m. [...]
