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 Missouri Western State University Ambassadors will hold their annual Night at the Ritz fundraiser on Thursday, May 4. The reception, “Night at the Ritz Hall of Fame,” will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Hall of Fame Room inside Spratt Memorial Stadium. The cost is $35 per person, and reservations must be [...]
Marty Skomal portrays French chef Georges Auguste Escoffier at 7 p.m. April 4 in the Kemper Recital Hall. Missouri Western State University and the Alliance Française de Saint Joseph present “Escoffier: Master of the Kitchen,” a one-man show about one of the first celebrity chefs, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 4 in the [...]
The Missouri Western State University Alumni Association Board of Directors announces two new categories of alumni recognition to be given out during Homecoming 2017. The Great Griffon Awards will recognize alumni from each college and school who exhibit outstanding contributions to the workforce, society or the University. The Alumni Student Leadership Awards will recognize three [...]
The Missouri Western State University Ambassadors will hold a membership meeting on Thursday, March 23. The social begins at 11:30 a.m., followed by the lunch and meeting at noon in the Enright Community Room, Spratt Hall room 214. The cost for the lunch is $12. You may pay at the door, but reservations are required [...]
Dr. Zachary Taylor Dr. Zachary Taylor from the environmental sciences program at Berry College in Georgia is the next speaker in the Interdisciplinary Nature of Geography Speaker Series at Missouri Western State University. Dr. Taylor’s talk, “Climate Change and Prehistoric Agricultural Decline in Costa Rica,” is at noon Friday, March 3 in Agenstein [...]
The Winter Commencement ceremony for approximately 330 graduates of Missouri Western State University will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 17 in the arena of the M.O. Looney Complex. The commencement speaker will be Dr. Elise Hepworth, director of choral studies and music education. The MWSU Alumni Association will host a free reception for graduates [...]
Marrita Black, a 1975 graduate of Missouri Western State University, created a large bronze sculpture for the new Welcome Plaza at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. The plaza near OSU’s Student Union was recently dedicated by university officials. Black’s sculpture, “Proud and Immortal,” features a mare and foal, 1.25 times life size and cast in [...]
The Missouri Western State University Ambassadors will hold a membership meeting on Thursday, Nov. 10 in the Enright Community Room, Spratt Hall room 214. The social begins at 11:30 a.m., followed by lunch at noon. Anyone considering joining the Ambassadors is welcome to attend. The cost is $15. You may pay at the door, but [...]
Ongoing construction in downtown St. Joseph has led to a slight change in the route for Missouri Western State University’s annual Homecoming Parade, which begins at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 15. The staging area will still be at Union and Frederick Avenues. The floats, dignitaries and other participants will travel southwest on Frederick, and will [...]
