Dr. Tilo Roy has been selected as the next editor-in-chief of the prestigious newsletter, “The Vasculum”, published biannually by the international scientific society, the Society of Herbarium Curators. Dr. Roy was selected amidst a host of candidates from all across the globe for this voluntary position. She will shadow the current EIC for [...]
Congratulations to Dr. Cheryl McIntosh, Dr. Bin Qiu and Dr. Nitin Singh. Each was awarded the Logan Research Grant for the upcoming year. This grant provides funding for faculty in the Craig School of Business to conduct research and publish articles in journals and other outlets.
Dr. Evan Hart, assistant professor of history, was awarded the 2022 William E. Foley Research Fellowship by the Friends of the Missouri State Archives. Dr. Hart will conduct research on the 1923 manslaughter trial of a St. Joseph doctor, Fenton N. Goodson. The grant will assist with diving into court records in Jefferson [...]
Dr. James Carviou and Dr. Jennifer Jackson, associate professors in the Department of Communication, wrote a book chapter in the new book “Rhetoric of Masculinity: Male Body Image, Media, and Gender Role Stress/Conflict.” Their chapter, “A Critical Exploration of Pandemic Protection as a Threat to Masculinity: Facemask Usage and Gender,” explores the gender [...]
Dr. Cary D. Chevalier has been recognized by The Wildlife Society (TWS), the international professional society for wildlife science, management, and conservation, as the International Student Chapter Advisor of the Year for 2021. This is a very prestigious award and an international recognition. There are approximately 140 student chapters of TWS in the [...]
Dr. James Carviou, assistant professor of journalism, is a recipient of the 2021 College Media Association Distinguished Adviser Award for four-year college newspapers. He serves as a college media adviser for MWSU's campus annual, The Griffon. Dr. Carviou is published widely in scholarly journals and books. His research interrogates media narratives and audience [...]
Dr. Csengele Barta’s manuscript entitled “Plant growth-promoting Rhizobacteria: biotechnological tools to improve cereal yields”, written by Dr. Barta and Dr. Gyongyi Szekely, a faculty member in the Department of Biology and Geology at the Babes-Bolyai University of Science in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Dr. Barta’s Alma Mater, as part of an international research collaboration effort, [...]
Dr. Csengele Barta, associate professor of biology, was awarded the Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUI) Award of the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB), for the fourth consecutive year in 2022. The prestigious award recognizes excellence in plant science scholarship and undergraduate student research mentorship of faculty at primarily undergraduate serving institutions. The award [...]
Dr. Aaron Grant, assistant professor of music theory, recently published two new articles in top-tier journals of music theory. “Structure and Variable Formal Function in Schubert’s Three-Key Expositions” was published in Music Theory Spectrum and “Reaching Outside the Classroom: Infusing Public Music Theory into the Undergraduate Core” was published by the Journal of [...]
Missouri Western students participated in the Sleep in Heavenly Peace Bunk Bed build event at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. This event helps ensure no child will sleep on the floor in the local communities. Sixteen beds were brought back to St. Joseph to be distributed by Wyatt Park Christian Church to children [...]
