Students from the Department of Health, Sport, and Exercise Science participated in the MoShape Conference on Nov. 11 at Lake Ozark, MO. Two out of three of the selected majors of the year were there to receive their awards. Brea Blanton (HES/PCF) and Kylie DeHook (RSM) were awarded their plaques at the MoShape [...]
Congratulations to Dr. Julie Jedlicka and MWSU honors graduate Laney (Hayward) Nute who co-authored a peer-reviewed publication with others in PeerJ Life and Environment. The paper analyzed how seasons, guilds, and years affect avian foraging in Mexican coffee farms. Laney is now a graduate student at the University of Mississippi researching endangered species [...]
Griffon University, an affiliate of student-led Griffon Production House, collaborated with Dr. Dan Shepherd, associate professor of education, on their first production. Griff-U, for short, has a mission to highlight and showcase outstanding research conducted by MWSU faculty and students. Dr. Shepherd’s recent research titled “Student Preferences About University Education Department Instructor Attire” [...]
On Friday, Nov. 5, Dr. Ollie Bogdon, department of education, nine students from education, and two students from the department of biology attended the Live STEAM 2021 Event at Science City in Union Station. This event brought together 200 fourth and fifth-grade Girl Scouts for an evening focused on engaging girls in STEM [...]
Biology professors Dr. Csengela Barta and Dr. Cary Chevalier helped staff the Missouri Department of Conservation and The Nature Conservancy's Prairie Days at the TNC Dunn Ranch on Friday, Sept. 10 and Saturday, Sept. 11. It was very successful on several levels with over 200 people visiting and enjoying the outdoor activities. Eight [...]
Students in Dr. Cary Chevalier’s Biology 209 Introduction to Wildlife Conservation participate in forestry and fisheries field trips.
Biology undergraduate student, Alyka Zahnd, and her research mentor, Dr. Csengele Barta, associate professor in the department of biology have been recognized and recently featured in the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Newsletter, reaching an international audience. Alyka and Dr. Barta’s research proposal, “Offense and Defense strategies in plants’ chemical warfare for [...]
Hayden Glaubius, a 2021 graduate of the Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University, was awarded an Auntie Anne’s pretzel franchise in the latest competition sponsored by Missouri Western’s Center for Franchise Development. “I want to say thank you to all of the judges for taking the time to be here [...]
Four MWSU students competed in the Alpha Chi annual collaborative research competition, culminating with a live presentation in Austin, Texas. The team’s four students were Mackenzie Grantham, biology-health science, Kylee Meehan, psychology, Tanner Merwin, history, and Wanda Pearson, psychology. Their project, entitled, “Past, Present, and Future Disease Dynamics: A Comparative Analysis of the [...]
Members of Missouri Western’s Association of General Contractors Student Chapter attended the 2022 AGC MO Annual Convention at Chateau on the Lake in Branson, Missouri.
