Dec. 10, 2024--Dr. Derek Jenkins, associate professor of music composition and theory at Missouri Western State University, received the Marian Anderson Award in Social Justice from The American Prize for his composed piece "Dreams of America" for brass band and still images. Dr. Jenkins is a composer whose music has been performed throughout the United [...]
Missouri Western State University graphic design students visited two graphic design firms, Willoughby Design and Design Ranch, on their annual Kansas City Studio Tour on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Students from Teresa Harris’s Graphic Design IV and Final Portfolio were given a guided tour of the facilities, an overall presentation of the studio’s [...]
Four Missouri Western State University business students competed at the Collegiate FBLA State Leadership Conference in Columbia, Missouri earlier this month, earning a total of 10 top-5 finishes to advance to the National Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida in June. Students who placed include: Andrew Fox 1st place – Marketing, Sales, & Communication Case [...]
On Saturday, April 6, 2024, undergraduate students Jordon Anderson (Nursing), Juniper Brown (Political Science), Mercedes Mareske (Digital Animation), and Tia Vernon (Education) won the Trisha Yarbrough Collaborative Research Competition and $5000 award, after presenting their research at the Alpha Chi National Conference in Birmingham, Alabama. To compete, students from diverse majors collaborate on [...]
Students at primarily undergraduate institutions in Missouri will soon have access to greater computing power, thanks to a National Science Foundation grant of nearly $700,000 awarded to Missouri Western State University and three other universities in the state. “Students who graduate right now are going into a world where computational knowledge is assumed,” [...]
Laura Nold, assistant professor of nursing at Missouri Western State University, recently received a scholarship from the Mosaic Life Care Foundation. The 2023 Lowell C. Kruse Healthy Choices. Healthy Lives. scholarship provides financial assistance to a first-year, full-time graduate student studying in areas leading to improved quality of life for the residents of [...]
Kathleen Holeman, a part-time voice and piano faculty member, was named Artist of the Year by the Allied Arts Council at the 2023 Mayor's Awards for the Arts. In addition to teaching at Missouri Western and in her private studio, Holeman has been a working jazz vocalist, pianist and trombonist locally and in [...]
Dr. Lori McCune, associate professor of mathematics at Missouri Western State University, received a Meritorious Service Award from the Mathematical Association of America. The award is based on service to the association at the national or section level. Click here to read the full story.
Assistant Professor Bob Long received one of the Mayor's Awards for the Arts for Outstanding Arts Educator for 2023. He received his award at the Allied Arts Council annual meeting held at the Benton Club on Thursday, July 27, 2023.
Dr. Csengele Barta, associate professor of biology at Missouri Western State University, was awarded a Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUI) Award of the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) for the fifth consecutive year. The award recognizes excellence in research contributions to plant science, plant science scholarship and undergraduate student research mentorship of faculty at primarily [...]
