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Geography Club Paints Two Maps for North Nodaway Elementary

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 16:48:51 +0000

On Saturday October 12, 2020, the MWSU Geography Club, with the help of volunteers from Lowes of St. Joseph and parents, teachers, and students from North Nodaway Elementary School, painted a US and a world map on the elementary school playground in Pickering, MO.

This is the fourth US map that Geography Club has installed and the first world map. Additionally, in the past year, three more US maps were installed at elementary schools in Andrew County by the staff of the Andrew County Health Department and one other US map was installed at Stewartsville Elementary school by their PTA through a loan of the stencils by Geography Club.

The MWSU Geography Club is grateful to the Student Government Association for supporting the purchase of the stencils and for Lowes of St. Joseph donating the materials for the project at North Nodaway Elementary School.

If you would like more information about MWSU Geography Club, or the Playground Map Project, please contact Dawn Drake, advisor at ddrake4@missouriwestern.edu or 816-271-4161 or Brian Salsberry, Geography Club President at bsalsberry1@missouriwestern.edu.

Bailee Romaker Receives Association of Missouri Interpreters Scholarship for 2020

crisler — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 16:34:59 +0000

Congratulations to Bailee Romaker who is the recipient of the Association of Missouri Interpreters Scholarship for 2020. This scholarship is a highly competitive, state-wide scholarship for students in natural resource degree programs who have demonstrated an interest in outreach and education and naturalist interpretation professional development!

Well done, Bailee

MWSU Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society recognized as North-Central Student Chapter of the Year 2021

crisler — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 18:04:22 +0000

The MWSU student chapter of The Wildlife Society has been recognized as the North Central Section Student Chapter of the Year for 2021. This is the highest award given at the section level.

The North-Central section of The Wildlife Society is one of eight sections in North America (including Canada and Mexico, but also Guam and Puerto Rico). The North-Central section includes eight states each of which has a state chapter of TWS. Within each state, there are one or more student chapters of TWS (indicated in parentheses with each state): Illinois (3), Indiana (2), Iowa (1), Michigan (4), Minnesota (4), Missouri (6), Ohio (2), and Wisconsin (2).

The MWSU student chapter of TWS competed against a total of 23 student chapters in the North-Central section, including student chapters at some of the most prestigious, largest, and oldest wildlife schools in the world (such as University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point where the first wildlife program was founded).

MWSU’s student chapter of TWS has been recognized as the North-Central Section Student Chapter of the Year eight times, and the International Student Chapter of the Year three times since the chapter was created in 2002.

Careers in Chemistry and Biochemistry Open Forum

Mon, 16 Sep 2019 18:59:21 +0000

Careers in Chemistry and Biochemistry Open Forum

Hosted by The Alchemist Club

September 19, 2019 at 6:00pm

Agenstein 324

Going Beyond Your Undergraduate Degree

Join the Alchemist Club and Chemistry, Biology, Physics, and Math Departments in exploring graduate school, industry, inclusivity in STEM, and Post-graduate options.

Pizza and snacks will be provided