Dear Fellow Alumni, Wow, what a wonderful homecoming celebration. We had a great turnout of alumni during the weekend activities. Thank you for making it a huge success and showing that Griffon Pride.听 You Griffons really did bring home the Black and Gold! Mary Vaughan '79 The Alumni [...]
Volunteer patients wanted 听127 Dawn Rinehart 鈥�08, simulation lab manager for the School of Nursing and Health Professions, is seeking volunteer standardized patients to help student nurses in Missouri Western鈥檚 simulation lab. A standardized volunteer patient, she said, is an individual that has been trained to accurately portray a patient [...]
When Adrienne Collins 鈥�14 saw a notice last fall about an opportunity that included the words 鈥渋nternational travel,鈥� 鈥渂ucket list鈥� and 鈥減erforming,鈥� she knew she had to pursue it. Answering the call led her to being featured on a reality show and performing center stage at the Strasbourg Opera House [...]
Since its earliest beginnings, Missouri Western has been a great community partner when it comes to volunteering. Whether it鈥檚 students, alumni or employees, community service is a cornerstone of Missouri Western鈥檚 mission. 听Sigma Alpha Iota: Service and song 听听 Appreciating music and community service go hand in hand for one [...]
Tips for a happy retirement 听 听 Claudia (Hinton) James 鈥�89 says when you鈥檙e thinking about retirement and how you will fill your days, think about Steven Covey, known for his bestseller, 鈥淪even Habits of Highly Effective People.鈥� The author has also written about how to determine your purpose in [...]
This past summer, elementary education major Amanda Harris thought it would be great if she could work with children and practice what she was learning in her math methods class, but the elementary schools鈥� summer school schedule didn鈥檛 line up with the Missouri Western class. As a foster parent of [...]
Whether it鈥檚 Common Core, test score accountability or new technology, Dr. Dan Shepherd says Missouri Western鈥檚 Department of Education is prepared to meet the challenges of change and prepare its students to be great teachers. The assistant professor and chair of the department has seen a lot of changes since [...]
It鈥檚 big and it鈥檚 on campus. Missouri Western is now the home of one of the largest video scoreboard of all schools in NCAA Division II. Back in June, eight flatbed trailers caravaned from Corona, California to St. Joseph with the video scoreboard components. The St. Joseph News-Press and KNPN [...]
History major Ashley Coats didn鈥檛 know who Ruth Warrick was when a St. Joseph Museums staff member suggested she create an exhibit about Warrick last spring. But Coats, an intern at the museum, dove in and researched Warrick, and she created an exhibit that opened in June at the Wyeth [...]
