In March 2018, Missouri Western reached an agreement with T&G Real Estate Solutions, LLC to begin planning for the possible development of University-owned property. The agreement with T&G covers approximately 80 acres of land at the northeast corner of 50th Street and Mitchell Avenue, which is east of the main [...]
Award-winning journalist and television host Chris Wallace will be the featured speaker Chris Wallace, the 2018 R. Dan Boulware Convocation on Critical Issues at the 25th annual R. Dan Boulware Convocation on Critical Issues this fall. His presentation, 鈥淎 View from Washington,鈥� begins at 10 a.m. Nov. 13 [...]
ET joins the Craig School of Business Effective this fall, the Department of Engineering Technology will join the Steven L. Craig School of Business to form the Steven L. Craig School of Business and Technology. Dr. Jeanne Daffron, who had been serving as provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, [...]
Provost retires Dr. Jeanne Daffron '75 Dr. Jeanne Daffron 鈥�75, provost and vice president for academic affairs, retired on June 30, 2018, but will continue working part-time for a year to assist in the transition. Dr. Doug Davenport, associate provost for research, planning and institutional effectiveness, is serving [...]
As part of ongoing efforts to reduce costs for students and help them finish college in a timely manner, Missouri Western reduced the number of credit hours required to earn a bachelor鈥檚 degree from 124 to 120, effective this fall semester. Credit requirements within majors or minors will not change, [...]
Dear Friends, Dr. Robert Vartabedian, John Nave and Jerry Pickman 鈥�85, vice president for University Advancement. Nave, a St. Joseph native, is on the board of Living the Dream, Inc. and helped arrange a performance of 鈥淜ing & Cronkite,鈥� the Walter Cronkite Memorial鈥檚 live, multimedia performance for Living the [...]
A partnership between a local animal health company and Missouri Western has brought an international researcher to campus. At the invitation of Bob Norton 鈥�73, CEO and chair of the board of BioZyme Inc. in St. Joseph, Dr. Dr. Ignacio Ipharraguerre in Missouri Western's Science and Technology Center [...]
New graduate certificate begins this fall A graduate certificate in technical communication will begin this fall. The 15-credit-hour program is 100 percent online, and students in the program do not need undergraduate coursework in technical communication. The program can be completed in one academic year, and a student can start [...]
A long-time Missouri Western relationship with the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs led to several students joining crews to fight wildland fires or participate in prescribed burns for the past several years. That relationship has now expanded to give students the opportunity to also work in wildfire base camps. Dr. [...]
