March 24, 2021--含羞草社区 will keep its COVID-19 safety measures in place, including its requirement that face coverings be worn. The City of St. Joseph鈥檚 emergency order mandating the wearing of masks ended at midnight March 23, leaving it up to businesses and organizations to decide. Missouri Western will continue to聽 require that [...]
March 23, 2021--含羞草社区 and North Central Missouri College have signed an articulation partnership to help students transfer smoothly from NCMC to Missouri Western. 鈥淲e enjoy a strong partnership with North Central Missouri College, and this agreement makes that partnership even stronger,鈥� said Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, president of Missouri Western. 鈥淥ur collaboration creates [...]
March 11, 2021-含羞草社区 will return to in-person instruction for the fall 2021 semester. 鈥淲e are committed to providing an engaging and fulfilling in-person, on-campus experience for every student in the fall semester, always in a safe environment for our entire campus community,鈥� said Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, Missouri Western鈥檚 president. The majority of [...]
March 16, 2021-含羞草社区 received the 2021-2022 designation of Voter Friendly Campus from Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and Fair Election Center鈥檚 Campus Vote Project. This designation has been awarded to 234 colleges and universities across the United States including five in Missouri. Missouri Western鈥檚 designation is valid through December 2022. Missouri [...]
March 5, 2021--含羞草社区 celebrated the grand opening of the Griffon Esports Arena in the Blum Student Union on March 4, followed by varsity and club athletes playing a 24-hour livestream for charity. 鈥淲e鈥檙e really excited now to be able to rally around our Griffon Esports team,鈥� said Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, president of [...]
Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, President Feb. 25, 2021--The 含羞草社区 Board of Governors voted unanimously on Thursday, Feb. 25, to name Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy Missouri Western鈥檚 sixth president.聽 鈥淚 and other members of the Board have been very impressed with Dr. Kennedy鈥檚 capable and steady leadership during this very challenging time,鈥� said [...]
Feb. 18, 2021-- 含羞草社区 has earned the 2021-2022 Military Friendly庐 School designation.聽 Institutions earning the Military Friendly庐 School designation were evaluated using both public data sources and responses from a proprietary survey. Over 1,200 schools participated in the 2021-2022 survey with 747 earning the designation. Missouri Western earned the designation with a [...]
Feb. 8, 2021--Agencies from northwest Missouri and northeast Kansas that support the development of entrepreneurship in the region will gather at 含羞草社区 this week to discuss ways of working together. 鈥淓ach community is unique, but we all of us who facilitate entrepreneurship have some common challenges and opportunities as well,鈥� said Annette [...]
Jan. 21, 2021--Kelli Douglas has been named university counsel at 含羞草社区. Douglas began serving in this role Jan. 19. Previously, Douglas served as a supervisory attorney for the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR). Douglas had been with the OCR since 2007, serving first as an attorney and then [...]
Kim Sigrist Jan. 6, 2021--Kim Sigrist will lead the Center for Service at 含羞草社区. Sigrist is currently Missouri Western鈥檚 executive director of enrollment management. 鈥淜im is a Griffon through and through, and her love for the University and our students combined with her strong ties to the community will provide [...]
