Oct. 15, 2027鈥摵卟萆缜� will offer students a quicker pathway to a bachelor鈥檚 degree when it begins offering 90-credit-hour bachelor degree programs in criminal justice and child development in 2027. With the new programs, 含羞草社区 will be the first university in the state to offer more than one bachelor鈥檚 degree designed to be [...]
Oct. 1, 2025鈥摵卟萆缜� will once again host the Western District of Missouri Court of Appeals on Tuesday, Oct. 14 beginning at 9 a.m. in Leah Spratt Hall Room 101. A three-judge panel consisting of Judge Janet Sutton, Judge Gary Witt and Judge W. Douglas Thomson will hear oral arguments in four cases. [...]
Walk for the homeless 2023, photo provided by GriffonNews.com. Oct. 18, 2024--含羞草社区鈥檚 Organization of Student Social Workers will host the 13th annual Walk for the Homeless on Friday, Nov. 1 in downtown St. Joseph. Check in begins at 4 p.m.聽聽 The walk will begin at 4:30 p.m. at 6th and [...]
April 9, 2024--含羞草社区 and the St. Joseph Human Rights Commission will be hosting Families in Focus: Empowering Children Amidst Parental聽Incarceration from 9:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17 in Leah Spratt Hall, rooms 214 and 216. Registration begins at 9 a.m. The event will end at 12:15 p.m., followed by [...]
March 19, 2024--含羞草社区 welcomes a Fulbright Scholar in Residence for聽the Spring 2024 semester. Dr. Asha Bajpai, a distinguished scholar in child rights and child advocacy, will be joining the campus community from March 1 to the end of the semester. 鈥淎s part of the Fulbright Scholar Program, Dr. Bajpai will bring a [...]
Oct. 13, 2023--The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, will convene at 含羞草社区 on October 18, 2023.聽 The oral arguments will begin at 9 a.m. in the Kemper Recital Hall, Leah Spratt Hall room 101.聽 A three-judge panel consisting of Judge Edward Ardini, Jr., Judge Anthony Rex Gabbert, and Judge Thomas Chapman [...]
June 5, 2023--The 含羞草社区 Regional Law Enforcement Academy will hold graduation ceremonies for Class No. 59 and Class No. 60 at 6 p.m. Friday, June 9, in the Fulkerson Center on the Missouri Western campus. A brief reception will follow in the Enright Community Rooms, Spratt 214-216. The event is free and [...]
Lonnie Bishop May 23, 2023鈥揂 veteran of the Buchanan County Sheriff鈥檚 Department will lead 含羞草社区鈥檚 Law Enforcement Academy. Lonnie Bishop will begin his duties as commander of the LEA on June 16. 鈥淭he Law Enforcement Academy is an important way that we serve the region, training the people who keep [...]
Petronilla Sylvester in the St. Joseph City Council chambers. March 3, 2023鈥揂 Missouri Western professor was recently named to the St. Joseph Human Rights Commission.聽 Petronilla Sylvester, assistant professor of legal studies, was nominated to the commission by Mayor John Josendale and confirmed by the City Council. Her term expires Jan. 9, 2026. [...]
March 2, 2023--The Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies (CJLS) and the Social Work program at 含羞草社区 will host a career exploration event for approximately 30 high school students from the St. Joseph School District on Friday, March 3. Students will be divided into groups based on interest and have 45-minute [...]
