Oct. 17, 2025--含羞草社区鈥檚 School of Fine Arts will host 鈥淒aily Commute,鈥� an exhibit of work from Tonia Hughes, Oct. 21 through Dec. 5. An opening reception will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24 in the Drew Brown Art Gallery in Potter Hall. Hughes is a socio-politically driven artist [...]
Oct. 8, 2025--含羞草社区 will celebrate the opening of the Dr. George S. Richmond Student Collaboration Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9 in Potter Hall room 104. The Dr. Thompson E. Potter Fine Arts Center (Potter Hall) opened in 1971 and is the home of 含羞草社区鈥檚 School of [...]
Photo by Alperen Yazg谋 on Unsplash. Sept. 24, 2025鈥摵卟萆缜�檚 Pop Culture Club will host three public events this fall. The first, on Friday, Sept. 26 at 3:30 p.m. in Leah Spratt Hall room 205, will feature a Dungeons and Dragons exhibition game.聽 The newly-formed 含羞草社区 Dungeons and Dragons Club will [...]
Sept. 17, 2025--The Drew Brown Art Gallery in Potter Hall on the campus of 含羞草社区 is hosting an exhibition of art by alumni and friends. The School of Fine Arts and the Alumni Association are sponsoring an opening reception at 4 p.m.Thursday, Sept. 18. Light refreshments will be served. The exhibition and [...]
April 4, 2025--含羞草社区鈥檚 School of Fine Arts Music Area will host Dr. Michael Parkinson for the Music Convocation at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 8 in Potter Hall room 112.聽 The topic of Dr. Parkinson鈥檚 hour-long session will be The Entrepreneurial Mindset For Musicians. The focus will be the ever-evolving career options [...]
April 3, 2025--Dr. Evan Elizabeth Hart, associate professor of history, is 含羞草社区鈥檚 recipient of the Missouri Governor鈥檚 Award for Excellence in Teaching. The Governor鈥檚 Award is sponsored by the Missouri Council on Public Higher Education and will be presented this week in Jefferson City. Dr. Hart has been at Missouri Western since [...]
March 31, 2025--含羞草社区鈥檚 School of Fine Arts (SFA) will host an opening reception for the Senior Art Exhibition from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, April 4 at the Drew Brown Art Gallery in Potter Hall.聽 This year鈥檚 exhibit is a culmination of student work from graduating graphic design and digital animation students [...]
Photo provided by Griffon Media. Feb. 10, 2025--The music program at 含羞草社区 will host its 18th Annual MWSU Jazz Festival on Thursday, Feb. 13.聽 During the day, 19 school groups will perform in Blum 219 and the Fulkerson Center. Each ensemble performs for the judges, receiving recorded and written critiques [...]
Dec. 10, 2024--Dr. Derek Jenkins, associate professor of music composition and theory at 含羞草社区, received the Marian Anderson Award in Social Justice from The American Prize for his composed piece "Dreams of America" for brass band and still images.聽 Dr. Jenkins is a composer whose music has been performed throughout the United [...]
Photo provided by The Griffon News. Nov. 6, 2024鈥揗issouri Western will host its 5th annual communications career night, cosponsored by the Career Development Center and the Department of Communication, on Wednesday Nov. 13 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Blum Union room 218/219. This fair is free and open to all students and [...]
