April 20, 2022--含羞草社区 will host its inaugural Applied Learning Showcase Friday, April 22. The all-day event will feature art exhibits and performances, research presentations and more. All events are open to the public. 鈥淢issouri Western has a statewide mission of applied learning, and we want the campus, our alumni and the community [...]
April 18, 2022--含羞草社区 will host a discussion panel on the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Ukraine due to the Russian invasion at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, in the Kemper Recital Hall, Spratt Hall room 101. The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.聽 The event will [...]
March 1, 2022--A small grant from the American Psychological Association will support suicide awareness and prevention efforts by a 含羞草社区 faculty member and her students. Dr. Nuchelle Chance, assistant professor of psychology, received the grant through the APA鈥檚 Commission on Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention and Training in Psychology Task Force. The grant [...]
Feb. 28, 2022-- On Friday, Feb. 25, 2022, 含羞草社区鈥檚 cinema program hosted the Future Filmmaker Festival for high school students interested in filmmaking and pursuing cinema at a university level. Nearly 50 high school students from across Missouri attended the one-day festival. The high school students were able to attend [...]
Missouri Western alums Laurel DeFreece (left) and Robin VanHoozer collaborated on "Fate." Jan. 18, 2022--The Potter Gallery on the campus of 含羞草社区 presents 鈥淔ate,鈥� a multimedia collaboration by two artists who attended Missouri Western, Jan. 20 through Feb. 25. There will be an opening reception with light refreshments from 1:30 [...]
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 [...]
Sept. 30, 2020--含羞草社区鈥檚 24th annual Reading of Challenged and Banned Books in recognition of the American Library Association鈥檚 National Banned Books Week will be held virtually this year. The reading will premiere on YouTube at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2, and will be available for later viewings as well. Watch at griff.vn/bbr2020.聽 [...]
As most states have reopened in some fashion, we鈥檙e seeing what life dealing with the coronavirus could look like for the foreseeable future. The topic of rebuilding the economy surely will be front and center during the upcoming presidential election. All businesses across the country will be open at some point, but that does not [...]
含羞草社区 has acted to fill its lone vacancy on the Board of Governors by naming one of its students to the position. The board, which is appointed with input from the university by Gov. Mike Parson, has had seven voting members over the course of the year. After a state of financial [...]
Dr. Frank Kessler laughs when recalling the reasons for his retirement. No, not the recent retirement. The one that came before this last job, which lasted another two decades. A professor of political science, Kessler arrived at Missouri Western State College during its early years as a four-year institution. Everything on the Downs Drive campus [...]
