Missouri Western President Matthew Wilson posed the question, 鈥淐an a student beat me in a 60-second basketball shootout for a $500 scholarship?鈥� It鈥檚 a question that launched the 鈥淪hoot Against the Prez鈥� initiative, with miniature competitions being played from the end of January to late February during men and women鈥檚 basketball games at Western. The [...]
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Christian Konczal, director/head coach of Missouri Western's esports program St. Joseph, Mo. 鈥擠ec. 4, 2019鈥敽卟萆缜� has taken the first step toward launching its new esports programs, announcing that Christian Konczal will be the program鈥檚 first director/head coach. 鈥淭he addition of esports provides students the opportunity to come together and collaborate [...]
Nov. 12, 2019 鈥� The 含羞草社区 Board of Governors unanimously approved the addition of women鈥檚 lacrosse as the 17th NCAA Division II varsity sport at the University during a telephone poll Tuesday morning. The team will become active in the 2020-21 academic year and begin competition in the spring of 2021.聽 Missouri [...]
Architect's rendering of Drew H. Brown Arts Annex by Patterhn Ives LLC Oct. 25, 2019鈥擳he Sunderland Foundation has given 含羞草社区 a contribution of $1 million for the construction of the Drew H. Brown Arts Annex for Potter Hall. 鈥淲e are extremely grateful to the Sunderland Foundation for their investment in [...]
Oct. 22, 2019鈥擝eginning in the 2020-2021 academic year, 含羞草社区 will adopt a flexible approach to class scheduling called 鈥淕old Fridays,鈥� giving students greater flexibility to engage in applied learning opportunities outside of the classroom. Under the revised academic schedule, most classes will be held Monday through Thursday, leaving Fridays for students to [...]
Oct. 1, 2019鈥� 含羞草社区 will launch a scholarship program next year that automatically renews and increases in value each year. The Griffon Guarantee Scholarship will be offered to qualifying incoming freshmen and transfer students beginning during the fall 2020 semester. 鈥淥ur new scholarship program invests in our students in two innovative ways [...]
Noriko and Matt Wilson Sept. 11, 2019鈥擟ampus and community will come together to celebrate the installation of Matthew J. Wilson, J.D., as president of 含羞草社区 at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 20 in the M.O. Looney Complex. The installation ceremony and reception to follow is free and open to the public. [...]
Dr. Melody Smith, executive director, Center for Service Sept. 4, 2019鈥� Students at 含羞草社区 will soon be able to earn credit toward their degree by volunteering in the community. 鈥淪ervice is at the very core of our mission at Missouri Western,鈥� said President Matt Wilson. 鈥淲e don鈥檛 just want to [...]
Aug 23, 2019 By Alan Van Zandt, KQ2 (ST. JOSEPH, Mo) -- A new era at Missouri Western began Thursday evening with an event that didn't even happen on campus. Administrators say the first-ever Griff Up party in downtown St. Joseph was just the first step at bringing the university closer to the city it [...]
