By Jessika Eidson News-Press NOW|Aug 4, 2019 While many in the St. Joseph area have taken part in Chiefs Training Camp for years, 2019 marks the first for 含羞草社区鈥檚 new president, Matt Wilson. 鈥淚 had an idea of what Chiefs Camp might be, but until you鈥檙e here on our campus and you [...]
Jul 28, 2019 Anyone listening to last week鈥檚 speech from 含羞草社区鈥檚 new president was likely to be disappointed. That is, if those in the audience were expecting dry, academic oratory on the value of higher education. There is nothing dry about Matt Wilson, who replaces Dr. Robert Vartabedian as the fifth president [...]
By Daniel Cobb News-Press NOW|Jul 24, 2019 含羞草社区 President Matthew Wilson didn鈥檛 get a chance to sit down and eat during Wednesday鈥檚 Chairman鈥檚 Breakfast event. He was too busy shaking hands. The St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce gathering, which featured Wilson as its speaker, brought several business leaders from across the community [...]
聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 By Daniel Cobb, July 1, 2019 含羞草社区鈥檚 new president, Matthew J. Wilson, toured various departments Monday morning in order to learn more about the students and faculty he鈥檒l be working with this year. On his first official day on the job, Wilson, who was selected to replace [...]
July 1, 2019鈥� 含羞草社区 today welcomes the fifth president in its 50-year history as a four-year institution. Matthew J. Wilson, J.D., succeeds Dr. Robert Vartabedian, who retired June 30 after 11 years as Missouri Western鈥檚 president. In a first-day message to students, President Wilson pledged that Missouri Western faculty, staff, alumni and [...]
June 18, 2019鈥擥riffon Hall at 含羞草社区 will be renamed Vartabedian Hall. Missouri Western鈥檚 Board of Governors approved naming the residence hall in honor of Drs. Robert and Laurel Vartabedian. Dr. Robert Vartabedian will retire this month after 11 years as president. 鈥淕etting to know Dr. Vartabedian in the five years I鈥檝e been [...]
A negative was turned into an amazing positive when the local St. Joseph Woodworkers Guild agreed to create a new ceremonial mace for Missouri Western this spring. The original mace, which was carried in and placed on the stage at Commencement ceremonies, was stolen in May 2018. When University personnel tried to find a replacement, [...]
April 5, 2019鈥擳he St. Joseph Woodworkers Guild and Dave Takes of Expressions Engraved will present a new ceremonial mace and stand to Dr. Robert Vartabedian, 含羞草社区鈥檚 president, at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 10 in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall. The presentation is free and open to the public. The mace [...]
President-Designate Matthew Wilson (left) is introduced to campus by David Liechti, chair of the Board of Governors. March 18, 2019鈥斺�淲hat a wonderful day it is,鈥� Matthew Wilson, J.D., said on Monday, March 18, as he was formally introduced as 含羞草社区鈥檚 next president. Wilson, currently a professor of law at the [...]
President-Designate Matthew Wilson March 13, 2019鈥擝y a 5-0 vote Tuesday, March 12, the Board of Governors at 含羞草社区 named Matthew Wilson, J.D., as Missouri Western鈥檚 fifth president, starting July 1, 2019. President-Designate Wilson will be introduced to the campus and community during a formal announcement and press conference at 3 [...]
