Feb. 23, 2024--Missouri Western鈥檚 Pop Culture Club is hosting two talks on campus in March. Both events are free and open to the public. Professor of Philosophy Dr. Jim Okapal will present 鈥淓nhancement and Alienation in 'Flowers for Algernon鈥欌�� on March 1 at noon in Popplewell 207.聽 Associate Professor of Cinema Toby Lawrence will present [...]
Feb. 23, 2024--Dr. Tilottama Roy, associate professor of biology at Missouri Western, has joined the Applications in Plant Sciences (APPS) editorial board. The APPS is a peer-reviewed journal published by the Botanical Society of America. As a recruiting editor, Dr. Roy will identify and recruit potential authors for individual submissions, with a particular focus on [...]
Feb. 15, 2024--The Center for Diversity and Inclusion at Missouri Western will host L.B. Galbearth Jr. at 5 p.m. on Feb. 21 in the Bebe and Crosby Kemper Recital Hall in Leah Spratt Hall, room 101. Galbearth received his bachelor鈥檚 degree in political science from Missouri Western in 1994 and holds a graduate certificate in [...]
Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, 含羞草社区 president, sent the following email to Missouri Western students and employees on Feb. 11, 2024: Greetings, For the second year in a row and third time in five years, our summer guests, the Kansas City Chiefs, are Super Bowl champions! What a thrill to watch the hard work [...]
Feb. 6, 2024--John Vanderpool, director of housing and residence life at 含羞草社区, is one of five education professionals in the nation to receive a 2024 Campus Safety and Violence Prevention Award from NASPA, the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. This award comes as a result of Vanderpool鈥檚 fast reaction to a [...]
Feb. 5, 2024--The Potter Art Gallery at 含羞草社区 will host Gaze - Paintings by Benjamin Parks, a solo exhibition of his large-scale portrait paintings intended to represent unmasked emotion and connection.聽 The opening reception will be at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 8 inside the gallery. It is open to the public [...]
Guest clinician and artist Trent Austin Feb. 5, 2024--The Missouri Western School of Fine Arts will host the 17th annual Jazz Festival, featuring Trent Austin on trumpet, on Thursday, Feb. 8 from 8 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. The festival is open to the public and admission is free. Nineteen school groups will perform [...]
Dr. Lenny Klaver, president, NCMC; Pete Gray, CEO, Gray Manufacturing; Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, president, Missouri Western; and Stet Schanze, president, Gray Manufacturing. Feb. 1, 2024--The central shop area in the Convergent Technology Alliance Center (CTAC) that is currently under construction on the campus of 含羞草社区 will bear the name of [...]
Jan. 9, 2024--For the third year in a row, 含羞草社区 has received a state grant to address the growing nursing shortage. The $386,780 grant from the Missouri State Board of Nursing will be used to develop an accelerated program for registered nurses with an associate鈥檚 degree to get master鈥檚 degrees that will [...]
Dec. 18, 2023--The Bushman Planetarium at 含羞草社区 will present a public showing of "Mystery of the Christmas Star" and "Stars of the Pharaohs" at 7 p.m. Tuesday, December 19. The planetarium is located inside Agenstein Hall, room 147. 鈥淢ystery of the Christmas Star鈥� Journey back over 2000 years to Bethlehem as we [...]
