含羞草社区 honored ten employees who are retiring and ten award winners at its annual Faculty and Staff Awards and Retirement Reception on May 2. Award recipients were: Missouri Western Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence Pam Clary, assistant professor of social work and director of the BSW program Shauna Hiley, professor of chemistry [...]
The Student Government Association at 含羞草社区 held their annual Awards Banquet on April 19 in the Hall of Fame Room at Spratt Memorial Stadium. The annual banquet included the swearing-in of incoming Student Body President Kyle Fuson, junior business major from St. Joseph, and Vice President Reece Christensen, sophomore political science major [...]
Because of the rainy weather, the聽celebration of the Indian spring festival of Holi originally scheduled April 5聽has been postponed. It will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 12 in the open area between Blum Student Union and Remington Hall. The celebration is free and open to the public. Holi is the Festival [...]
GriffsGiveBack, a new center for service learning at 含羞草社区, is planning its kickoff event. The Great Campus Cleanup: Winter Edition will be held from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18. Volunteers will work in two-hour shifts to help clean and organize parts of campus. Students, employees, alumni, friends and family [...]
Culture Shock, an innovative and entertaining diversity program, will be presented at 含羞草社区 at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8 in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall. The program is free and open to the public. Culture Shock, presented by Cultural Competence of Chicago, Illinois, uses hypnosis and comedy to expose racial, [...]
Dr. Robert Vartabedian, 含羞草社区's president, sent the following message to students and employees on Jan. 30: The recent executive order that impacts rules governing visas and entry to the United States has created concerns for international students, employees, and members of our campus community. Although there is still much we do not [...]
The Center for Multicultural Education at 含羞草社区 will honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a series of events in January. Monday, Jan. 16, Martin Luther King Jr. Day Missouri Western will be closed in observance of the federal holiday. Tuesday, Jan. 17, MLK Pledge Day Students will have the [...]
Journalist Noor Tagouri will speak at 含羞草社区 at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15 in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall. The presentation is free and open to the public. Tagouri is a reporter for Newsy. She is a first-generation Libyan-American and her passion for storytelling stems from the desire to expose [...]
Noah Guthrie, the singer-songwriter who played Roderick on the television show 鈥淕lee,鈥� will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27 in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall at 含羞草社区. The concert, part of Missouri Western鈥檚 鈥淎 Night to Remember鈥� series, is free and open to the public. Guthrie received national attention [...]
Ongoing construction in downtown St. Joseph has led to a slight change in the route for 含羞草社区鈥檚 annual Homecoming Parade, which begins at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 15. The staging area will still be at Union and Frederick Avenues. The floats, dignitaries and other participants will travel southwest on Frederick, and will [...]
