March 3, 2023鈥揂 Missouri Western professor was recently named to the听St. Joseph Human Rights Commission. Petronilla Sylvester, assistant professor of legal studies, was nominated to the commission by Mayor John Josendale and confirmed by the City Council. Her term expires Jan. 9, 2026. Click here to read the full story. [...]
Three 含羞草社区 tutors have achieved their Level 1 College Reading and Learning Association certification. In order to be certified, math tutor Hailey Crane and writing tutors Molly Luthans and Reece Sacksteder undertook at least 10 hours of training and 25 hours of tutoring experience which utilizes that training. Click here to read [...]
Dr. Tilo Roy, associate professor of biology, published the January 2023 issue of "The Vasculum" (the bi-annual newsletter of the Society of Herbarium Curators). Dr. Roy is the Editor-in-Chief of this newsletter. This issue of "The Vasculum" contains a diverse array of interesting articles on herbaria news, views, and new innovations from across [...]
Dr. Laura Reynolds, provost and vice president for academics, was elected to the Board of Directors of the United Way of Greater St. Joseph. Dr. Reynolds was elected at the annual meeting of the United Way on Feb. 2, 2023. The United Way of Greater St. Joseph improves the education, health and financial [...]
Dr. Julie Jedlicka published an article with MWSU undergraduate Laney (Hayward) Nute on research conducted for her honors thesis in the journal BIOS. The article was published on Dec 18, 2022, and entitled "Evidence for frequency-dependent selection in House Wrens, but not Eastern Bluebirds." Dr. Jedlicka supervised Nute's honors thesis where she applied [...]
Biology faculty member Dr. Csengele Barta and her collaborators published two research manuscripts in two consecutive editions of the Hungarian Journal of Industry and Chemistry, a peer-reviewed journal of international circulation. The papers focus on plant-soil biota interactions, exploring the role of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) in plant stress resistance and the [...]
Dr. Julie Jedlicka, associate professor of biology at 含羞草社区, was elected as president of the The Association of Field Ornithologists (AFO) at the association鈥檚 annual conference last month. Click here to read more about her election.
Dr. Sathia Veeramoothoo, assistant professor of economics, has published a new article in The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 鈥淚mpact of Basel III Liquidity Regulations on U.S. Bank Performance in Different Conditional Profitability Spectrums.鈥� Click here to read her article.
The two winners of the Fall Advisor Shout-Out Awards are Casey Bell (Craig School of Business) and Dr. Julie Baldwin (Nursing). Each advisor will receive $25 in ARAMARK Gold Dollars. The Fall awards are sponsored by the Admissions and Financial Aid offices. There were a total of 49 nominations received this fall, 45 [...]
Two journalism students from 含羞草社区 recently received national awards for videos they created. Kendra Simpson, pictured, was one of five national News Engagement Day TikTok video contest winners. Trinity Knapp took second place in the nation for video sports package as part of the College Media Association Film and Audio [...]
