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Missouri Western Music’s Jenkins receives national award

sfowler4 — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 20:46:55 +0000

Dec. 10, 2024–Dr. Derek Jenkins, associate professor of music composition and theory at ��߲��, received the Marian Anderson Award in Social Justice from The American Prize for his composed piece “Dreams of America” for brass band and still images.��

Dr. Jenkins is a composer whose music has been performed throughout the United States, Europe, Canada and Brazil by the Cheyenne and Dubuque Symphony Orchestras; Fountain City Brass Band; Dresdner Bläserphilharmonie; Czech National Concert Band; Banda Sinfônica Municipal de Hortolândia; Seattle Wind Symphony; U.S. Army Materiel Command Band; Youth Symphony of Kansas City; Mid America Freedom Band; the Carinthia, Joseph Wytko, and Saxophilia Saxophone Quartets; Ensemble for These Times; Songeaters; as well as individual artists, university bands, honor bands and honor orchestras around the country. Jenkins holds degrees from UMKC and Rice University. More information can be found at .

The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts is the nation’s most comprehensive series of contests in the performing arts. The American Prize is unique in scope and structure, designed to recognize and reward the best performing artists, directors, ensembles and composers in the United States at professional, college and university, community and high school levels, based on submitted recordings.

Annual MWSU Art Faculty Exhibit

sfowler4 — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 21:20:07 +0000

The Drew Brown Art Gallery in Potter Hall at ��߲�� will host the 2024 MWSU Art Faculty Exhibition Oct. 17-Dec. 15. An opening reception will be held in the gallery from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17. The reception is free and open to the public.

This exhibition highlights the artistic achievements of the School of Fine Arts faculty, offering a glimpse into their professional practices and artistic explorations. Featured artists include Amy DeSitter, Alysa Ramsay, David Harris, Robin Vanhoozer and Holly Rubalcava.

The Drew Brown Art Gallery, open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., is open to the public and free of charge.

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2024 Griffs Give Back Day of Service

sfowler4 — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 12:54:24 +0000

On Friday, Sept. 13, ��߲��’s Center for Service will host its fourth annual Griffs Give Back Day of Service.

Approximately 200 Missouri Western students, faculty and staff will gather to clean up streets and sidewalks along a nine-mile stretch of roadway from Krug Park in the North End to Hyde Park on the South Side in just 90 minutes.

The Day of Service represents a collaboration with several groups in the community. Students from Lindbergh Elementary and Hosea Elementary will also be out cleaning up their school campuses. Members of the community from Community Missions and Beautify St. Joseph will also be joining in to help. The City of St. Joseph has donated litter collection supplies, and Buchanan County will pick up the bags of trash after the event.

For more information or to join the fun, contact Missouri Western’s Center for Service at (816) 271-4100 or via email at centerforservice@missouriwestern.edu.

Caleb Keling 2024 New Business Owner

sfowler4 — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 17:30:33 +0000

Caleb Keling, a 2024 Craig School of Business at ��߲�� graduate, was awarded an Auntie Anne’s franchise in the Spring 2024 competition sponsored by Missouri Western’s Center for Franchise Development. Keling, from St. Joseph, was a student in a senior-level Applied Business Ownership class this past spring. Students in the class prepared business plans, and Keling presented his plan to a panel of judges including Steven L. Craig, creator of the franchise competition, other business leaders and Missouri Western graduates who won franchises in previous years.

The Applied Business Ownership class is a senior-level course offered in the Spring and open to Business and Entrepreneurship majors, minors, and alumni. The franchise awarded to Keling is the 35th store to be awarded through the program founded in 2009. Caleb transitioned into ownership on August 13, 2024, at his store’s new location in Dubuque, Iowa.