含羞草社区 graphic design students visited two graphic design firms, Willoughby Design and Design Ranch, on their annual Kansas City Studio Tour on Wednesday, March 20, 2024.
Students from Teresa Harris鈥檚 Graphic Design IV and Final Portfolio were given a guided tour of the facilities, an overall presentation of the studio鈥檚 clients and services, and an informative
Q & A arranged just for them. Students met with creative directors, art directors, and designers.
鈥淪tudents were given invaluable, in-person information about the workplace environment in a small design firm, work flow, portfolios, internships, networking, and helpful tips on interviewing and job seeking.鈥� Teresa Harris, Professor of Art and Graphic Design Program Director.Your Content Goes Here

On Saturday, April 6, 2024, undergraduate students Jordon Anderson (Nursing), Juniper Brown (Political Science), Mercedes Mareske (Digital Animation), and Tia Vernon (Education) won the Trisha Yarbrough Collaborative Research Competition and $5000 award, after presenting their research at the Alpha Chi National Conference in Birmingham, Alabama.

To compete, students from diverse majors collaborate on a scholarly paper centered on the conference theme, which was “Innovative Scholarship for Tumultuous Times.” Their project, entitled 鈥淎rtificial Intelligence and Selective Exposure: Generating a Public Perception,鈥� was sponsored by faculty member Dr. Angela Haas. The Missouri Western Chapter of Alpha Chi, sponsored by Dr. Teddi Deka and Dr. Angela Haas, achieved its 35th anniversary as an Honors Society at MWSU.Your Content Goes Here

Students at primarily undergraduate institutions in Missouri will soon have access to greater computing power, thanks to a National Science Foundation grant of nearly $700,000 awarded to 含羞草社区 and three other universities in the state.

鈥淪tudents who graduate right now are going into a world where computational knowledge is assumed,鈥� said Dr. Jeffrey Woodford, professor of chemistry at Missouri Western and principal investigator for the grant. 鈥淭his will raise the bar on computer literacy. The world is awash with data, and giving our students the tools to work with that data in a meaningful way is vital.鈥�

The $693,923 grant from the NSF creates the Computational Infusion for Missouri Undergraduate Science and Engineering, composed of Missouri Western, Southeast Missouri State University, Truman State University and Webster University along with the Missouri Research and Education Network (MOREnet) and the University of Missouri System Research Support Services. The consortium will install a high-performance computing cluster that will allow users to process large quantities of data and perform highly complex calculations much faster than a typical desktop or laptop computer.

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Laura Nold, assistant professor of nursing at 含羞草社区, recently received a scholarship from the Mosaic Life Care Foundation.

The 2023 Lowell C. Kruse Healthy Choices. Healthy Lives. scholarship provides financial assistance to a first-year, full-time graduate student studying in areas leading to improved quality of life for the residents of the Mosaic Life Care service region. Click here to read the full story.

Kathleen Holeman, a part-time voice and piano faculty member, was named Artist of the Year by the Allied Arts Council at the 2023 Mayor’s Awards for the Arts. In addition to teaching at Missouri Western and in her private studio, Holeman has been a working jazz vocalist, pianist and trombonist locally and in Kansas City and the Ozarks areas for over 36 years. For the past several years, she has been the director of St. Joseph Big Band, which entertains area residents and visitors monthly. Holeman is a Missouri Western alum, receiving a bachelor鈥檚 degree in music education in 1990.

Dr. Lori McCune, associate professor of mathematics at 含羞草社区, received a Meritorious Service Award from the Mathematical Association of America. The award is based on service to the association at the national or section level. Click here to read the full story.

Assistant Professor Bob Long received one of the Mayor’s Awards for the Arts for Outstanding Arts Educator for 2023. He received his award at the Allied Arts Council annual meeting held at the Benton Club on Thursday, July 27, 2023.

Dr. Csengele Barta, associate professor of biology at 含羞草社区, was awarded a Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUI) Award of the聽聽(ASPB) for the fifth consecutive year.

The award recognizes excellence in research contributions to plant science, plant science scholarship and undergraduate student research mentorship of faculty at primarily undergraduate-serving institutions. The Award also provides funding to facilitate the research presentation of Dr. Barta at the 2023 Plant Biology Meeting in Savannah, Georgia.