On Friday, June 7, Roger Collins, Angie Osborn and Kim Sigrist with 含羞草社区’s Center for Service were recognized as the St. Joseph Mustangs’s TEAM PLAYER of the week award recipients. The Center for Service helps college students engage with a wide variety of nonprofits in the area. Roger, a recent graduate of MWSU, volunteered more than 400 hours at more than two dozen area non profits through the Center for Service.

Thank you, Roger, Kim, Angie & all of MWSU, for being聽TEAM PLAYERS聽through your volunteering!

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

含羞草社区 was recognized by the Missouri Partners in Prevention consortium with three awards at the Meeting of the Minds Conference on April 13-15 in Kansas City. Click here to read the full story.

Two 含羞草社区 nursing students were awarded DAISY Awards for Extraordinary Nursing Students for the spring 2022 semester.聽

Hai Le, third semester nursing student from Lee鈥檚 Summit, Missouri, and Shayla Bocchine, fourth semester nursing student from Agency, Missouri, were honored as part of the DAISY Foundation’s programs to recognize compassionate and excellent nurses and nursing students.

Le鈥檚 nominator pointed to his compassion for a supervising nurse who had gone without lunch when he was with her for clinicals. The next time he was paired with the nurse, he saw that the nurse again had a busy schedule, and used his lunch break to purchase lunch for her and ensure she took a quick break to eat.

鈥淗ai鈥檚 compassion for this nurse and his decision to act on the nurse鈥檚 behalf is a valuable character trait in a nurse,鈥� the nominator said. 鈥淗is future patients and co-workers will be very lucky and blessed to have him as an advocate and support.鈥�

Shayla’s nominator said she prioritizes meeting the needs of patients and families.

鈥淪he is excited about new experiences and has acquired a variety of nursing skills during her rotation in the I.C.U.,鈥� the nominator said. 鈥淪he is a very effective communicator. Shayla is very compassionate and exemplifies what it means to be an excellent nurse.鈥�

Missouri Western offers a traditional Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree as well as a Diploma/ADN to BSN degree program for current RNs who want to earn their bachelor鈥檚 degree. Visit www.missouriwestern.edu/nursing/ for more information.

For the sixth time in ten years, MWSU’s Alpha Theta Beta chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honors Society, has been awarded a Best Chapter Award for 2020-2021. The award recognizes local chapters that are particularly active in their institutions and communities and embodies the society鈥檚 mission to stimulate scholarship and intellectual interest. The award specifically singled out Dr. Ed Taylor, political science professor in the department of social sciences and humanities. Ed serves as the chapter’s faculty advisor and was recognized for his extraordinary leadership and dedication to the student members. The national organization also recognized political science majors Max Miller, chapter president, and Isabel Lima, vice president, for their student leadership. Congratulations

Dr. Tilo Roy has been selected as the next editor-in-chief of the prestigious newsletter, 鈥淭he Vasculum鈥�, published biannually by the international scientific society, the Society of Herbarium Curators. Dr. Roy was selected amidst a host of candidates from all across the globe for this voluntary position. She will shadow the current EIC for the time being, and then take over her role formally in May 2022.

Dr. Roy’s research and teaching at Missouri Western closely integrates dried preserved plant specimens (herbarium specimens), and she and her research students are actively involved with various aspects of the Leo A. Galloway herbarium house within the department of biology.