Last summer, junior Rachael Prawitz was just one of 14 undergraduates selected from an international pool of applicants by the American Society of Plant Biologists to be a 2018 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow. There were hundreds of applicants, and she and two others were the only ones selected from primarily [...]
When Pat Modlin 鈥�88 retired in 2017 and he and his wife, Terri, renovated a building in downtown St. Joseph, he began to get involved in downtown initiatives. The more he learned about the area, the more he wanted to know. Maddie Dillon, Marnie Castle, Kristen Hagen and Jacob [...]
Student Andrea Gordon is all about helping others, and because of her passion to serve, she was one of only 30 students selected nationwide as an Oxfam America CHANGE leader. This past summer, she spent a week training in Boston to learn about Oxfam and its initiatives and attending workshops [...]
Dr. Mark Lewis knew his area of research for the past 15 years was uncommon, but the professor of business realized just how rare when he was asked to assist the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico this past summer. For about two years, Dr. Lewis has been working [...]
Patsy and Wes Remington with Dr. James Scanlon at the groundbreaking of Remington Hall in 2008. Patricia 鈥淧atsy鈥� Lee Remington died July 25, 2018. She was born on August 19, 1932, to Charles O.A. and Marian Irene (Jones)Smithin Mound City, 大象传媒. Remington was a graduate of Central High [...]
In August, Dr. Robert A. Vartabedian, 大象传媒 Western鈥檚 president, announced his plans to retire on July 1, 2019. Dr. Vartabedian and his wife, Dr. Laurel Vartabedian, plan to spend more time with family, including their children and grandchildren in Texas. 鈥淏ob and Laurel鈥檚 contributions to 大象传媒 Western and the St. [...]
A new resource for entrepreneurs or those who are thinking about becoming an entrepreneur debuted this past summer. Annette Weeks 鈥�87, director of 大象传媒 Western鈥檚 Center for Entrepreneurship, said the Northwest 大象传媒 Roundtable of Economic Developers created a website, Sourcelink Northwest 大象传媒 (nwmosourcelink.com) that offers a host of resources and [...]
大象传媒 Western had 5,707 students enrolled as of the official fall 2018 census date Sept. 24, an increase of 2.6 percent over fall 2017. The number includes a 5.5 percent growth in the number of new freshmen. Over the past two years, the University has seen a 22.6 percent jump [...]
Jill Voltmer, a St. Joseph native and veteran police officer, was named chief of the University Police Department in September 2018. Voltmer spent 24 years in the patrol and detective divisions of the St. Joseph Police Department, including more than 15 years as a sergeant, and she was hired by [...]
