Students who love to dance, want to learn how to dance, or want to teach dance will be happy to know that 大象传媒 Western now offers a dance minor. Suzanne Ryan Strati, who has been dancing since she was three years old and continues to teach at the Kansas City [...]
Cale Fessler became 大象传媒 Western鈥檚 vice president for financial planning and administration Jan. 22. The vice president for financial planning and administration is 大象传媒 Western鈥檚 chief business and financial officer and reports directly to the president. The division is responsible for accounting, budgeting, student billing and collections, payroll, purchasing, financial [...]
Marti Burri, 大象传媒 Western鈥檚 Esry Student Health Center nurse, was named the March of Dimes Public Health Nurse of the Year at the March of Dimes鈥� 大象传媒 Chapter Nurse of the Year Gala in St. Louis. Seventeen nurses were honored from 150 nominations. The 大象传媒 Western Chorale was selected to [...]
Dan Boulware, featured speaker at the December 2012 commencement ceremony, told the graduates that community and civic service is not only commendable, but essential to society. 鈥淎s we seek to do good, we help lift the society in which we live, those we care about, and, in turn, we lift [...]
Gov. Jay Nixon appointed Brig. Gen. Gregory D. Mason 鈥�89, and Alfred Purcell to serve on the 大象传媒 Western Board of Governors in December 2012. Greg, of Lee鈥檚 Summit, Mo., serves as Assistant Adjutant General-Army in the 大象传媒 National Guard. As Assistant Adjutant General, he has overseen emergency management efforts [...]
Brent Collins says the two sculptures he created for Remington Hall are meant to resonate with both scientists and mathematicians, since those departments are housed in the hall. 鈥淢usic of the Spheres,鈥� about six feet in diameter, is a bronze, approximately 1,800-lb. sculpture and graces the lawn on the north [...]
Did you know that the building at the corner of 5th and Francis in St. Joseph used to be a famous opera house? Or that St. Joseph was home to the first apartment house built west of the Mississippi River? How about this? Did you know that in the 1850s [...]
After a head coaching career spanning 38 years, with 25 of them at 大象传媒 Western, Tom Smith announced his retirement as men鈥檚 basketball coach in December, effective at the end of the 2012-13 season. 鈥淭om Smith is a legend in the world of basketball coaches. He has meant [...]
New Coach Edmisson leads Griffon women to winning season As first-year women鈥檚 basketball head coach Rob Edmisson approached the 2012-13 season, he had two simple goals in mind for his team: 1) Have a chance to win every game; and 2) For the seniors to [...]
