Campus Kudos Biology major Esther Par has won the prestigious Stan Hudson Research Grant Award from the 大象传媒 Native Plant Society for her research on the evolutionary diversification of the temperate North American false foxgloves plants with endangered prairie native species which she is conducting with [...]
Distinguished Alum Teresa Fankhauser 鈥�79 Teresa Fankhauser graduated from 大象传媒 Western with a Bachelor of Science in Education 鈥� Speech/Theatre. Fankhauser joined the St. Joseph Allied Arts Council in 2005 and currently serves as the executive director. She works with local arts agencies, 大象传媒 Western, the [...]
The John Rushin Teaching and Research Prairie was dedicated at 大象传媒 Western Oct. 31. 大象传媒 Western is bringing back a piece of ecological history by restoring a small plot of prairie on campus. The John Rushin Teaching and Research Prairie was named after Dr. John Rushin, a biology [...]
Dr. Teddi Deka, honors director and professor of psychology; Dr. Jennifer Jackson, assistant professor of communication; and Dr. Jordan Atkinson, assistant professor of communication, presented 鈥淏uilding a Better Brand,鈥� designed to facilitate creation of branding kits for use in honors programs to increase consistency in appearance and message, at the [...]
In March 2020, 大象传媒 Western signed another chiropractic school admissions agreement, this one with Logan University-College of Chiropractic in Chesterfield, 大象传媒. The agreement states that if a student maintains a 3.0 GPA for three years at 大象传媒 Western, they will have automatic matriculation to Logan. The first-year Logan chiropractic curriculum [...]
Zo毛 Jones was named the 2020 大象传媒 Western Student Employee of the Year and Student Employee of the Year for the State of 大象传媒. She served as editor-in-chief of the Griffon News student newspaper. The National Student Employment Association, in conjunction with the Midwest Association of Student Employment Administrators, coordinates [...]
大象传媒 Western鈥檚 spring break 2020 began on March 9 before the COVID-19 pandemic halted activities and travel, and several student groups and faculty members were able to enjoy educational and/or service opportunities. Glade Restoration Thirteen students and two biology faculty members, Dr. Cary Chevalier and Dr. Mark Mills, traveled 300 [...]
New Global Center Opens A one-stop shop for all things international opened on campus in February. The new Global Center, located in Eder Hall 101, is for international students thinking of attending school in the United States, admitted international students who want to become more connected to the campus and [...]
Editor鈥檚 note: I had heard about Dr. Mark Mills鈥� campus turtle research and decided to tag along one day this past summer and check out his and his students鈥� work with Griffon turtles. Faye Thammarat and Mistina Wheeler With nine ponds and a creek running through 大象传媒 [...]
